Daniel Zamora knew early on in his young baseball career that the best path towards making it professionally would be as a pitcher. He laughs when he remembers his days as a hitter, noting that he left much to be desired in the batter’s box. For Zamora, the decision to focus solely on pitching turned out to be the right choice in his career. The 24-year-old (25 in mid-April) left-handed...
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Zack Wheeler was the lone New York Mets player to file for arbitration and he will now make $1.9 million in 2018 after winning his case according to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN. The Mets had offered $1.5 million. Wheeler, 27, went 3-7 with a 5.21 ERA, 5.03 FIP and 1.58 WHIP in 86.1 innings for the Mets in 2017. He also had a career worst 10.1 H/9, 4.2 BB/9 and 1.6 HR/9. The right-hander missed the...
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The Minnesota Twins have formally offered free agent Yu Darvish a contract according to Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN. Wolfson believes the deal is four or five years in length but the financials of the deal are still unknown. Bob Nightengale of the USA Today reported that Darvish has several five-year deals on the table. Nightengale mentions the Twins, Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers as teams...
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New York Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard missed most of the 2017 with a partially torn lat muscle that kept him on the shelf from May until the beginning of September. Syndergaard made just five starts before the injury on April 30. He would pitch in two rehab games in the minors before returning to the big leagues on Sept. 23 against the Washington Nationals tossing one scoreless inning....
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Latest Mets News Todd Frazier’s deal was officially announced in a press conference on Wednesday. Frazier later described his expectations for the 2018 season saying he’s shooting for a .275 average, 35 home runs and 100 RBI’s. We’ll take it. “I love that challenge,” Frazier said. “I love that maybe I can help this team and lead this team. I’m not trying...
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Sandy Alderson spoke to the press after the Todd Frazier about the remainder of the offseason, in which he had this to say about what the team is looking for still: “I think as long as the market is what it is, you’ve got to constantly keep your eyes open … I think right now we’re probably more curious about pitching than we are about position players.” Alderson...
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