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Latest Mets News
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic broke the news that the Mets have inked lefty reliever Justin Wilson to a two-year, $10 million deal. Wilson pitched to a 3.46 ERA in 2018, although it came with a troubling 5.43 BB/9. Jeff Passan of ESPN adds that his deal includes $500,000 worth of performance bonuses.
Peter Alonso stopped by SNY to discuss his preparation for Spring Training.
David Wright taught NYIT baseball players about some valuable life lessons.
Ed Looman of The Weirton Daily Times wrote about the Kingsport Mets’ new manager, Rich Donnelly.
The Mets have hired Mike Wickman as their replay coordinator per Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports.
The Mets released the designs for Free Shirt Fridays giveaways.
Deesha Thosar has been named the new Mets beat reporter for New York Daily News.
Anthony Rieber of Newsday hears that Jose Reyes is eager to play a 17th season in the bigs.
MLB Pipeline will unveil their Top 100 prospects tonight on MLBNetwork at 8 p.m. At least two Mets (Andres Gimenez and Peter Alonso) are likely to be represented on the list.
Latest MLB News
The Athletics signed Marco Estrada to a one-year deal to round out their rotation.
Jerry Crasnick was hired by the MLB Players’ Association as their senior adviser.
The Indians re-signed old friend Oliver Perez to a one year, $2.5 million deal.
Bob Nightengale of USA Today learned that Mike Mussina and Roy Halladay will go into the Hall-of-Fame with no logo on their hats.
Due to the government shutdown, the Red Sox have postponed their trip to White House until the end of May.
Nike and MLB have agreed on a 10-year deal that will make Nike the official uniform sponsor of the MLB.
Jordany Valdespin, was signed by the Minnesota Twins after winning the MVP of the LIDOM.
Tropicana Field will no longer accept cash. This move does not bode well for their skipper Kevin Cash.
The Rays placed a record 10 players on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 Positional lists.
The Cubs have agreed to terms with George Kontos on a minor league deal.
The Padres will be going back to their brown and yellow uniforms.
Latest NL East News
The J.T. Realmuto sweepstakes are heating up! Yesterday, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com tweeted out that the Dodgers and the Padres are showing significant interest.
According to Matt Gelb of The Athletic, the Phillies don’t seem likely to extend an extension offer to ace Aaron Nola.
Latest on MMO
John Sheridan examined Wade Miley‘s free-agent case.
Mathew Brownstein interviewed former Mets executive Adam Fisher.
Christopher Soto wrote about the Mets No.22 Prospect, Luis Carpio.
On This Date in Mets History
2005: A year after missing out on free-agent Carlos Delgado, the Mets sent four prospects to the Marlins in exchange for the slugging first baseman.
Birthday: Andres Torres (42).
17 Days until pitchers and catchers report!
61 Days until Opening Day!
Let’s go Mets!
