Jon Heyman of Fancred Sports reports that the Mets will offer catcher Travis d’Arnaud a contract for the 2019 season, affirming Joel Sherman of the New York Post’s earlier claim that the team had been “planning” to do so. D’Arnaud is projected to make $3.7 million in 2019, but can be cut in spring training and only owed one-sixth of that. At one point in 2013...
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While the New York Mets’ acquisition of 24-year old closer Edwin Diaz has yet to be officially confirmed, Mike Puma of the New York Post is reporting that the team will still scrutinize the free agent market for a “high-end eighth inning guy” as well as a “veteran multiple-innings type reliever.” In the former department cites Andrew Miller and David Robertson as...
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Coincidentally, falling in line with the speculation around potential prospects the Mets would be willing to part with in a possible blockbuster deal with the Seattle Mariners, Baseball America recently updated its Top 10 Mets prospects ahead of the 2019 season. (We now know that Kelenic and Dunn are in the trade). The list reads as follows: Andres Gimenez, SS Peter Alonso, 1B Ronny Mauricio, SS...
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After the Mets trade for Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz is completed, the obvious question is what the Mets will do next to build the 2019 roster into a World Series contender. Surprisingly, the answer to that question may just be the Mets pulling off a second blockbuster deal this offseason. In an appearance on MLB Network, Ken Rosenthal reported he expected the Mets next move is to trade Noah...
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The baseball world was quick to pile up their reactions to the reported swap of Robinson Cano, Edwin Diaz, and cash to th Mets for Jay Bruce, Anthony Swarzak, Justin Dunn, Jarred Kelenic, and Gerson Bautista. The Athletics’s Ken Rosenthal was quick to dive into the topic, and is quoted to “A person in touch with the Mets’ front office, meanwhile, said some team officials were crushed by the...
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According to Jon Morosi of MLB Network the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers have shown interest in trading for Cleveland Indians’ catcher Yan Gomes. Gomes, 31, hit .266/.313/.449 with 16 home runs and 48 RBI to give him a 101 wRC+ last season. He is also considered one of the better defensive catchers in the game and ranked 15th in framing runs last season with 7.5 as well as 14th in...
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