Good morning, Mets fans! The pickings on the free-agent starter market is now considerably slimmer after San Francisco’s longtime southpaw, Madison Bumgarner, signed a five-year pact with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Latest Mets News Anthony DiComo of MLB.com broke down the incentives on Michael Wacha’s deal with the Mets. If he exercises all of them, he’ll earn up to 11.35...
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According to Andy Martino of SNY, the Mets and Yoenis Cespedes have agreed to rework his contract for the 2020 season. Martino also tweets out that Cespedes will remain a Met for the 2020 season. Tim Healey of Newsday mentioned that the reworked deal will lower Cespedes’ annual 2020 salary, but will add incentives for the slugger to reach. Martino notes that the Mets and Cespedes were...
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According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, the Mets have signed Pedro Payano to a minor-league deal. Payano represents the third starter the Mets have signed in the last day and a half. He made his Major-League debut in 2019, pitching six games for the Texas Rangers. The right-hander spent the majority of the season with the Rangers Double-A and Triple-A affiliates, pitching to a 4.93 ERA over 18...
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Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic is reporting that the Mets have had discussions with the Rangers about Jed Lowrie and Dominic Smith. However, Rosenthal notes that talks have failed to progress to this point. After the Mets’ rumored signing of Rick Porcello this morning, they’re within two million dollars of the luxury tax threshold for the 2020 campaign and have seemingly made a...
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Good morning, Mets fans! With the Winter Meetings in full throttle now, look for a ton of Mets-related news over the last few days. Latest Mets News Wilson Ramos is among the group of Major League ballplayers that are taking a goodwill trip to Colombia this winter, per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. Jacob Resnick of MetsMinors.Net tweeted out that the Mets have signed Lewis Castillo, the nephew of...
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