Author: Rob Piersall

Mets Should Take Flyer on DFA’d Marlins’ Righty, Nick Wittgren

On Tuesday, the Miami Marlins brought a familiar Met face into the fold, signing infielder Neil Walker to a one-year pact. In order to make space on the 40-man roster, right-handed pitcher Nick Wittgren was designated for assignment. Wittgren, 27, has generally enjoyed success out of the Marlins bullpen since debuting in 2016. Last year, the Torrance, California native registered a 2.94 ERA, 125...

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Mets Should Now Shift Attention Towards Starting Depth

On Friday, the Mets signed left-handed reliever Justin Wilson to help further bolster their revamped bullpen. After the Wilson signing, the core of the ‘pen is now more or less set, with the Mets likely bringing in a couple more arms on just minor league deals to battle it out in Spring Training. With their bullpen taken care of, New York should now shift their attention towards finding...

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Rumor Roundup: Machado, Realmuto Could Soon Be on the Move

Good morning, hot stovers. Yesterday was a busy day around baseball, especially with our Mets, who signed reliever Justin Wilson to a two-year, $10 million contract. However, we also got some juicy tidbits on some big stars. Padres Pushing For Machado? For a couple weeks, we heard there might be some mystery teams involved in the Manny Machado sweepstakes. One of those teams reared their head on...

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Projected Mets Bullpen After Justin Wilson Signing

On Friday, the Mets continued their busy offseason, this time inking left-handed reliever Justin Wilson to a two-year, $10 million contract. Wilson joins Robinson Cano, Edwin Diaz, Wilson Ramos, Jeurys Familia and Jed Lowrie as the notable acquisitions New York has made this winter. Going into the offseason, the bullpen was one of the most pressing needs new general manager Brodie Van Wagenen...

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Flores Officially Signs With D-Backs, Thanks Mets and Fans

On Monday, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced their one-year deal with Wilmer Flores. Flores, 27, was non-tendered by the Mets after the 2018 season, ending his six-year big league tenure with the team. “Since Day 1, I’ve always liked playing in Arizona…When they called me, and I saw they had interest in me, I wanted to go there,” Flores said about signing with Arizona....

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