Good morning, Mets fans! Here’s today’s hot stove rumor roundup! Yankees, LeMahieu Agree to Terms The New York Yankees and former Colorado Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu have reportedly agreed to terms on a two-year, $24MM contract. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic was the first to break the agreement, while Jack Curry of YES Network had been the first to report the length as the...
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When teams draft a player, they have certain scouting reports and metrics on their player target. The scouts project the players potential based on those reports. In 2017, when the Mets took a high-schooler in Mark Vientos, they did more than scout and project. They knew that there would be a huge risk in taking a high school kid. The Mets drafted him out of American Heritage (Plantation,...
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Good Morning Mets Fans!! Yesterday at 1 PM was the deadline to exchange arbitration numbers between the players and their teams. These negotiations determine a player’s 2019 salary. Craig Calcaterra of NBCSports thinks that all, if the not the majority, of teams will employ a file-and-trial approach, a strategy that’s become increasingly popular throughout the years. Mets Arbitration News...
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The New York Mets came to contract agreements with two more starting pitchers and a cornerstone outfielder on Friday, with Zack Wheeler, Steven Matz, and Michael Conforto all agreeing to one-year contracts, thus avoiding arbitration. Wheeler, 28, agreed to a one-year, $5.975 million deal, as per Mark Bowman of MLB.com. The Georgia native earned $1.9 million in 2018, his second...
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The New York Mets and 2018 National League Cy Young Winner Jacob deGrom have settled on $17 million for his 2019 salary, avoiding arbitration according to Jon Heyman of FanCred. DeGrom’s $17 million figure sets a new record for third time arbitration eligible pitchers and his $9.6 million raise sets all-time arbitration record (set by Mookie Betts earlier on Friday). He earned $7.4 million...
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I posted a piece here on MMO earlier today explaining how the quality of a player’s contact (launch angles and exit velocity) was more important than just contact alone. No sooner did Mike Puma report in the NY Post that Mets hitting coach, Chili Davis, will bring more of an old school approach which focuses on situational hitting, making contact and taking advantage of pitcher’s...
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