When the Mets acquired Marcus Stroman from the Toronto Blue Jays prior to the trade deadline this past summer, they had one thing in mind: having him be Zack Wheeler’s replacement. Sure, the two shared the same rotation down the stretch for a playoff push for two months, but overall, the front office viewed Stroman as an option for when Wheeler left via free agency. Wheeler, who put up...
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Mets’ right-handed starter Noah Syndergaard has had a tumultuous time since debuting with the team in 2015. The 27-year-old rose to stardom in 2016 after putting up a 6.0 fWAR season, but appeared in just seven games in 2017, in what turned out to be a disastrous year overall for New York. Syndergaard has yet to reach another 6.0 fWAR season, but has put up 8.6 fWAR in his last two seasons...
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Last week during the Winter Meetings, the Mets added two veterans via free agency to round out the back end of the rotation: Rick Porcello and Michael Wacha. Wacha, 28, signed first, and took a base salary of $3 million, with $7 million attainable in incentives. Porcello, 30, signed for $10 million, and at the moment, looks like he’ll likely be the fifth starter. However, Wacha was also...
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According to multiple reports, including ones by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic and Jeff Passan of ESPN, the Cleveland Indians are sending two-time Cy Young award winner Corey Kluber to the Texas Rangers. The Indians will receive Delino DeShields and pitcher Emmanuel Clase for their return. Kluber, 34 in April, appeared in just seven games for the Tribe in 2019 as he battled an oblique injury....
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Contrary to popular belief, Brandon Nimmo is actually a very good baseball player. Shocking, right? It seems as though a lot of people have pushed Nimmo to the side, completely erasing his robust 2018 campaign from their memory. There seems to be a lot of opinions of Nimmo on Twitter, saying he’s “bad” and “nothing more than a guy who smiles and sprints to first base when...
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