Major League Baseball’s Most Valuable Player Awards were handed out on Thursday evening via live MLB Network broadcast. As voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, Los Angeles swept the honors. Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels (17 first-place votes, 355 voting points) won his third American League Most Valuable Player Award over Houston’s Alex Bregman...
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Major League Baseball’s deadline for impending free agents to accept or decline their former team’s $17.8 million, one-year qualifying offers for 2020 passed at 5 PM ET on Thursday. Of the ten extended deals, just two players accepted. As expected, Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler declined the qualifying offer. Brodie Van Wagenen told reporters on Thursday that he expects the Mets to...
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The Atlanta Braves announced on Thursday night they’ve signed left-handed closer Will Smith to a three-year deal with an option for a fourth. The deal is worth $39 million, the option is for $13 million with a $1 million buyout. Smith, 30, was given a qualifying offer by the Giants after posting a career-best 2.1 WAR and 34 saves in 2019 for San Francisco. He had a 2.76 ERA, 3.23 FIP, 1.03...
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2019 was a lost season. There were many times where it looked as though the season could be saved, but it was not. There was no playoff run. There were no titles. There was finishing the season over .500. But once the regular season ended, so did the Mets season. Well, I guess in terms of games the season ended, but in terms of winning, it did not end there for the Mets. Pete Alonso went on to...
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Jason Castro Position: C Bats/Throws: L/R Age: June 18, 1987 (32) Traditional Stats:.232/.332/.435, 9 2B, 13 HR, 30 RBIs, 88 K; 275 PA Advanced Stats: 103 wRC+, .328 wOBA, 1.6 fWAR, 6.1 FRAA Catcher Jason Castro was selected by the Houston Astros with the 10th overall pick out of Stanford University back in the 2008 MLB Draft. One year later, Castro participated in the 2009 Futures All-Star...
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Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen told reporters on Thursday from the GM Meetings in Arizona, that he’s made it clear to teams that Noah Syndergaard is no longer on the trading block. Van Wagenen said publicly early in October that Syndergaard and reliever Edwin Diaz would be on the Mets in 2020, he’s now backing that up with Noah when other GMs come calling. This comes after...
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