Morning Briefing: Rumors Abound For Mets But No Traction

Today is the second full day of the Winter Meetings. Rumors surrounding the Mets started emerging on Monday and some things could potentially happen today.

Latest Mets News

Marc Carig of Newsday writes that Tommy Hunter is a prime target of the Mets. He adds they are interested in Brad Brach of the Baltimore Orioles and free agent Steve Cishek as well.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic says the Orioles are discussing a trade of a reliever for Matt Harvey.

Evan P. Grant says the Texas Rangers are not likely to trade Jurickson Profar for someone with only one year of control left like Harvey.

Marc Topkin said the Mets have had discussions with the Tampa Bay Rays regarding Alex Colome.

Bobby Valentine received an award from the Italian American Baseball Foundation.

Tigers GM, Al Avila, says that Ian Kinsler is likely to get dealt by the Winter Meetings.

The Mets released their spring training schedule for 2018.

Latest MLB News

The New York Yankees officially got Giancarlo Stanton from the Miami Marlins. Stanton did not mince words about his old team. He called out their lack of structure and told fans to watch the team from afar.

Pat Neshek is back as a Philadelphia Philly. He signed a two-year deal with the team according to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports.

Latest NL East News

Jorge Castillo of the Washington Post says the Washington Nationals are interested in Addison Reed.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic says the Marlins have told teams Marcell Ozuna will cost them less than Christian Yelich would.

Mark Bowman of MLB.com says the team is looking for one starter, a third baseman, and at least one reliever.

Roch Kubatko of MASN says the Orioles and Phillies have talked about a potential Manny Machado deal and the Orioles would want Sixto Sanchez, Scott Kingery, and Freddy Galvis.