The Mets have signed Jose Martinez to a split contract, Bob Nightengale reports. The first baseman and outfielder will earn $1 million with $500,000 in incentives if he makes it to the majors, according to the report. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, reports that Martinez would make $225,000 in the minors. Martinez has two minor league options left and is controllable through the 2022 season. Martinez...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday, while fully donned in Mets regalia, that Citi Field would become a mass vaccination site for city residents. Vaccines would start being administered at the park on January 25. De Blasio said they’d be able to vaccinate 5,000 to 7,000 people per day at the stadium. Following suit with the Mets and Los Angeles...
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The top free agent reliever is off the board. The Chicago White Sox have signed Liam Hendriks to a four-year, $54 millon deal. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal was the first to report the deal. Jeff Passan reports the contract details are as follows: he gets $39 million over the first three years, and then there is a fourth year club option for $15 million. However, if the club option is...
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While Francisco Lindor is the highlight of the Mets’ trade this afternoon, pitcher Carlos Carrasco is almost as important of a piece to get in return. Just before the press conference announcing the trade took place, Carrasco–nicknamed Cookie–joined MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM for his reaction to the trade. The 34-year-old says he found out he was leaving Cleveland when...
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In a press conference discussing the acquisition of Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco, team president Sandy Alderson said the team traded for Lindor with the “hope” that he would sign a long-term extension. ” “We acquired him with the thought that he could be a Met long term,” Alderson said. He made sure to note that the Mets have only had one conversation with...
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