The free agent bullpen market gained an intriguing name on Friday when lefty Mike Minor declined his half of a $10 million mutual option with the Kansas City Royals. Minor, 29, pitched in the major leagues for the first time since the 2014 season posting a 2.55 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 10.2 K/9 in 77.2 innings for the Royals. The former Brave struck out 88 batters, walked 22 and allowed only 57 hits....
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Masahiro Tanaka has decided he will not opt-out of his three-year, $67 million deal with the New York Yankees. Tanaka, 29, went 13-12 with a 4.74 ERA, 4.34 FIP, 1.24 WHIP and allowed a career-high 34 home runs. He struck out 194 and walked 41 batters in 178.1 innings in the 2017 regular season. The right-hander was lights out in the playoffs this year allowing only two earned runs on 10 hits in...
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The Mets have decided they will bring back veteran infielder Asdrubal Cabrera for the 2018 season but that won’t stop them from considering a Jose Reyes return as well according to Marc Carig of Newsday. Reyes officially became a free agent on Thursday. Carig also mentions that the Mets would see Reyes as a utility player like they did in 2017 when he led the team in plate appearances with...
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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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