Jacob deGrom officially signed his five-year, $137.5 million extension with the Mets yesterday and spoke with the media today alongside Brodie Van Wagenen and Jeff Wilpon. However, one person not present actually played as pivotal of a role as anyone in the organization in getting the extension hammered out with the 2018 NL Cy Young Award winner. According to Van Wagenen, David Wright actually...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that Dominic Smith, Luis Guillorme, J.D. Davis, Luis Avilan, and Tim Peterson have all made the Mets Opening Day roster. Smith, 23, was phenomenal this Spring, hitting .321/.367/.464 with two home runs and 12 RBI in 61 plate appearances. However, Pete Alonso also had a phenomenal Spring and made the team, creating an interesting situation at first base,...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that Tomas Nido has made the Opening Day roster and that Travis d’Arnaud will start the year on the 10-day Injured List (IL). The Mets were unsure of whether they would go through with this decision or not, but given d’Arnaud only had 19 plate appearances and played in eight games it is not too surprising considering he is recovering from Tommy...
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Jon Heyman of Fancred reports that Jacob deGrom’s five-year, $137.5 million extension includes $52.5 million in deferrals with no interest. The Mets have done this in the past, with the most famous example being the format the team decided to use for Bobby Bonilla in which they pay him $1 million per year in which they pay him $1.19 million every year from 2011-2035. Most recently, the...
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Anthony Dicomo of MLB.com reports that Pete Alonso has made the Mets Opening Day roster, meaning he will most likely start tomorrow against Max Scherzer and be the team’s starting first baseman in 2019. Alonso, 24, came into Spring Training with a chance to make the team, given that Brodie Van Wagenen said he would take the “best 25,” regardless of service time considerations....
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