According to various reports from the beat, as expected, the New York Mets have officially declined the $9.5 million option they held on outfielder Juan Lagares for the 2020 season, making him a free agent. Lagares, 30, was the longest-tenured Mets player on the roster, with seven seasons in Queens under his belt. His time in Flushing was marred by injury and underperformance, but, as evidenced...
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Everybody here knows the story about Marcus Stroman and his life growing up in New York. He actually played ball on a travel team with one of my best friends. I really wanted to focus on his time in a Mets uniform this season and some of the changes I would like to see made by him for 2020. Even though it is a small sample size, I found some interesting things regarding some of his pitches and...
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By Jack Hendon MMO’s own Jack Ramsey is reporting that Carlos Beltran will be the new manager of the New York Mets according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Additionally, we have also learned that Terry Collins will be the bench coach for Beltran. This will be Beltran’s first managerial job in any capacity. The options had been narrowed down to Beltran and ESPN/ESPN...
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The offseason is officially here with 138 players automatically becoming free agents on Thursday including RHP Zack Wheeler, RHP Brad Brach, LHP Luis Avilan, 3B Todd Frazier, C Rene Rivera, and OF Rajai Davis from the Mets. Outside of players automatically qualifying for free agents like the ones listed above, there were a number of players that had their options declined or picked up on...
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According to a report by Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, the Mets search for manager is down to Eduardo Perez and Carlos Beltran. Sources I talked to on Friday, said the Mets could make a choice soon and a potential announcement on Monday. Derek Shelton and Pat Murphy both made it to the final round of interviews – which took place with owner Fred Wilpon – but are not reportedly still...
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Joe Panik Player Data: Age 29, B/T: L/R Primary Stats: 39 G, 103 PA, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 7 BB, 9 SO, .277 BA, .333 OBP, .404 SLG, .738 OPS Advanced Stats: .289 BABIP, .317 wOBA, 99 wRC+, 98 OPS+, 0.3 bWAR, 0.3 fWAR, -2 DRS, 0.2 UZR Free Agent: 2021 Salary: $3.8 million Grade: C 2019 Review Joe Panik began the 2019 season where he had spent his entire professional career, in San Francisco with the...
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