According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, the St. Louis Cardinals have acquired left-handed pitching prospect Matthew Liberatore and minor league catcher Eduardo Rodriguez (per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic) from the Tampa Bay Rays for outfielders Jose Martinez and Randy Arozarena. Both teams swapped compensatory picks in this year’s draft, as well. Tampa will receive a Compensation A pick...
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As the Mets embarked on the offseason, Brodie Van Wagenen specifically said the Mets were looking to upgrade over Tomas Nido as a backup catching option. Given Wilson Ramos’ durability concerns, Nido’s 40 wRC+, and pitchers like Noah Syndergaard pushing for a personal catcher, you could understand Van Wagenen’s position. However, as it stands today, the Mets appear as if they...
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Can you believe that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the 2000 season when the New York Mets became National League Champions but lost to the Yankees in the World Series? It was the first World Series contested between two New York teams since the 1956 World Series, and the first time the Mets and Yankees ever opposed each other in the postseason. It was a hard fought and exciting season...
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Any baseball fans knows that it is more than a game. It is not just America’s pastime for us. In some way, shape, or form, baseball has had an impact on our lives, making it better. I have already written about what baseball means to me and what it meant for my brother. It gave us hope in a dark time. It gave us a distraction. It made us even closer. Baseball fans everywhere have their own...
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On the latest episode of Simply Amazin, Tim Ryder is joined by FanGraphs senior writer and author of The Cooperstown Casebook, Jay Jaffe. In addition to Jay sharing his thoughts on a number of this year’s Hall of Fame candidates — Larry Walker, Scott Rolen, Todd Helton, Billy Wagner, Gary Sheffield, to name a few — he and Tim even squeezed a little Mets talk in there. Be sure...
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The New York Mets today announced that the club has invited the following players to major league spring training as non-roster invitees: LHP David Peterson, Kevin Smith RHP Matt Blackham, Ryley Gilliam, Francisco Rios, Pedro Payano, Stephen Nogosek, Adonis Uceta C Austin Bossart, Patrick Mazeika, David Rodriguez INF Jake Hager OF Ryan Cordell, Tim Tebow, Johneshwy Fargas The free agent signings...
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