According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today on Twitter, the Cubs and Royals are in agreement on a deal that will send Wade Davis to Chicago and OF Jorge Soler to Kansas City. The deal is pending physicals and will be announced in the morning. Soler, 25 on Opening Day, has hit to a .258/.328/.434 clip in three seasons for the Cubs. Davis, 31, saved 27 games last year for the Royals, finishing the...
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According to Jon Heyman on Twitter, the Mets have deemed outfielder Curtis Granderson “not available.” The Mets have been clear from the beginning regarding their intentions to trade Jay Bruce, and while he is easily a 30-home run guy, teams are far more interested in Granderson. It seems Sandy Alderson has become fed up with this and has made Granderson unavailable entirely, hoping...
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Carlos Gomez will be returning to the Texas Rangers on a one-year, $11.5 million deal, reports Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports. Gomez, once a Met and almost a Met again, had a fantastic end to the 2016 season with the Rangers after struggling in Houston. Gomez was dealt to the Astros in 2015 after the infamous Brewers-Mets deal fell through. He slashed just .221/.277/.342 in 126 games with there...
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According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post on Twitter, the Tampa Bay Rays and C Wilson Ramos are in agreement on a two-year deal, pending a physical. Jon Heyman of Fan Rag reports that Ramos will receive $12.5 million in guaranteed money, and up to $18.2 million if incentives are hit. Ramos, 29, tore his ACL at the end of September in the midst of his first all-star campaign, where he hit...
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Teams have asked the Mets about right-hander Robert Gsellman, according to ESPN’s Adam Rubin, but Sandy Alderson has told them he’s not available. Gsellman, 23, burst onto the scene in 2016 after injuries kept on mounting throughout the year. Initially promoted from Triple A Las Vegas when lefty Steven Matz was placed on the disabled list in August, Gsellman figured to be pitching...
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Mets manager Terry Collins made an appearance on MLB Network on Tuesday, and he shared his thoughts on the team for Spring Training and the 2017 season. 1. With Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Zack Wheeler and Steven Matz all coming off varying levels of surgery he will go slow with them in Spring Training and the challenge in 2017 will be keeping them all healthy. He will be creative as far as...
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