The San Diego Padres have their franchise player and they aren’t letting him go away any time soon. According to MLB insider Robert Murray, Fernando Tatis Jr. is signing a massive contract extension to stay with the Padres for more than a decade. Murray reports that the deal is for $340 million, over 14 years. This for a player who has yet to even play 150 games at the big league level....
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Spring Training 2021 is officially under way. Mets pitchers and catchers reported Wednesday to Clover Park in Port Saint Lucie and position players are scheduled to report on Monday. However, there will be one non-roster invitee and a very popular and well-known player missing when position players report, and that is fan-favorite, Tim Tebow, who on Wednesday announced his retirement from...
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If you thought the Mets last hope of bolstering their bullpen this offseason relied heavily on signing Trevor Rosenthal — think again. According to MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo, in addition to Rosenthal, the Mets are also showing interest in 33-year-old right-handed reliever Jeremy Jeffress, as well. Coming off a rough 2019 campaign, where he posted an ERA of 5.02 for the Milwaukee...
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This year was supposed to bring the return of one of the best spectacles for the game of baseball, the World Baseball Classic. Unfortunately the classic has been postponed indefinitely, due to the ongoing global pandemic. Still, hope is that normalcy will one day return and the WBC will resume. How many have seen or attended a Magallanes vs. Caracas game in the league known as VWL? Those who...
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Spring training is finally upon us, and as customary practice, Luis Rojas met with media to discuss everything going on with his ballclub in his second season at the helm as the New York Mets manager. Depth, versatility and expectations were some of the key buzz words uttered throughout the hour-long press conference. Here were some of the main takeaways we learned from Rojas in his first press...
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According to Andy Martino of SNY, the Mets have identified Taijuan Walker as their main target with only weeks left before the start of the 2021 season. Walker, 28, is one of the top starting pitchers on the free agent market. For his career, Walker has posted a line of 35-34 and an ERA of 3.84. His best season came back in 2017 with the Diamondbacks when the righty posted a 2.5 fWAR through 28...
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