Zack Wheeler was the lone New York Mets player to file for arbitration and he will now make $1.9 million in 2018 after winning his case according to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN. The Mets had offered $1.5 million. Wheeler, 27, went 3-7 with a 5.21 ERA, 5.03 FIP and 1.58 WHIP in 86.1 innings for the Mets in 2017. He also had a career worst 10.1 H/9, 4.2 BB/9 and 1.6 HR/9. The right-hander missed the...
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The Minnesota Twins have formally offered free agent Yu Darvish a contract according to Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN. Wolfson believes the deal is four or five years in length but the financials of the deal are still unknown. Bob Nightengale of the USA Today reported that Darvish has several five-year deals on the table. Nightengale mentions the Twins, Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers as teams...
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New York Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard missed most of the 2017 with a partially torn lat muscle that kept him on the shelf from May until the beginning of September. Syndergaard made just five starts before the injury on April 30. He would pitch in two rehab games in the minors before returning to the big leagues on Sept. 23 against the Washington Nationals tossing one scoreless inning....
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The MLBPA released a statement today saying that any rumor saying that they have threatened or will threaten a “boycott” of Spring Training is false. Original Post- Feb.2, 1:42 p.m. Brodie Van Wagenen, the co-head of CAA baseball agency, tweeted out on Friday afternoon his feelings about the current free agent market situation. CAA represents a plethora of big name players including...
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Since the New York Mets announced the non-roster minor leaguers they invited to major league camp for spring training the biggest story written by many is the inclusion of former quarterback Tim Tebow. As captivating as Tebow is, when talking strictly about baseball talent I think we need to focus more on guys that have the possibility to help the Mets as soon as this year and in the long-term....
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