The New York Mets and Minnesota Twins are interested in free agent first baseman Mike Napoli according to Gerry Fraley of Dallas Morning News. The Tampa Bay Rays are also interested per Marc Tompkin of the TB Times. It was reported earlier this week that new Mets manager Mickey Callaway had reached out to Napoli to gauge his interest in playing in Queens. The 36-year-old played for the Cleveland...
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3 UP 1. Mets Sign Swarzak Heading into the Winter Meetings, the Mets prioritized adding at least one reliever, and the Mets accomplished that goal by signing right-handed reliever Anthony Swarzak. Swarzak is coming off a career best year partially fueled by an uptick in his velocity. Swarzak made 70 appearances in his time between the White Sox and Brewers. He was 6-4 with a 2.33 ERA, 1.03...
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The Boston Red Sox finished the 2017 season last in the American League with only 168 home runs and their .149 ISO was 28th in baseball. They hope to rectify that situation by going after outfielder J.D. Martinez and Eric Hosmer. According to a report by Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald that the Red Sox don’t just want Hosmer or Martinez, that ideally they would get both to fix a...
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Rafael Montero was part of the New York Mets trade discussions with the Detroit Tigers for second baseman Ian Kinsler according to Marc Carig of Newsday. Carig notes that the talks got pretty serious to the point were several names were exchanged and various proposals were made. Though it likely wouldn’t have mattered with Kinsler unwilling to waive his no-trade clause to go to the Mets or...
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Tonight I recap the just completed winter meetings. Hear my thoughts on the Mets signing of reliever Anthony Swarzak, abd the coverage of the team by the beat writers. Also how Sandy Alderson can learn how to communicate better from Brian Cashman. Finally, I took calls from the listeners and answered some mailbag questions. [iframe]<iframe...
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We’re done with the winter meetings and the weather is back to freezing cold. Hopefully, the hot stove will keep us warm until spring. Latest Mets News Chris Cotillo of SB Nation reported that the Mets and Indians have had serious discussions surrounding Jason Kipnis. To add on to that, Marc Carig of Newsday said the Mets would be more interested in Kipnis due to the fact they would not...
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