Yoenis Cespedes’s comeback is in full swing! According to Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News, Mets’ general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said that Cespedes “hitting progression has reached the point where he’s ready to go for spring training on the offensive side.” With that, Van Wagenen also added that Cespedes has increased “the exertion level that he’s...
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Andy Martino of SNY reported on Tuesday that the New York Mets are still trying to trade Yoenis Cespedes and Jed Lowrie before Opening Day in order to clear their salaries. In the case of Cespedes, moving his contract with the sole purpose of dumping his salary would be a mistake. The outfielder is obviously far from a given to make a significant impact in 2020 considering he hasn’t played...
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Baseball America has released its Top 100 prospects for the 2020 season, and the two Mets prospects who have received the largest international free agent bonuses were ranked 66 and 67 respectively. SS Ronny Mauricio, 18, was ranked 66th after a season where he hit .268/.307/.357 with 20 doubles, five triples, four homers, and 37 RBI for Single-A Columbia.In rating him 66th, Baseball America...
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ESPN reports that major league baseball intends to use a computerized camera system meant to function as “robot umpires” in Spring Training this year. In addition, they will start incorporating it in the minor leagues, specifically the Florida State League this season as they attempt to properly test and adjust the system before using it in regular-season MLB games. The system has...
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Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that the New York Yankees have signed Luis Avilan to a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training. Avilan, 30, pitched for the Mets in 2019 and registered a 5.06 ERA, 4.96 FIP, and 1.469 WHIP with 8.4 K/9 as compared to 3.9 BB/9. Despite that ugly stat line, the southpaw held same-handed opponents to a .369 OPS as compared to right-handers who had a...
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Jeff Wilpon spoke about the Mets’ decision to hire Luis Rojas as their new manager and said that Steve Cohen had no involvement in the decision. The Wilpons and Saul Katz have reportedly been in the process of transferring 80% of the team’s ownership to Cohen, so it is certainly worth noting although Jeff did say that nothing has changed with regards to the potential sale of the...
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