The New York Mets have checked in on free agent catchers Wilson Ramos and Martin Maldonado according to Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports. Ramos, 31, is coming off a strong 2018 campaign in which he hit .306/.358/.487 with 22 doubles, 15 homers and 70 RBI in 416 plate appearances combined between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Philadelphia Phillies. The right-hander hitter led all major league catchers...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post is reporting that the New York Mets are considering former Met Dave Magadan for their hitting coach vacancy. The Mets fired hitting coach Pat Roessler earlier this week after one season as the lead hitting coach and two seasons prior to that as the assistant hitting coach. Assistant hitting coach Tom Slater is expected to stay in his role. Magadan, 56, was hired as...
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According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, the New York Mets have met with the representative of veteran and former Met Asdrubal Cabrera. Puma notes that the Mets are looking for someone capable of playing second and shortstop. Cabrera, 32, started last season with the Mets before being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for Franklyn Kilome in July. The switch-hitting Cabrera hit...
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Jon Heyman of Fancred Sports released his annual free agent predictions and this year he decided to do a whopping 131 of them. Heyman also has a one baseball expert that makes his predictions on the 131 free agents as well to give some perspective. Let’s take a look at the predictions at a few of the positions that we believe the Mets need to address as well as free agents that played for...
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Joel Sherman of the New York Post is reporting that the Los Angeles Dodgers will extend the qualifying offer to catcher Yasmani Grandal. Teams have until 5 p.m. ET time on Friday night to decide whether or not that will give pending free agents a qualifying offer of $17.9 million. Players that receive a qualifying offer will have until Nov. 12 to decide to accept or reject. Grandal, 29, hit...
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