The New York Mets announced that they have officially picked up Jerry Blevin’s $7 million option for the 2018 season. “I would love to come back to New York,” Blevins told us last month in an exclusive MMO interview. “I feel like we have a lot to prove and I think we’ll play that underdog role a lot better than we do playing the favorites. Everybody kind of needs a...
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According to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag Sports, the New York Mets have decided to pick up the 2018 option for Asdrubal Cabrera. The option will play the veteran infielder $8.5 million instead of what would’ve been a $2 million buyout. Cabrera, 31, hit .280/.351/.434 with 14 homers and 59 RBI and had a 1.3 fWAR, 111 wRC+ and .338 wOBA in 135 games for the Mets this season. He also had a...
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The New York Mets have announced they’ve signed infielder Phillip Evans to a minor league with an invite to Major League Spring Training. Evans, 25, was outrighted off the Mets 40-man roster earlier this offseason and became a free agent in doing so. The utility guy went 10 for 33 (.303/.395/.364) with two doubles, one RBI and four walks in 19 games for the Mets at the major league level...
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New York Mets prospect Kevin Kaczmarski had a pretty quiet regular season with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in 2017 hitting .274/.370/.369 with 18 doubles, five triples, five home runs and 15 stolen bases. However, the 25-year-old outfielder is starting to open some eyes with his strong play in the Arizona Fall League for the Scottsdale Scorpions. After going 3 for 5 on Thursday night,...
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The first day of the offseason for all of Major League Baseball kicked off yesterday with 149 players officially electing free agency and numerous others joining that group after having their options declined. One of the bigger names to get their option declined was first baseman Adam Lind by the Washington Nationals. The Nats decided to give the veteran Lind a $500K buyout instead of paying him...
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