Author: Michael Mayer

Heyman: Marlins Don’t Want to Trade Realmuto Within Division

Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports reported on his weekly WFAN spot that the Miami Marlins do not want trade J.T. Realmuto to another National League East team. Both the Washington Nationals and the Atlanta Braves have shown serious interest in Realmuto. The 2018 All-Star catcher hit .277/.340/.484 with 30 doubles, 21 home runs and 74 RBI. He led all MLB catchers with his 4.3 bWAR and 4.8 fWAR this...

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MLB, Fox Sign Broadcast Extension Through 2028

Major League Baseball and Fox Sports announced on Thursday morning that they’ve signed a broadcast rights extension through the 2028 season. The deal is for seven years, $5.1 billion according to Eric Fisher of Sports Business Journal. Fox will continue to show the All-Star Game, World Series and other playoff games. Fisher also reports that starting in 2022, there will be more games on...

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Lone Dissenting Vote For DeGrom Cuts Interview Short When Pressed

New York Mets star pitcher Jacob deGrom won the National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday night, getting 29 of 30 first place votes. The one writer that gave Max Scherzer a first place vote over deGrom, John Maffei from the San Diego Tribune. Maffei, a 1971 graduate of San Diego State, has been writing for the San Deigo Tribune since 2012. Maffei wrote hundreds of articles in 2018, though they...

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Ricciardi Officially Leaving Mets Organization

The New York Mets announced today that the club and Special Assistant to the General Manager J.P. Ricciardi have mutually agreed to part ways, effective immediately. “The Mets are grateful for all J.P. has brought to the team over the last eight seasons and we wish him all the best going forward,” Mets Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon said. “He was and will continue to be a friend. J.P. was...

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Report: Mets Don’t Have Prospects to Land Realmuto

For the second straight offseason, Miami Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto has been a hot topic of trade discussion. The New York Mets have a need at catcher and have already shown interest in free agent catchers such as Yasmani Grandal, Wilson Ramos and Martin Maldonado. Though the Mets farm system improved in 2018, source familiar with the Marlins’ thinking told Tim Healey of Newsday that...

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