Andy Martino of SNY reported on Tuesday that the New York Mets are still trying to trade Yoenis Cespedes and Jed Lowrie before Opening Day in order to clear their salaries. In the case of Cespedes, moving his contract with the sole purpose of dumping his salary would be a mistake. The outfielder is obviously far from a given to make a significant impact in 2020 considering he hasn’t played...
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ESPN reports that major league baseball intends to use a computerized camera system meant to function as “robot umpires” in Spring Training this year. In addition, they will start incorporating it in the minor leagues, specifically the Florida State League this season as they attempt to properly test and adjust the system before using it in regular-season MLB games. The system has...
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Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that the New York Yankees have signed Luis Avilan to a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training. Avilan, 30, pitched for the Mets in 2019 and registered a 5.06 ERA, 4.96 FIP, and 1.469 WHIP with 8.4 K/9 as compared to 3.9 BB/9. Despite that ugly stat line, the southpaw held same-handed opponents to a .369 OPS as compared to right-handers who had a...
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Jeff Wilpon spoke about the Mets’ decision to hire Luis Rojas as their new manager and said that Steve Cohen had no involvement in the decision. The Wilpons and Saul Katz have reportedly been in the process of transferring 80% of the team’s ownership to Cohen, so it is certainly worth noting although Jeff did say that nothing has changed with regards to the potential sale of the...
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Tim Healey of Newsday reports that the New York Mets will hire Luis Rojas as their next manager and that the team is currently trying to reach a multi-year deal with him. Rojas will be replacing Carlos Beltran, who the team recently parted ways with after his name was mentioned in MLB’s report on the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal. Joel Sherman of the New York Post adds that the Mets...
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