Jeurys Familia’s wife Bianca Rivas, has asked the authorities that the simple assault charges against her husband be dropped, the prosecutor told Jim Baumbach of Newsday. During Familia’s first court appearance on November 10, the judge stated that the prosecutors can still proceed with the case even if the victim wants to drop the charges. Additionally, MLB is investigating the...
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The Minnesota Twins have outrighted 1B/3B Trevor Plouffe according to Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. He is expected to clear waivers and become a free agent today. Plouffe, 30, was due to earn a projected $8.2 million through arbitration which the Twins decided he wasn’t worth with the young Miguel Sano figuring to be their cornerstone at third base. The right-handed hitting...
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The New York Mets have added top prospect Amed Rosario, outfielder Wuilmer Becerra, catcher Tomas Nido, and right-handed pitchers Chris Flexen, and Marcos Molina to the 40-man roster according to MiLB Roster Tracker on Twitter. The Mets 40-man roster is now currently full. Each will be protected from being selected in the Rule 5 Draft and automatically receive invites to major league spring...
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It’s that time of the year when we start seeing publications release their top prospects list and the first one this offseason is by Baseball Prospectus. Mets Top 10 Prospects (preseason rankings in parentheses): 1. Amed Rosario, SS (2) 2. Robert Gsellman, RHP (9) 3. Thomas Szapucki, LHP (NA) 4. Dominic Smith, 1B (5) 5. Desmond Lindsay, OF (7) 6. Justin Dunn, RHP (NA) 7. Andres Gimenez, SS...
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Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is reporting that Major League Baseball and MLB Player’s Union are discussing multiple changes to regular season rosters. One of the changes being discussed is the regular season roster size growing from 25 to 26 players. In exchange for that, the player’s union may be willing to agree on limiting the September roster expansion to only 28 players. Teams...
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