Robert Murray of The Athletic reports that the New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates have reopened trade talks regarding Starling Marte. Marte, 31, is coming off a 2019 season in which he hit .295/.342/.503 with 23 home runs, 82 RBI, and 25 stolen bases. That gave him a 119 wRC+ and 3.0 fWAR. Defensively, he had two outs above average in center field. The two-time Gold Glove center fielder will...
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MLB Network continued their annual rankings of the top-10 players at each position across the league, ranking the top-10 right fielders in the game on Saturday. Michael Conforto ranked ninth on the list. Conforto, 26, had a very solid 2019 season in which he registered a .257/.363/.494 with career-highs in both home runs (33) and RBI (92). That gave him a 126 wRC+ and 3.7 fWAR on the year....
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Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun reports that the Toronto Blue Jays have signed Joe Panik to a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training. Panik, 29, signed with the New York Mets in August this past season and hit .277/.333/.404 with two home runs and 12 RBI in 39 games with them. The left-handed-hitter joined the team after being released by the San Francisco Giants. The second...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that the New York Mets won’t address the job status of Carlos Beltran on Wednesday night. Puma adds that there was an indication that the team would address it before the end of the night earlier, but that has changed apparently. Beltran, 42, appears to be in limbo in lieu of a report by Buster Olney of ESPN from Wednesday afternoon that the Mets were...
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Buster Olney of ESPN reports that the New York Mets are “wavering” on manager Carlos Beltran. The Mets and Beltran have yet to release statements or speak publicly about the report MLB released on the 2017 Houston Astros’ scandal that contained Beltran’s name in it. The then-Astros’ outfielder/DH was not suspended or punished due to the fact he was a player at the...
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