Rick Porcello arrived at Port St. Lucie this week prior to the official reporting date for all pitchers and catchers next week and is excited for his new beginning with the team he rooted for when he was younger. “I’m looking forward to it. It’s a dream come true for me,” Porcello told reporters (via SNY). “I grew up a Mets fan, so it’s as good as it gets when...
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Joe Pantorno of AM New York reports that the hurdle keeping Steve Cohen from buying the team is the Wilpon’s insistence of staying in charge of the team for the first five years of the deal. Jeff and Fred Wilpon apparently were hoping to keep decision-making power of the team for five years while using Cohen’s money to help finance the franchise during that time. It was first...
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The New York Yankees have announced on Wednesday that James Paxton underwent back surgery. The technical name of the procedure is a microscopic lumbar discectomy and it also included the removal of a peridiscal cyst. Paxton, 31, was expected to slot in right behind Gerrit Cole in the rotation after registering a 3.82 ERA, 3.86 FIP, and 1.291 WHIP in 2019. He also had 11.1 K/9 as compared to 3.3...
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Baseball America talked about 16 signings from the 2019 international prospect class that have a potential power/speed combination. The Mets had two players on the list in Alexander Ramirez and Jostyn Almonte. Ramirez, 17, signed with the team in July for $2.1 million and is seen as a “plus runner who has good bat speed and the potential to grow into plus power.” He’s ranked...
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Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that Pete Rose has petitioned MLB and the Hall of Fame for reinstatement after seeing the lack of punishment given to Astros’ players for the sign-stealing scandal. Rose believes that the lifetime ban for gambling on games as a player and manager is “disproportionate” when considering that no Astros’ players were given punishments from...
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