Unlike the last couple of offseasons, most of the free agent top-end talent is gone in early January this time around. Both the starting pitching and relief market have been thoroughly picked over and the market for a catcher is now slim pickings. The strongest market left is right-handed hitters with multiple options that play different positions. When those names drop, maybe we will finally...
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The New York Mets today announced that the club has invited the following players to major league spring training as non-roster invitees: LHP David Peterson, Kevin Smith RHP Matt Blackham, Ryley Gilliam, Francisco Rios, Pedro Payano, Stephen Nogosek, Adonis Uceta C Austin Bossart, Patrick Mazeika, David Rodriguez INF Jake Hager OF Ryan Cordell, Tim Tebow, Johneshwy Fargas The free agent signings...
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Most games pitched in Mets history is a pretty easy trivia question, I would expect a large number of the fan base to know it’s John Franco. The former Mets closer appeared in 695 games for the Mets. But, who is second? Perpetual Pedro Feliciano. The left-handed reliever threw in 484 games with the Mets from 2002 through 2013. And those appearances were broken into three different stints...
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The Mets have signed outfielder Ryan Cordell to a minor league deal according to Baseball America. Cordell, 27, hit .221/.290/.355 with eight doubles, seven home runs, 24 RBIs, and 69 strikeouts in 247 plate appearances for the White Sox last season. He played all three outfield spots, with 72 games in right, 19 in center, and two in right field. Cordell is a .273/.334/.458 hitter in 517 minor...
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Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen is excited about the potential of the bullpen he’s created after signing righty Dellin Betances, “This signing was intended to blow the cover off of our ceiling.” The ceiling for Betances is certainly high – 2.36 ERA and 14.6 K/9 in 381 career innings – though he’s also a guy coming off a season in which he faced two...
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