The San Diego Padres have acquired shortstop Freddy Galvis from the Philadelphia Phillies for pitching prospect Enyel De Los Santos according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Galvis, 28, hit just .255/.309/.382, with 80 wRC+, 29 doubles, six triples, 12 home runs and 14 stolen bases in 2017 for the Phillies. He was a poor defender with -5 DRS, but did have a 3.5 UZR/150. For his career, Galvis...
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The New York Mets and Minnesota Twins are interested in free agent first baseman Mike Napoli according to Gerry Fraley of Dallas Morning News. The Tampa Bay Rays are also interested per Marc Tompkin of the TB Times. It was reported earlier this week that new Mets manager Mickey Callaway had reached out to Napoli to gauge his interest in playing in Queens. The 36-year-old played for the Cleveland...
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The Boston Red Sox finished the 2017 season last in the American League with only 168 home runs and their .149 ISO was 28th in baseball. They hope to rectify that situation by going after outfielder J.D. Martinez and Eric Hosmer. According to a report by Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald that the Red Sox don’t just want Hosmer or Martinez, that ideally they would get both to fix a...
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Rafael Montero was part of the New York Mets trade discussions with the Detroit Tigers for second baseman Ian Kinsler according to Marc Carig of Newsday. Carig notes that the talks got pretty serious to the point were several names were exchanged and various proposals were made. Though it likely wouldn’t have mattered with Kinsler unwilling to waive his no-trade clause to go to the Mets or...
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The New York Mets could explore Zack Cozart to play second base though it’s seen as a long shot currently according to Marc Carig of Newsday. Cozart, 32, had a breakout season in 2017 when he hit .297/.385/.548 with 24 doubles, seven triples, 24 home runs. 141 OPS+ and struck out only 78 times in 438 at-bats. He also set a career-high with 4.9 WAR, earned his first All-Star appearance and...
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