Baseball fan Mark Southard, of Wichita Falls, Texas, takes a photo during a tour of Globe Life Field, the new home of the Texas Rangers baseball team, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) ORG XMIT: TXMO204
Good Morning, Mets fans!
I hope you all had a merry Christmas and a happy holiday! Let’s talk baseball, although there is not much to talk about from yesterday’s news.
Latest Mets News
SNY shared a video on Twitter of Michael Conforto and J.D. Davis testing their pop culture knowledge.
Latest MLB News
Daniel Mengden has signed a contract with the KBO’s Kia Tigers. The RHP signed a one-year contract that will pay Mengden $425K, with a $300K signing bonus, and up to $275K in incentives.
The Rangers signed Kohei Arihara to a two-year deal, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic had the deal first.
The CPBL’s, Chinese Professional Baseball League, Fubon Guardians have signed right-hander Hector Noesi to a $500K contract for the 2021 season.
Raul Alcantara will join the Hanshin Tigers of the NPB for the 2021 season.
Dillon Overton has also secured a job overseas, but he will play for Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League on the Rakuten Monkeys.
Latest NL East News
Josh Bell was recently traded to the Washington Nationals, and unfortunately, one unlucky Pirates fan got a Josh Bell Pirates shirt for Christmas. But the Nationals ensured the young fan that he would get a free shirt of the fan-favorite in red and white, on Twitter.
Latest on MMO
Josh Finkelstein reported that the Mets are among six teams actively pursuing KBO Star, Ha-Seong Kim.
As always, stay happy, healthy, and safe this holiday season!
