The Chicago Cubs have agreed to a deal with free agent reliever Brandon Morrow according to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports. Bruce Levine of WSCR-AM first reported that a deal between both parties was close. The deal is for two years and in the $10-11 million range. Morrow was lights-out for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017. In 43 2/3 innings and 45 games out of the bullpen, he had a 2.06 ERA, 0.916...
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AJ Ramos, RHP Player Data: Age: 31, B/T: Right/Right, Free Agency: 2019 2017 Primary Stats: 2-4, 61 G, 27 SV, 3.99 ERA, 1.415 WHIP, 4.10 FIP, 72 SO, 11.0 K/9, 5.2 BB/9, 1.1 HR/9, 58 2/3 IP 2018 Contract Status: 3rd Year Arbitration Eligible Grade: C+ 2017 Review: AJ Ramos entered the 2017 season coming off a career year in which he was named to his first All-Star Game. He also recorded a...
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The Mets have let rival teams know that they are willing to deal any of their starting pitchers aside from Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom according to Marc Carig of Newsday. So far the Mets haven’t received much interest. That should come as no surprise as the Mets’ rotation has many question marks surrounding it currently. Starters combined for a 3.61 ERA in 2016 which was third...
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Offseason Plan No. 3 – John Jackson The MMO editorial staff was asked what they would do to make the Mets a contender for 2018 if they were the general manager of the team. Joe D. shared his offseason plan on Thursday and Michael Mayer shared his on Friday. Now it’s my turn. The rule is that we must limit spending to $30-$35 million due to Sandy Alderson’s comments about the...
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After seeing the Mets bullpen last year, and really the bullpens assembled by Sandy Alderson during his tenure as the Mets general manager, the team needs to add at least one impact late-inning reliever this free agency. Alderson has acknowledged as much, and the Mets have been linked to a few big-name targets. In this edition of the MMO Roundtable, our writers name the reliever the Mets should...
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The St. Louis Cardinals have been connected to Giancarlo Stanton and the Miami Marlins for most of the offseason. With Stanton being dealt to the New York Yankees yesterday, many rival executives expect the Cardinals to pursue a trade with the Marlins for Christian Yelich or Marcell Ozuna according to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com. Derek Jeter and company have fully committed to cutting payroll...
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