Dennis Lin of The Athletic reports that the San Diego Padres are not showing much interest in using Luis Urias in any deals at the MLB Trade Deadline, including if that deal involves the team acquiring Noah Syndergaard. Urias, 22, is the 20th best prospect in all of baseball at the moment according to MLB Pipeline and the Padres’ second best. The middle infielder was hitting .315/.398/.600...
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Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the Mets are considering a scenario in which they would trade Noah Syndergaard to the San Diego Padres and would then use some of the return from that trade to acquire Marcus Stroman. Rosenthal cautions that it is one of many scenarios the Mets are considering right now and that the Astros are also in the mix for Stroman due to the lofty asking price...
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Mickey Callaway spoke with the press prior to Saturday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates and said that while Brandon Nimmo is progressing with baseball activities in Port St. Lucie, he is “still a ways away from game action.” Nimmo, 26, has been on the 10-day IL with a bulging disk in his neck since May 22. Before he went down, he was hitting .200/.344/.323 with three...
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The New York Mets have announced that they have placed Dominic Smith on the 10-day IL and selected the contract of Aaron Altherr from Triple-A Syracuse. Tim Britton of The Athletic reports that the injury to Smith is a stress reaction in his left foot. Smith later commented on the matter himself and said he’s felt pain in his foot for close to a week which the MRI he got on Saturday...
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Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the chances of the Mets trading Edwin Diaz in the coming days have “significantly increased” in the last 48 hours, with the Los Angeles Dodgers being one team with interest. That is a big change from the reports prior to that saying the Mets were demanding more than they got in their deal to acquire the right-handed closer this...
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