Mike Puma of the New York Post reports the New York Mets have traded right-handed pitching prospect Franklin Sánchez to the Miami Marlins for right-handed relievers Jeff Bringham and Elieser Hernández. The Mets announced the deal on Friday afternoon with the note that they will also send Miami a player to be named later or cash. Sánchez, 22, signed as an international free agent out of the...
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According to our own Michael Mayer, the Mets would love to bring back right-handed free agent reliever Adam Ottavino, but also realize that he will cost significantly more than he did the last offseason. Ottavino, who will turn 37 this coming Tuesday, Nov. 22, signed a one-year, $4 million deal with the Mets earlier this year. In 65 2/3 innings, Ottavino posted a 2.06 ERA with 79 strikeouts in...
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Updated Post – Nov. 18, 10:20 AM Jeff Passan of ESPN was on a Blue Jays-centric Podcast to talk about what the offseason looks like for Toronto and center fielder Brandon Nimmo was a hot topic on the show. Here’s what Passan had to see about the type of contract Nimmo could expect to see as transcribed by Andrew Stoeten: “I went into it thinking, OK, he’s going to get,...
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The non-tender deadline is today at 8:00 p.m. ET, meaning that teams have to make a decision on whether or not to give a contract to eligible players for the 2023 season. We often see a host of different players that get non-tendered go on to have a substantial role on their new teams, such as reliever Jason Adam last season and Kyle Schwarber in 2021. With that, we’re going to take a look...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Will Sammon of The Athletic reports that the New York Mets and free-agent Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga met and the encounter went well, industry sources say. Senga, a right-handed pitcher is coming off a solid season for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball league, where he posted a record of 11-6 with a 1.94 ERA. In 11 total seasons in Japan,...
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Major League Baseball on Thursday night announced the 2022 MVP awards. St. Louis Cardinals’ first baseman Paul Goldschmidt claimed the National League honors. New York Yankees outfielder, Aaron Judge was named this year’s American League MVP. This was the first MVP win for both Goldschmidt and Judge National League – Paul Goldschmidt Goldschmidt claimed the National League MVP title with 22...
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