It’s official, the New York Mets have the best starting pitching rotation in baseball. Or that’s at least what MLB.com thinks. Still the Mets five-some of right-handers is atop the preseason rankings. The projected rotation looks like this: Jacob deGrom, RHP Max Scherzer, RHP Chris Bassitt, RHP Carlos Carrasco, RHP Taijuan Walker, RHP Here’s what MLB.com wrote about them. Funny...
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Updated Post – March 23, 6:45 PM The Mets have avoided arbitration with 13 of their 14 arbitration eligible players, with recently acquired starter Chris Bassitt as the only player they weren’t able to settle with. We don’t have the dollar amounts yet for Tomas Nido and Drew Smith, but there’s the rest: Edwin Diaz $10.2M Pete Alonso $7.4M Brandon Nimmo $7M Dominic Smith...
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The Major League Baseball lockout prevented players from figuring out their salaries prior to the season. The deadline for teams and players to submit arbitration numbers is today, March 22. Arbitration hearings will begin on April 7, stretching into the regular season. The Mets will have 14 players submit their price today. Edwin Diaz is projected to earn the most in arbitrations with a salary...
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The Mets are still waiting for the debut of one of their premier free agent signings during the winter. Centerfielder Starling Marte, who the Mets signed to a four-year, $78 million deal in December, has yet to start hitting this spring due to an oblique injury. It’s expected to be another week until he ramps up that activity and is cleared to begin swinging a bat. “We’ll see...
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The Kris Bryant to the Mets rumor mill can finally close. The third baseman and outfielder signed a seven-year, $182 million deal to join the Colorado Rockies. Bryant replaces Nolan Arenado who departed before the 2021 season when Colorado paid the St. Louis Cardinals $51 million to take on Arenado. Now they’ll pay Bryant instead. It was reported by SNYs Andy Martino that Bryant was no...
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