As per multiple reports from the team’s beat writers, the New York Mets have set their Spring Training team report dates for the 2020 season. Mets pitchers and catchers are due to report to First Data Field in Port St. Lucie, Florida on Monday, February 10, with their first workouts scheduled for Wednesday, February 12. Position players will report on Friday, February 14 with the...
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New York Mets manager Carlos Beltran gave embattled reliever Edwin Diaz a vote of confidence from the Winter Meetings in San Diego, CA on Tuesday. According to Mike Mayer of MetsMerized, the Mets’ first-year skipper expects Diaz, 25, to be the team’s closer in 2020. Following a shockingly ineffective first season in Flushing, Beltran’s early declaration regarding a catalytic...
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New Mets’ manager Carlos Beltran spoke with reporters at the Winter Meetings on Tuesday and said that Jeurys Familia has “lost almost 20 pounds” this offseason. “To me, that shows me that he wants to prove himself this year,” Beltran said regarding his weight loss. “There’s no doubt that he wants to get back to the Familia that we all know.”...
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Photo by Michael Mayer Carlos Beltran opted to give “no comment” on the topic of the Astros sign-stealing scandal during Tuesday night’s press conference at the Winter Meetings in San Diego. “I’m not going to talk about it,” he said. Beltran, whose name has been brought up as being heavily involved in the Astros’ electronic sign-stealing in the 2017...
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Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Philadelphia Phillies have signed Didi Gregorius. Sweeny Murti of WFAN adds that it is a one-year deal for the shortstop. Gregorius, 29, is coming off an injury-plagued 2019 season in which he hit .238/.276/.441 with 16 home runs and 61 RBI to give himself a 84 wRC+ and 0.9 fWAR over 82 games for the New York Yankees. However, he registered a...
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Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen seems to be confident in the team’s roster for the 2020 season, as detailed in interviews with SNY and MLB Network Radio on Monday night at the Winter Meetings in San Diego. “We’re in it to win it. There’s no question about that,” said Van Wagenen. The Mets GM said the roster was mainly built around the ability to keep Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom in the starting...
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