Morning Briefing: Mets, Yankees Willing to Deal?

Good Morning Mets fans!

Brodie Van Wagenen’s first morning and afternoon at the Winter Meetings went without much fanfare.

However, at 11 p.m. ET, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic broke the news that the Mets, Yankees, and Marlins have been working on a three-team deal that would send J.T. Realmuto to Queens and Noah Syndergaard to the Bronx. However, Andy Martino quickly dispelled some of the fire, saying nothing is imminent.

The Mets are talking about deals to Marlins that center on Realmuto and, at the same time, calling to the Yankees try to involve them in the deal as well, per Rosenthal.

Martino added that the Yankees’ interest in the Mets starting pitching is not limited to Syndergaard.

Earlier in the day, Van Wagenen had some interesting quotes in his end-of-the-day press conference.

He said, “The way I look at any trade, we want the trade to make us better; we don’t want to create a hole that we didn’t have by filling a hole that we did have”, indicating that he’s unlikely to trade any of Brandon Nimmo, Michael Conforto, and Amed Rosario.

He also mentioned his desire to get players who can hit right-handers, claiming that “in a perfect world, we would be able to get some better balance in our lineup […] whether that’s additional right-handed hitters or [switch hitters], we’re trying to create some balance.”

The Mets met with Wilson Ramos’s representatives. The Mets have been rumored to be looking for catching help this winter and Ramos would help fill their void.

Jacob deGrom earned the Athletic’s award for the New York’s Person of The Year.

Mike Puma of The New York Post thinks that the Mets are in on Andrew Miller

Latest News in the MLB

The Royals and Billy Hamilton agreed to one-year deal worth 5.5 million dollars.

The Reds were awarded Robby Scott from the Red Sox on a waiver claim.

Tyson Ross signed a one year, 5.75 million dollar pact with the Tigers.

Buster Olney of ESPN pointed out that Adrian Gonzalez is ready to return to the Majors.

The Mariners acquired infielder Kaleb Cowart with the idea of making him into a two-way player.

Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports believes that Manny Acta is under consideration to be the Orioles’ new manager.

MSNBC reported that Yankees president Randy Levine is under consideration to be the next Chief of Staff. Heyman noted later that Levine is happy in his current role.

The Cardinals claimed Ryan Meisinger off waivers from the Orioles.

Jared Diamond of The Wall Street Journal examined how sluggers Joey Gallo, Kris Bryant, and Bryce Harper have transformed Las Vegas’s baseball landscape.

The Giants claimed Mike Gerber off waivers from the Tigers.

Joel Sherman of The New York Post wrote about Tom Gordon’s quest to make back to the Major Leagues as a coach.

Sherman also notes that the Yankees and Manny Machado have stayed in touch.

Former Major-Leaguers Jerome Williams, Colby Rasmus and Justin Masterson all announced that they have retired.

Kevin Cash will continue to frequently use the “opener strategy” in 2019.

Brian Cashman threw cold water on the rumor that Bryce Harper will sign with the Yankees saying, “We already have six outfielders.”

Dave Dombrowski basically asserted that the Red Sox won’t resign Craig Kimbrel and are willing to start the year without a named closer.

The Giants finished up their front-office shuffling. Former Mets Executive J.P. Ricciardi was hired as the senior advisor to the president of Baseball Operations. The Giants also brought Zack Minasian and Michael Holmes aboard. Minasian will function as the Giants’ Director of Pro Scouting and Holmes will be their director of amateur scouting.

Latest News in the NL East

Craig Mish of Sirius XM reported that if the Braves remain interested in J.T. Realmuto, Sean Newcomb is a name that could be on the table.

The Braves lost Rio Ruiz as the Orioles claimed him on waivers.

Per Jon Heyman of Fancred Sports, the Nationals are looking at free agents such as D.J. LeMahieu, Marwin Gonzalez and Josh Harrison to fill their second base gap.

Baseball America previewed every NL East’s team lineup in 2022.

The Phillies were interested in signing Nathan Eovaldi……. as a closer per Jayson Stark of The Athletic.