In a shocking story that Jeff Passan and Mina Kimes of ESPN dropped Monday night, New York Mets general manager Jared Porter has admitted to sending explicit photos to a foreign female reporter in 2016. A copy of the text history was obtained by ESPN. They subsequently reached out to him on Monday night, when he acknowledged texting with the woman. The photos Porter sent included a picture of a...
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The Mets will send scouts to watch Aníbal Sanchez and Julio Teherán throw bullpen session in Miami on Tuesday, according to Mike Puma. Both Sanchez and Teheran struggled in 2020. Sanchez, who will be 37 next season, got knocked around in 11 starts with the Nationals in 2020, producing a 5.46 FIP and 1.66 WHIP. Though he had a solid 2019 (including a near no-hitter in game one of the World...
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The Mets have acquired Joey Lucchesi from the San Diego Padres in a three-team deal that sent pitcher Joe Musgrove from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Padres. Jeff Passan first reported Musgrove was going to San Diego, and the San Diego Union-Tribune’s Kevin Acee reported the Mets would be a third team in the deal. Passan also was the first to report a “large package of...
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According to Jon Morosi of MLB Network, free-agent outfielder George Springer’s market could be closed in short order and the New York Mets are still in the thick of things. Per Morosi: “[Springer’s] free-agent decision could come this week, multiple industry sources believe. The Blue Jays and Mets are the two frontrunners as of today.” Springer, 31, has seen his market...
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Trevor Rosenthal Bats/Throws: R/R Date of Birth: 5/29/1990 (30) Traditional Stats: 1-0, 23 saves, 23 Games, 23.2 innings, 0.85 WHIP, 1.90 ERA Advanced Stats: 1.2 bWAR, 0.7 fWAR, 2.22 FIP, 2.83 xFIP, 1.69 WPA Rundown Trevor Rosenthal has seemingly been in the league forever and has always been throwing 98-99 MPH fastballs over the course of his career. Rosenthal looked like one of the worst...
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According to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, the Mets are one of the 10 teams who are interested in Jeremy Jeffress. Jeffress had a 1.54 ERA for the Cubs in 2020 with a 6.6 K/9 and 4.09 FIP. He even managed to take away some save chances from Craig Kimbrel. Jeffress’ success has come from limiting home runs and getting lots of ground balls. His career HR/9 is just 0.7 and his career ground ball...
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