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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Hannah Keyser of Yahoo Sports reports that Yankees right-handed pitcher Domingo German has been suspended 81 games for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. German, 27, already served 18 games of his suspension last season as the league investigated the situation. He will have to sit out the first 63 games of the Yankees 2020 season. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports...
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The Mets introduced their newest bullpen arm Dellin Betances on Thursday at Citi Field. Betances signed a one-year deal that guarantees him $10.5 million from the Mets on Christmas Eve. The base pay for 2020 is $7.5 million with a $6 million player option for 2021 that has a $3 million buyout. The deal also includes a 2022 vesting option that is guaranteed if Betances exercises his 2021 option...
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According to a report from Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, right-handed reliever Will Harris and veteran catcher Robinson Chirinos could be the next two dominoes of the free agent market to fall. Harris, 35, had a 1.50 ERA, 3.15 FIP, 0.93 WHIP, four saves, and 4.43 SO/BB in 60 innings for the Houston Astros in 2019. He allowed only 42 hits, 14 walks, and six home runs in that span, while striking out...
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The Mets opened this decade with the terrific first-round pick of right-handed pitcher Matt Harvey from the University of North Carolina with the No. 7 overall pick and finished the decade with prep third baseman Brett Baty from Austin, Texas at No. 12 this year. While it still remains to be seen how a lot of these picks will be evaluated overall, the Mets did a solid job in the 2010s of getting...
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