The Mets entered the offseason with 13 arbitration eligible players, the second most in the majors. The deadline to settle with players to avoid arbitration is on Friday on 1 p.m. ET. MLB Trade Rumors released their projections for all arbitration eligible players in October. The Mets non-tendered Chasen Shreve to bring that number down to 12 arbitration eligible players. They also already...
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Jon Heyman of MLB Network was on WFAN on Thursday afternoon, talking about the recent rumors in Major League Baseball, and the Mets are still hogging the airwaves. Heyman says there’s a “good chance” that the Mets sign center fielder George Springer and “would be surprised if the Mets didn’t sign him (Francisco Lindor)” to a long-term deal. Mets’...
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Mets team president Sandy Alderson was the featured guest on the Big Time Baseball Podcast with Jon Heyman recently, and covered a wide variety of topics including the current situation with free agent George Springer, and how Dominic Smith fits into the team’s plans. When asked about Smith, Alderson was pretty clear, “Dom’s not going anywhere.” Smith, 25, had a monster...
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Francisco Lindor doesn’t only hit home runs on the field — he hit a big-time one on Monday when he made a six-year-old fan’s dream come true. The Mets acquired Lindor along with pitcher Carlos Carrasco from the Indians last Friday. Later that night, long-time Mets fan Felix Rios posted a video of his six year-old son and Lindor super-fan, Carmelo, being surprised by the news...
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Mets general manager Jared Porter was on WFAN this Friday afternoon on the heals of the Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco” href=”https://metsmerizedonline.com/2021/01/mets-officially-acquire-francisco-lindor-and-carlos-carrasco.html/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>blockbuster trade that brought star shortstop Francisco Lindor and starting pitcher...
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