A report from The New York Times Sunday night revealed Cleveland’s baseball team–soon-to-be formerly known as the Cleveland Indians–will drop their nickname, which they’ve had since 1915. The official announcement from the team could come as soon as this week, the report says. The primary push to change the team name has come from decades of protest from indigenous...
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Left-handed reliever Jerry Blevins has signed a minor-league contract with the New York Mets, according to a report from Bob Nightengale. The contract will pay him $1.25 million when he’s in the major leagues with $750,000 in incentives. Blevins last pitched in the majors in 2019 with the Atlanta Braves. He was a mainstay in the Mets bullpen from 2016 to 2018 after the Mets traded for him...
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The Philadelphia Phillies will hire longtime baseball executive Dave Dombrowski as president of baseball operations, according to The Athletic’s Jayson Stark. This leaves the Mets as the only team left without a president of baseball operations or general manager. The hiring comes as a bit of a surprise in the baseball world as Dombrowski, who was the architect of two World Series...
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ESPN’s Jeff Passan listed the Mets as one of the teams “in” on DJ LeMahieu this offseason in his insider article Monday. The Mets were joined by the Yankees (obviously), the Blue Jays, and the Dodgers–basically the teams looking to spend money during free agency–as the primary teams interested in the towering infielder’s services, with other teams sure to be...
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Jake Marisnick, OF Player Data: Age: 29 (3/30/1991), B/T: R/R Primary Stats: 16 G, 33 AB, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .333 BA, .959 OPS, 0 SB, 2.9 BB%, 29.4 K% Advanced Stats: 0.2 bWAR, 0.1 fWAR, 156 WRC+, 159 OPS+, -3 DRS, -2.9 UZR 2020 salary: $3,312,500 ($1,226,852 prorated) Grade: C 2020 Review Jake Marisnick was acquired from the Houston Astros at the beginning of what turned out to be Brodie van...
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