Lerner Tries To Find Christmas Miracle As per Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post, “According to a person with direct knowledge of the meeting, Bryce Harper and Scott Boras met with Nationals owner Ted Lerner for five hours on the Saturday before Christmas.” Another Post reporter, Chelsea Janes, “According to a person with direct knowledge of Harper’s process, the 26-year-old...
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Angels Land Lucroy Reported by Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports, the Angels and All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy inked a one-year pact on Friday during the early hours of the evening. Passan reports “Catcher Jonathan Lucroy and the Los Angeles Angels are in agreement on a one-year, $3.35 million deal, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. Lucroy took his physical today and deal should be official...
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Good morning Mets fans, hope you’ve had a good holiday season. Here’s the latest rumors from what has been a quiet week in baseball. Twins “Not Ruling Out” Established Hitter According to Jim Souhan of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Twins’ Chief Baseball Officer Derek Falvey told him that the team will not rule out signing a big bat to insert into an otherwise futile...
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Machado Suitors Narrowed To Three Teams According to Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports, the Manny Machado sweepstakes has been narrowed to three teams following his visits last week. Heyman tweets “Manny Machado has conveyed to the three known interested teams — White Sox, Yankees and Phillies — that his decision will come after the new year.” Machado most recently visited with the...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post is reporting that New York Mets catchers Kevin Plawecki and Travis d’Arnaud are drawing “significant” trade interest. Puma notes that one of them could be traded for a backup infielder or outfielder. The Mets currently only have Juan Lagares, Michael Conforto and Brandon Nimmo as healthy outfielders on the 40-man roster. Yoenis Cespedes...
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