Good Morning, Mets fans! Happy Friday! Let’s start the weekend off right. Here’s what you need to know: Latest Mets News On Thursday, the Mets introduced their latest addition to the bullpen, reliever Dellin Betances, in a press conference at Citi Field. Betances himself expressed excitement at the prospect of pitching in Queens, noting that winning is his top priority. Mets GM...
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According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, free-agent catcher Jason Castro and the Los Angeles Angels “are in agreement” on a one-year, $6.85 million pact, pending medical evaluations, per sources. Castro, 32, hit .232/.332/.435 with 13 home runs, 30 RBIs, nine doubles, and 88 strikeouts over 275 plate appearances with Minnesota last season with -7 defensive runs saved and 3.2 framing runs...
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Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen is excited about the potential of the bullpen he’s created after signing righty Dellin Betances, “This signing was intended to blow the cover off of our ceiling.” The ceiling for Betances is certainly high – 2.36 ERA and 14.6 K/9 in 381 career innings – though he’s also a guy coming off a season in which he faced two...
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Not even 48 hours into 2020 and the Mets have gotten us all even more excited for this season by holding their Dellin Betances introductory news conference on Thursday. Did it get you pumped? It got me pumped. And from the looks of Twitter, it got most fans pumped, too. Betances said all of the right things – but there’s more to it than just that. Any player can be prepped on what to...
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Hannah Keyser of Yahoo Sports reports that Yankees right-handed pitcher Domingo German has been suspended 81 games for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. German, 27, already served 18 games of his suspension last season as the league investigated the situation. He will have to sit out the first 63 games of the Yankees 2020 season. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports...
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Laura Albanese of Newsday reports Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen is confident closer Edwin Diaz “will bounce back [in 2020] because he’s healthy and he’s made mechanical adjustments.” While Van Wagenen did not specify what ailed Diaz, shortly after he was acquired in the trade with the Seattle Mariners, we learned Diaz had bone spurs in his pitching elbow. While...
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