Updated Post: Dec. 11 at 6:11 pm ET More details have emerged regarding the structure of Shohei Ohtani’s unprecedented ten-year, $700 million contract. According to Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic, Ohtani will defer $68 million a year, for a total of $680 million in deferred money. Ohtani will then earn $2 million a year. However, for CBT purposes, Ohtani’s average annual value is...
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During his annual media scrum on Wednesday, super-agent Scott Boras, who represents Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, said that his team and Alonso are “all ears” on a contract extension to keep the slugger in New York. Boras told a group of reporters that he has “spoken to David (Stearns)” and made his openness to a new deal clear. Alonso’s status was commented on by...
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The Mets are entering the 2023 offseason with an absurd amount of flexibility. After the non-tender deadline, in which the Mets let go of five players, the Mets’ 40-man roster now sits at an minuscule 28 players, of which includes starting pitcher David Peterson, who is expected to miss the start of the 2024 season. With that, the Mets have just 27 healthy players on their 40-man roster,...
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Updated Post – Nov. 18, 14:59 Andy Green was hired by the Mets to be the senior executive in charge of running player development, according to Will Sammon of the Athletic. Kevin Howard was the Mets’ last executive in charge of player development but was fired at the trading deadline in 2023. Joel Sherman of the New York Post first reported Green’s hiring. Updated Post –...
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Most Recent Update – Oct. 20, 15:30 Andy Martino of SNY reports that any speculation linking the Mets GM vacancy to former Marlins GM Kim Ng is “not rooted in reality.” Martino noted that one person who has spoken with Ng passed along, “I doubt she has any interest in the Mets.” Multiple reports have noted that president of baseball operations David Stearns might...
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