Major League Baseball’s winter meetings are upon us, and the rumor mill only figures to speed up from here. Let’s see what’s new on the hot stove. Yankees Will Meet With Machado As per Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports, after initial reports seemed to indicate otherwise, confirmed on Sunday evening that the New York Yankees will indeed meet with free agent Manny Machado this week,...
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The Today’s Game Era committee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame convened on Sunday night at the winter meetings in Las Vegas, NV to vote on this year’s collection of former players, managers, and executives who were involved in the game from 1988 and later, with enshrinement in Cooperstown hanging in the balance for nearly a dozen men. This year’s player candidates were...
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In one fell swoop, Buster Olney of ESPN ($) brought the New York Mets back to the front burner of the hot stove as Major League Baseball’s winter meetings are set to kick off on Sunday. Olney reports that the New York Mets would “absolutely” trade frontline starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard if the right offer was on the table. The San Diego Padres and their top-rated farm...
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With Major League Baseball’s annual winter meetings beginning on Sunday in Las Vegas, NV, the heat on the hot stove is sure to be turned up to high over the next five days. Let’s take a look at what’s currently simmering. Machado Has “At Least” Six Suitors At The Moment Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic tweeted on Saturday that free-agent third baseman/shortstop Manny...
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Amidst the flurry of activity in Flushing over the last week or so, a move that may have flown under the radar for some was the New York Mets’ signing of Dilson Herrera to a minor league deal on Nov 29. Traded to the Mets, along with Vic Black, for John Buck, Marlon Byrd, and cash considerations in 2013, then flipped to Cincinnati in the Jay Bruce trade in 2016, Herrera, still just 24, now...
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