With Saturday’s deadline for MLB teams and their arbitration-eligible players to submit salary figures for the 2018 season, the New York Mets reached settlement agreements with all but one of their players. Here’s the final tally: AJ Ramos will make $9.225 million this season after earning $6.550 million in 2017. Jacob deGrom will make $7.4 million this season after earning $4.05...
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According to James Wagner of the New York Times the New York Mets have finally decided on a director of high performance, Jim Cavallini. Cavallini will be the first-ever in Mets franchise history to hold the title of Director of High Performance after the team announced earlier this offseason they would begin a search for the position. The Mets are coming off a 2017 season that was ravaged by...
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Bob Nightengale of the USA Today reports that the New York Mets and infielder Wilmer Flores have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $3.4 million salary for 2018. Flores, 26, hit .271/.307/.488, 106 OPS+, 17 doubles, 18 home runs and 52 RBI in 362 plate appearances for the Mets in 2017. He has his season ended early after fouling a ball off his nose in early September. He posted a -0.2 bWAR and...
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According to Shi Davidi of Sportsnet, the Toronto Blue Jays and third baseman Josh Donaldson have avoided arbitration by agreeing on a record deal of $23 million for 2018. Donaldson, 32, will become a free agent after the 2018 season and though the Toronto Blue Jays are unlikely to contend they haven’t showed much interest in trading him. The right-handed hitting Donaldson hit...
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According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the New York Mets are considering a reunion with former first baseman Lucas Duda even after signing Jay Bruce on Wednesday. Duda, 31, hit .246/.347/.532, 129 OPS+ with 21 doubles, 17 home runs and 37 RBI with the Mets in 2017 before he was traded in July to the Tampa Bay Rays for relief prospect Drew Smith. The left-handed slugger struggled mightily...
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