Author: Pat Ragazzo

Rumor Roundup: Harper Won’t Settle for Short Term Deal

Harper Not Considering Short Term Deal  As Jon Heyman of Fancred tweeted out yesterday, free agent mega star outfielder, Bryce Harper will only sign a long term deal, despite recent rumors of short term offers made by teams. Harper was most recently linked to the San Francisco Giants, who seem to be one of the most likely fits, as they are in desperate need of outfield help. Giants brass met...

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Familia Passes Over Closing Roles to Rejoin Mets

As pitchers and catchers un-officially reported to Port St. Lucie yesterday, Mets setup man (and former closer), Jeurys Familia expressed his excitement about the upcoming season with a bold statement, per John Healy of SNY. “Right now, I think this is our year. If everybody is healthy, we’re going to go deep into games and going to win some games,” Familia told reporters on...

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Hot Stove Rumor Roundup: Yankees Still Monitoring Market For Machado

Murray Ditches The A’s For The NFL  Former Heisman Trophy winning quarterback, Kyler Murray officially released a statement yesterday announcing that he is choosing to play football exclusively over baseball and is now solely focused on becoming an NFL quarterback. As Jeff Passan of ESPN reported, Murray will now have to give back approximately $1.29 million of his $1.5 million signing...

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Hot Stove Rumor Roundup: Pence and Tomlin Find Teams

Good morning Mets fans, it has finally happened! No, still no deals for Bryce Harper or Manny Machado, but the long lasting saga of J.T. Realmuto trade rumors and scenarios have finally come to fruition. The Miami Marlins dealt him to their division rival, Philadelphia Phillies in a deal centered around MLB Pipeline’s 21st ranked prospect in baseball, Sixto Sanchez. The Marlins also...

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Hot Stove Rumor Roundup: Marlins and Phillies Talk Realmuto

Although we are now four days away from pitchers and catchers reporting to camp, yesterday was another slow day on the MLB hot stove. However, some big new rumors broke out on the Realmuto and Harper markets. Let’s take a look at some of the buzz from yesterday. Marlins Want Phillies Top Prospect for Realmuto As trade talks for JT Realmuto between the Miami Marlins and Philadelphia...

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