The New York Mets have announced they traded veteran infielder Asdrubal Cabrera to the Philadelphia Phillies for right-handed pitching prospect Franklyn Kilome. MLB Pipeline updated their Top 30 Mets prospect rankings with Kilome sliding in at No. 5 behind Andres Gimenez, Peter Alonso, Jarred Kelenic and Justin Dunn. Kilmore will report to Double-A Binghamton to begin his Mets career. Original...
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Ken Rosenthal and Dan Hayes of The Athletic reported that the Minnesota Twins were close to trading infielder Eduardo Escobar to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jon Heyman of Fancred Sports says that the two teams have an agreement in place for the versatile Escobar. The Twins will receive righty Jhoan Duran and outfielders Gabriel Maciel and Ernie De La Trinidad from the D’Backs according to...
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The New York Mets announced that they’ve signed veteran outfielder Austin Jackson and he will be in uniform tonight wearing No. 16 in Pittsburgh against the Priates. To make room for Jackson, the Mets have designated outfielder Matt den Dekker for assignment. Den Dekker went 0-for-18 with nine strikeouts in only eight games with the Mets this year. He was making his second stint with the...
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Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the New York Mets are discussing right-handed starter Zack Wheeler and infielder Asdrubal Cabrera with the Milwaukee Brewers. Rosenthal also notes that there is no indication of a deal being close between the two teams. It was recently reported by Buster Olney of ESPN that the Mets were scouting the Brewers’ Double-A team. Both Wheeler and...
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Las Vegas (50-54) 8, Nashville (50-53) 5 Box Score Kevin Kaczmarski LF: 1-3, BB, K, .353/.416/.445 Peter Alonso DH: 1-4, 2 RBI, 2 K, .205/.327/.475 Dominic Smith 1B: 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, BB, SB, .260/.340/.379 The 51s got off to a quick start with a five-run first inning in which Alonso drove in a run with a single and Smith hit a two-run homer. Alonso is starting to heat up with a four-game hit...
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