Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, and Steven Matz are coming off season ending surgeries, and the Mets most likely don’t want them making over 30 starts and/or going over 200 innings. The Mets need someone to fill-in for those starts and eat up some innings. Additionally, the team needs a fifth starter. If the season was going to begin today, the fifth starter would be determined by a competition...
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While the New York Mets have been primarily dormant since re-signing star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and getting second baseman Neil Walker back when he accepted the qualifying offer, there has been plenty of movement and chatter among the other NL East teams. The Mets biggest need remains a reliever that has closing experience and that pursuit could be altered by it’s NL East foes that...
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Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reports that the Washington Nationals may turn their sights to Oakland Athletics left-handed reliever, Sean Doolittle, as they continue to search for a closer. With the possibility of Doolittle being available, it may behoove the New York Mets to take a look at him themselves as they look to solidify the back end of their bullpen. Doolittle, 30, has been quite a...
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Mets right-hander Matt Harvey pronounced himself healthy and ready to go on Wednesday, during a team charity event in New York. “I obviously don’t have a crystal ball, but the way things are feeling now and how my body feels. I’m feeling great.” The 2016 season was a very tough one for Harvey as he dealt with the effects of thoracic outlet syndrome. He posted a 4-10...
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Jon Heyman reports via Twitter that the Baltimore Orioles have signed free agent catcher Welington Castillo to a one year deal worth $6 million dollars, that includes a player option for 2018 worth $7 million. Castillo, 29, batted .264/.322/.423 last season with 24 doubles, 16 home runs and 68 RBIs in 457 plate appearances. He gives the Orioles a bat with some power and has pretty solid splits...
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Had Jered Weaver been a free agent three years ago, the entire baseball world would be watching and waiting to see which giant deal he would take. But the Jered Weaver of 2016 is not the Jered Weaver that posted a 3.28 ERA from 2006-2014. He’s not the same Jered Weaver that finished in the top-five in AL Cy Young voting in three straight seasons. He went 12-12 with a 5.06 ERA last season,...
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