The New York Mets have been keeping in touch with free agent starter Gio Gonzalez according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. Rich Mancuso (broke Hector Santiago signing) of NY Sports Day recently reported that the Mets and Gonzalez have talked, though Gio want’s a long-term deal and Mets would like to stay at one year. The Mets will have competition for the services of Gonzalez,...
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The New York Mets have three of the top 30 shortstop prospects in baseball according to Baseball America rankings that came out on Friday. Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres and Wander Franco of the Rays start off the list, with Andres Gimenez being the first Met at No. 6. Gimenez, 20, is the Mets top prospect according to BA and No. 30 in baseball overall. The left-handed hitter slashed...
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On Thursday, the New York Mets made two significant hires when they added long-time Baseball Prospectus writer Russell Carleton and NEIFI analyst Andrew Perpetua to their analytics team. Tim Healey of Newsday reports that the Mets are still planning on hiring a couple more analysts over the coming weeks. Of course, the front office overhaul began early in the offseason when the Mets went...
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Baseball America continued with their top prospects at each position feature on Thursday with one of the strongest groups, third base. Of course, the group is led by Blue Jays’ uber prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr., then Nick Senzel of the Cincinnati Reds. New York Mets prospect Mark Vientos comes into the rankings at No. 15. Vientos, turned 19 in December, has been a hot topic recently...
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As we get ready to enter the month of February in 2019, there’s still a significant amount of talent left on the free agent board. Pitchers and catchers starts reporting in less than two weeks and full squads for a few teams begin on Feb. 16. Big-time deals happening this late in the offseason is becoming common practice with the San Diego Padres signing Eric Hosmer for eight years on Feb....
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