Morning Briefing: MLB Stayed Quiet on Black Friday

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Michael Salfino of the Athletic spoke out about his frustration with some fans’ negativity towards Michael Conforto. To aid in his argument, he highlighted Conforto’s statistics on Baseball Savant, which points out his accomplishments in 2019 on a more broadened scale.

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Seymour Siwoff of Elias Sports Bureau passed away Friday at age 99 according to the company’s Twitter account.

MiLB Pipeline‘s Jim Callis wrote about which top prospects could be traded this offseason from each of the 30 teams. They narrowed down which prospect given each ball club’s depth at the position as well as what they may need to give up to get what they need for 2020.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have signed catcher, Stephen Vogt. Vogt will receive $2.5 million in 2020 and will have a $500k buyout of a $3 million deal for the 2021 season.

Having recently traded Marcus Stroman to the Mets for two young, unproven pitching prospects, the Toronto Blue Jays are looking for proven major league pitching.

One of the bigger signings so far this offseason, in Kyle Gibson going to the Texas Rangers for $30 million over three years, was recently graded by Dylan Chase of MLBTR.

Los Angeles Angels catcher, Kevan Smith, has changed agencies and will now be represented by Fusion Sports Agency.

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Former Marlin, Justin Bour, is going to sign with the Hanshin Tigers after a dreadful 2019 season with the Angels batting .172/.259/.364, career-low numbers for the first baseman.

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Tim Ryder continued MMO’s 2019 Mets Report Cards with J.D. Davis.

Ryder also mentioned the upside that can come from the Mets looking into outfielder Manuel Margot after the Padres recent trade for Trent Grisham among others.

Jack Hendon talked about the possible trade combinations that can work to obtain established centerfielder, Starling Marte.

Ryan Finkelstein discussed free agent catcher Alex Avila, in MMO’s latest Free Agent Profile.

Matt Musico wrote about the improvements Wilson Ramos should look to make in 2020.