Mickey Callaway is entering his second season as the New York Mets’ skipper, but there is certainly reason to believe that he is not exactly a lock to finish the 2019 season with the team. Callaway, 43, got off to a hot start in April last year as the team went 12-2 through the first 14 games of the season and sat in first place for much of the month. However, things quickly took a turn...
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On February 7th, the Mets signed catcher Devin Mesoraco to a one-year minor league contract. The contract granted him $1.75 million once in the majors with a chance to earn $250,000 in performance bonuses based on games. What we didn’t know when the details of the contract were revealed was his upward mobility out. The upward mobility out in Mesoraco’s contract means that the Mets...
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Zack Wheeler was supposed to start against the Miami Marlins yesterday, but with the game postponed due to inclement weather, the Mets decided to have the right-hander start in a minor league game today. Wheeler, 28, tossed a Spring high seven innings in which he allowed no runs and struck out six batters. He is set to make one more start this spring on March 25 against the Baltimore Orioles...
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Per Dionisio Soldevila of Hoy Digital Newspaper, the Chicago White Sox and prospect Eloy Jimenez are finalizing a six-year, $42.5 million deal with two team options that could make it an eight-year, $75 million deal. Soldevila also reports that his contract also includes a $2.5 million bonus if he wins an MVP award. Also on the deal were Hector Gomez and Jeff Passan. Jimenez, 22, has never...
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Per Robert Murray of The Athletic and Ken Rosenthal also of The Athletic, the Milwaukee Brewers are in contract talks with All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel. Jon Heyman of MLB Network further reported Wednesday that the talks are getting very serious. Kimbrel, 30, saved 42 games for the Red Sox last season, and another six in the playoffs en route to a World Series Championship. He and Dallas...
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Mets’ Manager Mickey Callaway addressed the team’s strong consideration in carrying both Pete Alonso and Dominic Smith on the Opening Day roster. If both first basemen crack the 25-man roster, Callaway says there will be NO platoon and did not offer to elaborate on their playing time. “Both of them have shown that they can hit both righties and lefties,” said Callaway....
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