Apart from signing reliever Anthony Swarzak to a two-year contract at the Winter Meetings, it’s been a relatively slow offseason for the Mets. Their highest priority at this point is to land a second baseman, but with Ian Kinsler refusing to waive his no-trade clause for the Mets and acquiring Jason Kipnis becoming increasingly unlikely, Sandy Alderson is going to have to be creative to...
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If you want to see the Mets on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, you won’t have to wait too long into the season. On Tuesday, ESPN announced their starting lineup for this year’s Sunday night baseball telecast, with the Mets appearing in three of the initial 14 games: April 8 against the Washington Nationals, July 22 against the New York Yankees and Aug. 19 in the Little League Classic...
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Prior to the Red Sox signing Moreland this afternoon, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe said the Mets were another team that may have expressed interest in the first baseman. Building off that, James Wagner of the New York Times tweeted that the Mets will at least consider recently released Adrian Gonzalez as an option for first base. So it appears as though the Mets are still in the market for a...
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According to Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press, the Tigers would have preferred the Mets package of prospects in a potential deal for Kinsler, but were ultimately handcuffed by him not waiving his no-trade clause to come to New York. “Sure, the Tigers would have preferred the Mets’ prospects,” Fenech said. “After all, they’ve been picking through a bad...
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So far this offseason, the Miami Marlins have stripped down the core of their team, trading Giancarlo Stanton, Marcell Ozuna and Dee Gordon. With Derek Jeter and crew wanting to strip down payroll to as low as it can be, the Fish are in complete rebuild mode. Catcher J.T. Realmuto recognizes this and wants to be traded, according to Craig Mish of Sirius XM. Realmuto, 26, was good for 3.6 WAR...
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