Jon Heyman of Fancred Sports released his annual free agent predictions and this year he decided to do a whopping 131 of them. Heyman also has a one baseball expert that makes his predictions on the 131 free agents as well to give some perspective. Let’s take a look at the predictions at a few of the positions that we believe the Mets need to address as well as free agents that played for...
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Joel Sherman of the New York Post is reporting that the Los Angeles Dodgers will extend the qualifying offer to catcher Yasmani Grandal. Teams have until 5 p.m. ET time on Friday night to decide whether or not that will give pending free agents a qualifying offer of $17.9 million. Players that receive a qualifying offer will have until Nov. 12 to decide to accept or reject. Grandal, 29, hit...
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Josh Donaldson Position: 3B Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 12/8/1985 (32) Traditional Stats: .246/.352/.449, 14 2B, 8 HR, 23 RBI Advanced Stats: 1.2 bWAR, 1.3 fWAR, 117 wRC+, .203 ISO, 1 DRS A year ago, Donaldson was looking at a massive free agency check. By all measures, Donaldson was one of the most potent hitters since 2013 and had a solid glove. In 2018 though, Donaldson dealt with a slew of...
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Good morning, Mets fans! While the rumor mill has yet to get cranking, there are still an array of team and player options to be declined or accepted, along with a number of contracts that were determined yesterday… many of which could shape the Mets’ offseason plans as they look at potential upgrades behind the plate, along the bench, and within the bullpen. Option Deadline on...
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Arizona Fall League (AFL) Surprise Saguaros 5 – 4 Mesa Solar Sox Salt River Rafters 14 – 3 Glendale Desert Dogs Peoria Javelinas 4 – 2 Scottsdale Scorpions CF Desmond Lindsay: 1-for-3, 2 K, .348/.375/.783 RHP Stephen Nogosek: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3.68 ERA Another day of struggles for the Scorpions offense as they were on their way towards another shutout loss...
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Good morning Mets fans! We remain in the time period after the World Series in which only small transactions and small roster moves are going down. While things are quiet in Queens, the noise from South Florida in terms of J.T. Realmuto’s future is bringing a lot of discussion to the topic of who (if any outside player) new general manager Brodie Van Wagenen may target to fill the...
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