Merry Christmas, MMO readers!

This year, Santa left a new second baseman, a new closer, a set-up man, a new closer and a few outfielders in my stocking.

Although I asked for Bryce Harper and a 2019 world championship, I can only believe those presents still might be on the way.

Latest Mets News

Zack Wheeler and Jacob deGrom were ranked by Mike Petriello of MLB.com as having some of the nastiest pitches of 2018. There was simply sNOw way to hit these guys last year!

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported that the Mike Minor talks with the Rangers have froze.

Latest News in the MLB

The Athletics officially signed Mike Fiers to a two-year deal.

Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com writes that the Orioles new GM Mike Elias has taken an extremely patient approach this offseason.

Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times learns that the Cubs have told Bryce Harper to let them know if he’s signing with another team so they can try to match it.

Latest News in the NL East

Patrick Reddington of FederalBaseball is a fan of the Matt Adams signing.

Latest on MMO

Pat Ragazzo is a believer of Jeff McNeil.

Matt Musico thinks that the Mets should hold onto all three of their backstops.

On this Date in Mets History

Birthdays: Al Jackson (83), Jack Hamilton (80), Dennis Musgraves (75), Rickey Henderson (60), Tom O’Malley (59), Ruben Gotay (36)