The first day of the Winter Meetings went pretty slow, but some pieces began to fall into place for potential splashes and waves in the coming days. Royals Sign Billy Hamilton According to Jon Heyman, the Royals and Billy Hamilton struck a deal on the first day of the Winter Meetings, a one year deal worth just over 5 million dollars. Hamilton, 28, has spent all of his career with the Reds to...
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Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports that the Marlins want an impact player for star catcher J.T. Realmuto, and heard that CEO Derek Jeter is behind the team pushing for major league ready player instead of all prospects. Spencer says that a deal will in fact get done, and likely this week. The Yankees are reportedly willing to trade Miguel Andujar according to Ken Rosenthal of The...
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Good Morning Mets fans! Brodie Van Wagenen’s first morning and afternoon at the Winter Meetings went without much fanfare. However, at 11 p.m. ET, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic broke the news that the Mets, Yankees, and Marlins have been working on a three-team deal that would send J.T. Realmuto to Queens and Noah Syndergaard to the Bronx. However, Andy Martino quickly dispelled some of the...
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As per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Mets, Marlins, and Yankees are discussing a three-team deal which would lead to them landing J.T. Realmuto. He also mentioned that it is not known if Mets starter Noah Syndergaard is involved, but the Mets would not accept a deal involving the big righty unless they receive more than just Realmuto. He adds in another tweet that Brodie Van Wagenen has...
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New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen addressed the team’s media corps on Monday evening from the winter meetings in Las Vegas, giving a clear idea of what path the Metropolitans are looking to traverse this offseason. “We are active in looking at the bullpen, we’re looking at the catching market — primarily via trade — and then some movement of the free...
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According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, the Mets and the representation of catcher Wilson Ramos had a meeting today at the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas. Ramos, 31, is on the open market for the first time in his Major League career, and has been on the Mets list of possible targets before. Ramos appeared in just 111 games last year after having some injury issues (which have created...
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