Jeurys Familia has received permission from the New York Mets to pitch in the Dominican Winter League for the Gigantes del Cibao. Familia last pitched in the Dominican League back in 2013 when he made six appearances for Gigantes. The Gigantes del Cibao are currently in first place with the regular season ending on December 21. Familia is expected to start pitching during the playoffs which...
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New York Mets second baseman Neil Walker has expressed a willingness to play other positions if it would help the Mets according to Anthony DiComo on Twitter. Walker, 31, is coming off from a great offensive first season with the Mets in which he slashed .282/.347/.476 with nine doubles, 23 home runs (tied career high) and 55 runs batted in. He also had a fine year defensively as he posted a...
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According to Evan Drellich on Twitter, the Chicago Cubs are close to signing former Boston Red Sox closer Koji Uehara. The deal is reportedly for one year, $6 million. Uehara, 41, had a 3.45 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, seven saves and a 5.73 SO/W ratio for the Red Sox in 2016. He did miss time during the season with a pectoral strain and saw diminished velocity on his fastball. During his eight season major...
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As the Chicago White Sox presumably continue their fire sale, the Mets could have some interest in closer David Robertson according to Marc Carig of Newsday. While it seems unlikely given the Mets current payroll, a source told Carig that the Mets have not ruled out exploring a trade for Robertson. Robertson, 31, is coming off a down year in 2016 in which he had his worst BB/9 (4.6) since 2011,...
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The Major League portion of the Rule 5 has concluded and the New York Mets didn’t have an unprotected player drafted and didn’t select a player. The Mets also passed in the Triple-A portion of the draft. They had two players taken from their minor leagues, lefty reliever Paul Paez was drafted by the Seattle Mariners and lefty reliever Adrian Almeida was taken by the Los...
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