MMO Free Agent Profile: Brad Hand, LHP

Brad Hand, LHP Bats/Throws: L/L Age: 30 (3/20/1990) Traditional Stats: 2-1, 16 saves, 23 games, 22 IP, 2.05 ERA Advanced Stats: 11.86 K/9, 1.64 BB/9, 1.37 FIP, 3.83 xFIP, 1.1 fWAR, 0.7 bWAR Rundown The Indians deciding to waive Brad Hand and get out of paying him $10 million caught some by surprise. Hand was a failed starter in Miami and the Padres took a flier on a relatively hard throwing...

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Trying to Quantify Jacob DeGrom’s Dominance, Again

New York Mets ace starting pitcher, Jacob deGrom, is really good at throwing baseballs. That’s been established countless times on these very internet pages, but we’ll try to do it again because, well, we’ve been watching something special in Queens. Technically, deGrom had a shot at earning his third straight National League Cy Young award last week because he was named a...

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Source: Mets Showing Interest in Corey Kluber, Charlie Morton, Mike Minor

Per an industry source, the New York Mets have begun doing their due diligence in the mid-rotation free-agent market, touching base with three veteran starters — right-handers Charlie Morton and Corey Kluber, and southpaw Mike Minor — as options to fill out their front five. With Jacob deGrom and Marcus Stroman — who accepted the Mets’ $18.9 million qualifying offer last...

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Robel Garcia Goes Yard On Dominican Winter League Opening Day

After a four week delay to allow for COVID-19 safety measures to be implemented, the 2020-2021 LIDOM season finally kicked off last night. For the Mets, a total of ten players (listed here) are on the rosters for one of the six teams in the league, of which, five of them were on Opening Day active rosters. One of the Mets newest players, infielder Robel Garcia, had himself a strong first night...

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Cubs Reportedly Preparing for “Significant” Roster Turnover

According to Buster Olney of ESPN (paywall), the Chicago Cubs could be preparing for a fire sale of sorts this offseason and there are a couple of players the New York Mets could theoretically be interested in. Chicago’s front office is reportedly telling interested teams they’re expecting their roster to undergo “significant turnover” this winter and have been privately...

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Morning Briefing: Trevor Bauer Praises Mets’ New Owner

Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News Potential free agent and Mets target Trevor Bauer posted a video on his YouTube channel where he praised Steve Cohen’s ‘brilliant,’ start as the team’s new owner. Buster Olney of ESPN reported that the Mets are showing interest in Jake Odorizzi. Latest MLB News The Los Angeles Dodgers announced via Twitter that Hall Of Fame...

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