Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic originally reported that the Mets were close to an agreement with free agent reliever Brad Hand. Now, he’s backtracking that a bit, saying the Mets are still “engaged” with Hand, but the deal is not close. Hand, 30, posted a 2.05 ERA, 1.37 FIP, spectacular 7.25 K/BB, and a major league leading 16 saves in 2020 for Cleveland. Hand’s numbers...
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The Mets entered the offseason with 13 arbitration eligible players, the second most in the majors. The deadline to settle with players to avoid arbitration is on Friday on 1 p.m. ET. MLB Trade Rumors released their projections for all arbitration eligible players in October. The Mets non-tendered Chasen Shreve to bring that number down to 12 arbitration eligible players. They also already...
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In the latest episode of Simply Amazin’, executive editor of Metsmerized Mike Mayer returns to the show to bring us up to speed on the New York Mets offseason and what’s still on the docket for Jared Porter & Co. Tim and Mike talk about Mets’ free-agent targets George Springer and Brad Hand (as well as fallback options for both), Francisco Lindor’s potential...
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You may want to dig out that old shoebox full of baseball cards hiding in your closets and basements. According to auction house PWCC Marketplace, a very rare mint-condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for a staggering new record high on Thursday. “This month we had the pleasure of brokering a record-breaking sale on a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle. One of the most sought after cards in...
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The Major League Baseball international free agency signing period begins today, and the Mets are projected to sign a bunch of players in the $100,000 to $600,000 range. Teams that received a Competitive Balance Pick in Round B of the 2020 MLB draft are given a pool of $6,431,000, while teams that received a Competitive Balance Pick in Round A are given $5,889,600. The Mets are not one of those...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Happy arbitration day! The MLB franchises will be exchanging arbitration numbers. Steve Cohen has also been getting some fan input on what they’d like to see brought to Citi Field as well as some new signings. Let’s go check out what’s going on around MLB! Latest Mets News MMO writer Jack Hendon had a great idea to bring back orange and blue seats to...
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