Good morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News MMO’s own Tim Ryder reports that the Chicago White Sox are currently the highest bidder for Zack Wheeler. The Mets have expressed interest in acquiring Starling Marte via trade, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network. Hensley Meulens is a finalist to become the next bench coach for the Mets, but the team has not confirmed, according to Andy Martino...
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MMO’s own Tim Ryder reports that the Chicago White Sox are currently the highest bidder for Zack Wheeler. In addition, he confirms a report from Jon Heyman of MLB Network that the starter plans to circle back to the Mets before making a final decision about what team he will be playing for in 2020. Wheeler, 29, went 11-8 with a 3.96 ERA, 1.259 WHIP, and 3.48 FIP in 2019. He also averaged...
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Daniel Hudson Position: RP Bats/Throws: Right/Right Age: 32 (March 9, 1987) Traditional Stats: 2.47 ERA, 71 K, 27 BB, 1.14 WHIP over 69 appearances (73 innings) Advanced Stats: 3.97 FIP, 5.08 xFIP, 8.75 K/9, 3.33 BB/9, 0.99 HR/9, 17.8% soft-hit rate, 39.1% hard-hit rate, 0.9 fWAR Since being drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the fifth round of the 2008 MLB draft, Daniel Hudson has had a wild...
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The New York Mets are in a tough predicament this offseason, mostly self-imposed, as if the team wants to avoid the luxury tax, they will only have around $17 million to spend. With multiple holes this offseason, the team will either need to fill some internally or look to the trade market to fill their needs. Sure, they could just spread the money evenly for each of their needs. When you...
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Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that the New York Mets have interest in acquiring Starling Marte via trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Marte, 31, is coming off a season in which he hit .295/.342/.503 with 23 homers and 82 RBI to give himself a 119 wRC+ and 3.0 fWAR. He also stole 25 bases in 2019. Defensively, he struggled in center field this past season as he had -9 DRS and a -7.6 UZR in...
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The New York Mets did the obvious and added Andres Gimenez and Thomas Szapucki to the 40 man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft. With the team potentially losing Tomas Nido as they investigate backup catching options, they secured their catching depth by adding Ali Sanchez. Finally, they arguably protected their best-exposed starter in Jordan Humphreys. Even with the Mets protecting...
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