Merry Christmas Eve and Happy Hanukkah Mets fans! There is much to celebrate at the end of December and before you know it, baseball will be among the things to celebrate as we are now 48 days away from New York Mets pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training.
Latest Mets News
Danny Abriano of SNY predicted what the Mets’ 26-man roster will look like in 2020.
Stony Brook Athletics wrote a story on alumnus LHP Daniel Zamora who will be heading to spring training with the Mets after playing winter ball for the Toros del Este in the Dominican Republic.
Former Mets minor league INF/DH Matt Oberste retired per MMO‘s Michael Mayer. Oberste was drafted by the Mets in the seventh round of the 2013 MLB Draft and most recently played for the Rockland Boulders of the Can-Am League in 2019.
Latest MLB News
Free agent LHP Rich Hill was arrested along with his wife Caitlin Hill outside of Gillette Stadium on Sunday as reported by of the Boston Globe. Caitlin Hill was arrested after repeatedly trying to enter the game between the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills with an oversized bag and refusing to leave the grounds after ordered to do so by police. Rich Hill was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after trying to stop police from transporting his wife to a police station to book her for disorderly conduct and trespassing charges.
Bradford Doolittle of ESPN ranked all 30 MLB teams’ starting rotations.
The Cleveland Indians and 2B Cesar Hernandez agreed to a one-year, $6.25 million contract according to Jeff Passan of ESPN.
The San Diego Padres signed RHP Pierce Johnson to a two-year, $5 million contract, with a club option for 2022. Johnson spent the 2019 season with the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball.
The New York Yankees traded RHP Chance Adams to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for minor league SS/3B Cristian Perez.
Latest NL East News
The Miami Marlins and C Francisco Cervelli agreed to a one-year, $2 million contract according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.
Matthew Cerrone wrote about where all five teams in the National League East stand right now.
Latest on MMO/MMN
Mathew Brownstein interviewed former Mets RHP Carlos Torres.
Matt Musico analyzed a trend that helped spur OF/3B J.D. Davis‘ second-half tear in 2019.
Brian Devine wrote about what OF Jake Marisnick‘s role may look like in 2020.
Michael Mayer took inventory of the remaining relief pitching market.
Mayer also wrote an “MLB Rumor Roundup.”
This Day in Mets History
Birthdays: RHP Matt Ginter turns 42 and SS Frank Taveras turns 70.
