Good morning, Mets fans!
Yesterday, the Mets spent another day of the offseason waiting idly for free agents to fall into their lap for a cheap price. They, yet again, accomplished nothing.
Wait, those two sentences were wrong. Sorry, force of habit.
Instead, the Mets remained active on several trade fronts and have seemingly made it clear that they intend to have a win-now approach for the 2019 season.
Latest Mets News
Andy Martino of SNY revealed that the Mariners will send approximately $60 million dollars to the Mets to cover Robinson Cano’s monster deal. Later in the day, Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports wrote that the Mariners are only expected to cover $20 million of the Cano’s contract. The exact amount is currently unknown.
Even though the deal hasn’t been finalized yet, it’s expected to be in the coming days. The discrepancies in the financials may have been attuned to simple miscalculation due to the inclusion of Bruce’s and Swarzak’s deal.
The Mets non-tendered fan favorite and all-time walk-off leader Wilmer Flores. Travis d’Arnaud was retained by the team and will earn a projected $3.7 million dollar salary in 2019.
Mike Puma of The New York Post says that the Mets will most likely add a setup man via free-agency. He lists David Robertson and Andrew Miller as possibilities.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic thinks that the Mets next big move will be trading Noah Syndergaard.
Latest MLB News
The Mariners made another significant trade as part of their rebuild, trading away reliever Alex Colome to the White Sox in exchange for catcher Omar Narvaez
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported that the Indians are trying to extend starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco.
Adrian Beltre retired the only way Adrian Beltre would: by telling his GM that he was spending his final season with the Dodgers.
Many teams non-tendered a few of the arb-eligible players. Some of the more notable players that were let go by their teams include Avisail Garcia(White Sox), Billy Hamilton (Reds), Shelby Miller, Chris Owings and Brad Boxberger(Diamondbacks), Justin Bour and Luis Avilan(Phillies), James McCann (Tigers), Robbie Grossman (Twins), Tim Beckham and Caleb Joseph(Orioles), Yangervis Solarte (Blue Jays), Jonathan Schoop, Xavier Cedeno, and Dan Jennings (Brewers), Ronald Torreyes (Cubs), Matt Davidson (White Sox), Mike Fiers, Kendall Graveman, and Blake Parker(Angels).
Even though Addison Russell is still suspended for domestic violence, the Cubs rather surprisingly tendered him a deal.
Many teams also avoided arbitration with their arb-eligible players. Some of the more well-known players who re-signed with their clubs include Tony Cingrani (Dodgers, 2.65 million), Hernan Perez (Brewers, 2.6 million), C.J. Cron (Twins, 4.8 million), Danny Salazar (Indians 4.5 million), Jonny Venters (Braves 2.25 million) and Joe Panik (Giants, 3.85 million).
Buster Olney of ESPN tweets that Craig Kimbrel is looking for a six-year deal.
The Giants, rather shockingly, DFA’d Hunter Strickland and Gorkys Hernandez.
Latest NL East News
The Nationals acquired Yan Gomes from the Indians in exchange for prospect Daniel Johnson, Jefry Rodriguez, and a PTBNL.
The Phillies have shown interest in acquiring shortstop Jean Segura from the Mariners.
The Marlins resigned Bryan Holaday to a minor-league deal.
Latest on MMO
Jack Ramsey wrote about how the baseball world reacted to the Cano and Diaz deal.
Michael Mayer discussed the Mets’ difficult decision on the non-tender deadline day.
Matt Musico analyzed how the Mets’ starters excelled at limiting hard-hit balls in 2018.
On this Date in Mets history
1998: Steve Phillips acquired two players that would help the Mets win the NL Pennant two years later: Armando Benitez and outfielder Roger Cedeño.
Birthdays: Tom Filer (63), George Foster(71), Cookie Lavagetto(107), Herm Winningham(58), Dan Warthen(67), Dan Schatzeder(65), Greg McMichael(53), Julio Machado(54)
117 Days until Opening Day!
