As detailed by Craig Calcaterra of NBC Sports, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred threatened on Friday night to drop their affiliation with minor league baseball. “If the National Association [of Minor League Clubs] has an interest in an agreement with Major League Baseball, it must address the very significant issues with the current system at the bargaining table,” Manfred released as a...
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Kevin Smith has been in the New York Mets’ organization since June of 2018 when the team selected him in the seventh round of the MLB Draft out of the University of Georgia. The left-hander started his minor league career with the Brooklyn Cyclones where he impressed many over a span of 12 appearances (three starts). In that time, he recorded a 0.76 ERA and 0.761 WHIP to go along with 10.6...
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Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Oakland Athletics would have interest in acquiring Jed Lowrie from the New York Mets if the team is willing to pay a large portion of the $10 million salary he will have in 2020. “That is a deal that absolutely makes sense to me,” an executive told Slusser. “I know the Mets are in salary dump mode, though, so I...
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Brodie Van Wagenen spoke with reporters on Wednesday night at the Winter Meetings and said that the plan is to still have Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman work as starters this offseason. Both have been mostly used as relievers since the start of the 2018 season, with Lugo’s five starts that year being the only outliers. This comes after news of Michael Wacha signing with the team, which he...
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Rob Manfred was asked on Wednesday about his knowledge of the Mets’ sale from the Wilpons to billionaire Steve Cohen, as detailed by MetsMerized’s own Michael Mayer. Manfred said that he wasn’t sure when he had heard about the sale to Cohen, but said that he foresees “no governance issues” with regards to getting approved as the Mets’ new owner. That is...
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