Good morning Mets fans! The hot stove started heating up on Monday with the Mets making a few moves of their own.
Latest Mets News
The Mets acquired Jordan Patterson off waivers from the Colorado Rockies. Patterson, a 26-year-old outfielder/first baseman, hit .271/.367/.525 for the Rockies Triple-A affiliate last season. MLB Pipeline ranks him as the No.15 prospect in the Mets system.
The Mets hired Jim Riggleman for their bench coach opening.
Congratulations are in order for Zack Wheeler and his soon-to-be wife Dominque on their engagement!
The Mariners have reached out to both New York teams about acquiring All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Before he signed a 10-year, 240 million deal with the M’s prior to the 2014 campaign, Cano spent nine seasons in the Bronx.
Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports hears that the Mets have contacted J.A. Happ and few other of the top starters available on the free-agent market.
Latest News in the MLB
Mark Burns reported that Major League Baseball will make a monumental announcement regarding sports gaming today at 3 p.m.
The Angels released former top prospects Alex Meyer and José Miguel Fernandez.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports the Pirates have signed Lonnie Chisenhall.
The Yankees claimed Parker Bridwell off waivers from the Angels and DFA’d Ronald Torreyes.
Jon Morosi of MLBNetwork reports that the Nationals, Twins, and Dodgers all have interest in DJ LeMahieu.
The Blue Jays parted ways with their bullpen coach, Dane Johnson.
Royals got Conner Greene off waivers from the Cardinals, designating Burch Smith for assignment to make space on the roster.
The Twins were awarded C.J. Cron after the Rays DFA’d him last week.
The Dodgers will hire Robert Van Scoyoc as their new hitting coach. He’ll be replacing Turner Ward, who left in early November.
Jane Lee of MLB.com writes how, despite an excellent campaign as Oklahoma’s quarterback, Kyler Murray is still committed to playing for the Athletics.
According to Bob Nightengale of The USA Today, each Red Sox player received a $416,000 thousand dollar bonus for winning the World Series while Dodgers players earned $262,000 thousand dollars for winning the NL Pennant.
Latest News in the NL East
The Braves signed Josh Donaldson to a one-year, 23 million dollar contract. Earlier in the day, they also inked Brian McCann to a one-year, 2 million dollar deal.
To make space for McCann, the Braves DFA’d Ricardo Sanchez.
Jayson Stark of The Athletic tweets out that the Phillies and Diamondbacks have had contact regarding a Paul Goldschmidt/Zack Greinke trade. He added that the Phillies and the Diamondbacks talked about including Zach Eflin in the deal, but the Diamondbacks backed out when the Phillies wanted to include Carlos Santana in the trade.
Jeff Passan of The Athletic learned that former Phillie Tommy Joseph agreed to a one-year, one million dollar pact with the LG Twins in Korea.
Derek Dietrich cleared waivers and elected free agency.
Morosi also believes the Phillies will most likely sign players rather than waiting for Bryce Harper and Manny Machado to make their decision.
Heyman also tweeted out that the Nationals and Henderson Alvarez have agreed on a minor-league deal.
Latest on MMO
Matt Musico thinks Bryce Harper signing with the Mets sounds almost laughable.
John Sheridan has the latest regarding a trio of free-agents who spent 2018 in the Mets minor-league system.
Mojo Hill recapped the Las Vegas 51s 2018 season.
On This Date in Mets History
1967: The Mets sent Bill Denehy and $100,000 to the Washington Senators in exchange for Gil Hodges, who would lead the Mets their first ever World Series two years later.
Birthdays: Raul Valdes(41), Randy Milligan(57), Bill Short(81)
121 Days until Opening Day!
