As we saw last offseason, there is usually a discussion about the need to extend the team’s best players, and to the Mets credit, they did what they needed to do in order to agree to a contract extension with Jacob deGrom. With him winning the Cy Young Award last year, the team is so far very happy with their decision. In the ensuing years, the team has real decisions to make on contract...
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While much of the focus on hiring Carlos Beltran has been on his returning to the team which will one day appear on his Hall of Fame plaque, there is an interesting dynamic not oft addressed. With Beltran having just retired after the 2017 season, he is going to have to manage players who were his peers. In fact, Beltran was teammates with Edwin Diaz and Seth Lugo on the 2017 Puerto Rican World...
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The New York Mets did the obvious and added Andres Gimenez and Thomas Szapucki to the 40 man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft. With the team potentially losing Tomas Nido as they investigate backup catching options, they secured their catching depth by adding Ali Sanchez. Finally, they arguably protected their best-exposed starter in Jordan Humphreys. Even with the Mets protecting...
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Yasiel Puig Position: OF Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 12/7/1990 (28) Traditional Stats: .267/.327/.458, 30 2B, 2 3B, 24 HR, 84 RBI, 19 SB, 7 CS Advanced Stats: 1.3 bWAR, 1.2 fWAR, 100 OPS+, 101 wRC+ Defensive Stats: 0 DRS, -1.2 UZR After being a part of consecutive pennant winning teams with the Los Angeles Dodgers, two different teams made a trade for Yasiel Puig in order to fulfill their own World...
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Chris Fetter Current Position: University of Michigan, Assistant Coach/Pitcher Age: December 23, 1985 (33) All professional sports leagues are in nature copycat leagues. As a result, when the 29 other baseball teams saw the positive impact Twins pitching coach Wes Johnson had on this pitching staff, teams began looking at the collegiate ranks to find the next Johnson. By and large, the attention...
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