The non-tender deadline for pre-arbitration and arbitration-eligible players is today at 8 p.m. The Mets have 30 players they can tender a contract to, and they will make decisions on those players by the deadline. Before we get into who might get non-tendered, though, let’s quickly go through arbitration-eligible players who absolutely will be tendered a contract for the 2021 season, with...
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Sandy Alderson said he hasn’t approached Michael Conforto and his agent (Scott Boras) about a contract extension yet. He noted, though, that he will “take the temperature” of Conforto and Boras with regards to a new contract at some point over this offseason. Conforto is currently set to be a free agent after the 2021 season. Following setting up the front office and signing...
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Luis Rojas will be the manager of the Mets for the 2021 season. Sandy Alderson announced such news at his Monday afternoon press conference, where he also revealed that he would be more involved this year in baseball operations than previously planned. Alderson said he is “very happy” about the decision to keep Rojas on as manager, and Rojas shared in the excitement. The Mets...
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SNY will conduct an interview with new Mets owner Steve Cohen in an hour-long special edition of Mets Hot Stove on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Cohen announced the interview himself on Twitter, albeit in classic novice Twitter form by responding to his own older tweet. He then corrected himself and shared the proper information. Fyi, SNY interview on Tuesday 635 pm — Steven Cohen (@StevenACohen2)...
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Steven Matz Player Data: Age: 29, R/L Primary Stats: 9 G (6 starts), 0-5, 30.2 IP, 9.68 ERA, 1.696 WHIP, 42 H, 33 ER, 14 HR, 10.6 K/9, 2.9 BB/9 Advanced Stats:44 ERA+, -1.0 bWAR, -0.7 fWAR, 7.76 FIP, 4.15 xFIP, .314 BABIP, 25.4 K%, 7.0 BB% Free Agent: 2022 2020 Salary: $5 million ($1.8 million prorated) Grade: F 2020 Review Damn. It’s been a long time since Grandpa Matz was cheering on his...
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