Position: 2B, 3B, OF Bats/Throws: R/R Age: July 8, 1987; 31 Traditional Stats: .250/.293/.363, 8 HR, 37 RBI, 13 2B in 344 AB Advanced Stats: .285 wOBA, 78 wRC+, .286 BABIP, 0.3 bWAR, 0.3 fWAR Josh Harrison spent eight years with the Pittsburgh Pirates, racking up a .277/.317/.408 slash line with 162-game averages of 10 homers, 52 runs batted in, 30 doubles, and a 97 OPS+ rating before hitting...
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When Brodie Van Wagenen was introduced as the New York Mets new general manager in late October, he made some rejuvenating remarks that set the course for his first offseason at the helm of a major league ballclub. “We will win now. We will win the future,” Van Wagenen told the media. “We’re going to develop a winning culture and a winning mindset, and we will deliver...
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Angels Land Lucroy Reported by Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports, the Angels and All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy inked a one-year pact on Friday during the early hours of the evening. Passan reports “Catcher Jonathan Lucroy and the Los Angeles Angels are in agreement on a one-year, $3.35 million deal, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. Lucroy took his physical today and deal should be official...
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One of the bigger moves of the offseason went down last week when the Los Angeles Dodgers shipped outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig to Cincinnati. Prior to that, however, new Met Robinson Cano tried to get the front office to pull the trigger for Puig, according to AM 570 LA Sports on Twitter. According to their insider, David Vassegh, at the winter meetings he heard that Cano wanted the...
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Good morning Mets fans! Latest Mets News Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that the San Francisco Giants have signed former Mets pitcher Jamie Callahan to a minor league contract with an invite to spring training. Tim Britton of The Athletic explores which Mets teams could have used the 2018 version of Jacob deGrom. He notes that the 2006 edition of the New York Mets had the greatest need for...
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According to Jorge Castillo of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Mets’ four-year, $60 million offer to free agent catcher and former Dodgers backstop Yasmani Grandal was turned down. This presumably led general manager Brodie Van Wagenen to turn his sights onto Wilson Ramos, who signed with the Mets for two years and $19 million. “Yasmani Grandal, who turned down the Dodgers’...
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