Good morning, baseball fanatics! Tonight is the deadline for teams to add players to their 40-man rosters. The first domino of the offseason has yet to fall on the trade and free agent front, but the rumors are still swirling. According to Jon Morosi of MLB.com on Twitter, the St. Louis Cardinals have made a formal offer to the Miami Marlins for Giancarlo Stanton. They are reportedly the second...
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The Mets have targeted the keystone as a point of interest to improve upon this offseason. However, the free agent market for the position doesn’t yield any sexy names. New York could potentially reunite with Neil Walker, but that ship seems to have sailed. Eduardo Nunez has played second in the past, but figures to spend more time at the hot corner going forward. Beyond that, the only...
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Jack Voigt played in parts of seven big league seasons with stops in Baltimore, Texas, Milwaukee and Oakland before transitioning to a coach. He managed the Single-A Frederick Keys in the Orioles organization in 2002 before being hired in 2006 by the Mets as a scout. From 2007 until this past season, Voigt worked as the Triple-A coach in the Mets organization and became an outfield/baserunning...
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Jeurys Familia, RHP Player Data: Age: 28, B/T: R/R, Free Agency: 2019 2017 Primary Stats: 26 G, 24.2 IP, 2-2, 4.38 ERA, 3.60 FIP, 1.459 WHIP, 9.1 K/9, 0.0 WAR 2018 Salary: $7.4 million (projected) Grade: Incomplete 2017 Review: Jeurys Familia was involved in a domestic abuse fiasco which ultimately led to the Mets closer being suspended for the first 15 games of the 2017 season. He was...
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Wilmer Flores’s season didn’t end quite the way he wanted it to. On Sept. 2 in the second game of a double dip with the Houston Astros, Flores fouled off a ball that hit him in the face, effectively ending his season. He finished his year hitting 18 homers and driving in 52 runs while hitting at a .271/.307/.488 clip with a 106 wRC+, .331 wOBA, .217 ISO and .270 BABIP in 362 plate...
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