The Major League Baseball non-tender deadline has passed with multiple notable players becoming free agents. The Mets tendered contracts to all of their arbitration eligible players and agreed to a $1.7 million figure to retain Rene Rivera. Here are a few notable new free agents around MLB: Welington Castillo, Catcher – The 29-year old hit .264/.322/.423 with 24 doubles, 14 home runs and...
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According to Adam Rubin of ESPN, Pedro Lopez will replace Wally Backman as the manager of the Las Vegas 51s for the 2017 season. Frank Viola will stay as the 51s’ pitching coach and Jack Voigt will remain as the hitting coach for the 51s. Lopez, 47, was the Binghamton Mets manager for the past five seasons including an Eastern League Championship in 2014. Lopez has spent nine seasons in...
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The Washington Nationals announced that they have traded right-handed pitching prospect Pedro Avila to the San Diego Padres for catcher Derek Norris. Norris, 27, hit just .186/.255/.328 with 17 doubles, 12 home runs and 42 RBI in 2016 for the Padres. Norris is a career .223/.309/.380 hitter and fills the Nationals hole at catcher with Wilson Ramos now a free agent. The right-handed hitter was...
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New York Mets shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera is going to play in the upcoming World Baseball Classic for Team Venezuela according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. Cabrera, 31, played for Venezuela back in the 2013 WBC when they went a disappointing 1-2 and were eliminated in the first round of pool play. Team Venezuela is under turmoil right now after replacing manager Omar Vizquel with Eduardo...
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The New York Mets have settled with arbitration eligible catcher Rene Rivera for $1.75 million according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag Sports. He was projected to receive $2.2 million by MLB Trade Rumors. Rivera, 33, ended up being an integral part of the Mets 2016 run to the playoffs. As Noah Syndergaard‘s personal catcher, Rivera provided a level of defense and leadership that Travis d’Arnaud could...
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