Morning Briefing: Stro Show Returns to Queens

Good Morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday, Major League Baseball announced the 2020 Cy Young Award winners with Trevor Bauer taking home the hardware in the National League, and Shane Bieber earning the honor in the American League.

Unfortunately, there would be no three-peat for Mets’ ace Jacob deGrom, who finished in third place behind Cubs’ right-hander Yu Darvish.

Now, let’s check out what went on in Mets land and MLB yesterday!

Latest Mets News

As Mike Mayer of Metsmerized Online reported, the Steve Cohen era is off to a hot start as Marcus Stroman accepted his one-year, $18.9 million qualifying offer to return to the Mets’ rotation in 2020.

Sandy Alderson interviewed former Miami Marlins’ longtime executive Michael Hill on Saturday for the Mets’ vacant President of baseball operations role, per Andy Martino of SNY.

Trevor Bauer acknowledged Alderson’s comment that he would be a good fit in New York, tweet from Anthony DiComo of MLB.com.

Francisco Lindor is likely to be traded this winter, and MLB insider Jon Morosi links his main suitors as the Mets, Yankees, Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Phillies. Morosi adds that Cleveland wants either three Major League players or close to MLB ready talent.

Former Met Collin McHugh shared his “genuine excitement” for the team’s new ownership.

Latest MLB News

George Springer and J.T. Realmuto have both declined their qualifying offers and will officially hit the free agent market, per Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.

Like Stroman, right-handed starting pitcher Kevin Gausman has also accepted his $18.9 million qualifying offer to stick with the San Francisco Giants, per Jeff Passan of ESPN.

Passan took a stroll down memory lane regarding the first time he met Bauer as a 24-year-old back in 2014.

According to J.J. Cooper of Baseball America, MLB has sent a memo to all 30 clubs urging them to stop leaking information regarding their minor league affiliates in 2021.

Good news: Orioles’ outfielder Trey Mancini told reporters that his recent blood work showed no tumor in his DNA and he has been doing some light baseball activity with the expectation of being ready for Spring Training, tweet from Joe Trezza of MLB.com.