Morning Briefing: Yankees Not Planning To Pay Jacoby Ellsbury in 2020

Good morning, Mets fans!

Latest Mets News

Jon Heyman of MLBNetwork reported that Joey Cora has become a strong candidate for the Mets bench coach position as he has met with the team multiple times already.

The Mets have shown early interest in LHP Kwang-Hyun Kim, according to Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic.

Latest MLB News

Yankees refuse to pay Jacoby Ellsbury for the 2020 season after they claim he spoke with non-approved doctors in the past. The club released him and understand that Ellsbury will be filing a grievance for the $26M he is owed in his contract, sources tell MLBNetwork reporter Jon Heyman.

First base prospect, Evan White, will make MLB history having just agreed to a six-year $24 million contract with the Seattle Mariners. White, 23, is the first player to sign a long-term deal after spending 2019 in Double-A. No player has ever agreed to a contract while in Double-A, sources tell ESPN writer, Jeff Passan. According to Passan, White will likely be the Mariners starting first basemen on March 26.

SportTechie reported that the MLBPA is entertaining the idea of partnering with Genies. This partnership would allow over 1,200 players to further their social media presence with this new animated avatar.

According to Nathalie Alonso of LasMayores, MLB’s Spanish written site, former Met, Jose Bautista is still trying to make a comeback to the majors in 2020 after not playing in the 2019 season.

Along with the hiring of seven new minor league coaches, the Chicago Cubs also hired Rachel Folden to be the Cubs minor league lead hitting lab tech. The Chicago Cubs shared their new list of minor league coaches on Friday.

Rob Arthur, independent journalist, wrote about the Astros sign stealing woes, more specifically how ironic it was that the team’s offense was improved at the same time the club’s sign stealing began in mid-May.