The Mets’ held their annual beat writers lunch today and the Mets front office delivered some interesting tidbits as detailed by Laura Albanese of Newsday. First off, Sandy Alderson said the Mets are not done checking out the free agent market and claims they have been as active as anyone. The Mets have been reported to be talking to multiple free agents still such as Todd Frazier, Neil...
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Peter Gammons of Gammons Daily reports that the Pittsburgh Pirates might hold onto infielder Josh Harrison for at least the first few months of the season. While nobody questions the seriousness of Harrison’s trade request, the Pirates might not pull the trigger on a deal still. Despite this, the Mets, Yankees, and others are under the belief that the Pirates have to trade the 30-year old....
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This off-season has probably been the strangest one I have experienced in my life as a baseball fan. We are within a few weeks of pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training, yet there seems to be absolutely no urgency on the part of anyone on the free agent market to sign a deal. Teams are sitting and waiting for bargains while players are sitting and waiting for the higher-priced deals...
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Contrary to previous reports, a source told Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News that the Mets are not actively talking about bringing back Bartolo Colon. “You never know, things could change, but it’s not something I see happening,” one source said. “It’s not a name I’ve been hearing.” Ervin Santana had said that the Mets had interest in Colon. “I guess Bartolo is always an option, but not...
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Going into the 2017 season, this question had appeared to have been answered already. At the time, I could have easily said that Kevin Plawecki’s best chance of remaining in the majors would be strictly as a back-up catcher on this team. Plawecki had only amassed 121 games in the big leagues between the 2015 and 2016 seasons and his results were less than satisfactory on the offensive end....
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