Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports that the Marlins want an impact player for star catcher J.T. Realmuto, and heard that CEO Derek Jeter is behind the team pushing for major league ready player instead of all prospects. Spencer says that a deal will in fact get done, and likely this week. The Yankees are reportedly willing to trade Miguel Andujar according to Ken Rosenthal of The...
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The New York Mets enter the 2018 Major League Baseball Winter Meetings with numerous holes still to fill despite new GM Brodie Van Wagenen being aggressive early on. Van Wagenen got his elite reliever in Edwin Diaz and improved the Mets offense by acquiring Robinson Cano in just one deal. The Mets have been front and center thus far this offseason in rumors as well, ranging from being open to...
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When the highlight of the day was Billy Hamilton signing a one-year deal with the Kansas City Royals, you can certainly say it’s been a quiet day at the Major League Winter Meetings in Las Vegas. Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash kicked off the start of the MLB side of the meeting with his pressure in what was an interesting back-and-forth on the success of openers. Cash said the Rays will...
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Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times is reporting that there is industry-wide speculation that the Los Angeles Dodgers could trade outfielder Yasiel Puig this offseason. Hernandez notes that the right-handed hitting Puig became upset in 2018 when he was placed in a platoon situation. Oddly, Puig’s struggles have actually come against left-handed pitching with a .628 OPS against them in 2018 and...
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The 2018 Rule 5 Draft wraps up the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings on December 13 and there’s a number of interesting players available this year including numerous former first rounders. Before we look at which players the Mets should target in the draft let’s go over the rules of the entire process. The current rules require teams to “protect” players from the draft by...
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