Good Morning, Mets fans! Happy Friday, and welcome to the weekend! Here’s what you need to know: Latest Mets News Reliever Jeurys Familia has lost a total of 30 pounds this offseason as he prepares to put a disappointing 2019 behind him, reported Mike Puma and Pat Ragazzo of the New York Post. Per Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline: Mets’ pitcher Matthew Allan would sit at #109 if his Top...
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We heard on Wednesday that the Mets had interest in infielder Pablo Sandoval before he signed with the Giants. That got me to wondering what was left on the market in terms of infield depth. Without assuming Yoenis Cespedes is healthy, the Mets bench right now would likely be catcher Tomas Nido, outfielder Jake Marisnick, IF/OF Dominic Smith, infielder Luis Guillorme, and banged up veteran Jed...
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Tracking trade rumors is a pretty useless exercise if you are a fan with any degree of self-control (which I admit, I am not always). Everyone gets excited about the random rumor involving their favorite team, and I suppose there’s some fun to constantly refreshing Twitter to find out if your team traded for this player or that player. For Mets fans, the red-coiled burner on the proverbial Hot...
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25. Daison Acosta, RHP B/T: R/R Age: 21 (08/24/1998) Height: 6’2” Weight: 160 Acquired: International Free Agent (07/2016) $70K ETA: 2022 Previous Rank: N/A 2019 Stats (Brooklyn, Columbia): 3.06 ERA 1.28 WHIP, 4.1 BB/9, 9.4 K/9, 3.72 FIP At No. 25 we have starting pitcher Daison Acosta. He began the year in Brooklyn and showed immediate success at the level, with an impressive 0.98 ERA...
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The Robinson Cano/Edwin Díaz acquisition is already going down as one of the most one-sided trades in recent baseball history. The Mets sent Jarred Kelenic, their recent first-round draft pick, packaging him with a couple of their top pitching prospects, in exchange for second baseman Robinson Cano and closer Edwin Díaz. Since the Mets took on most of Cano’s remaining deal, the Mariners...
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Various media outlets are reporting the Los Angeles Dodgers are pursuing a trade to obtain Mookie Betts from the Boston Red Sox. Andy McCullough of The Athletic reports the two teams are discussing different trade scenarios with one of them including taking on David Price’s contract. Price, 34, has three years $96 million remaining on his contract. In some ways a trade like this is...
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