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Morning Briefing: Matt Chapman Signs Six-Year Extension With Giants

Good morning, Mets fans! Big news from late night/early morning: Jeff Passan of ESPN reported that the San Francisco Giants signed third baseman Matt Chapman to a six-year, $151 million extension. Chapman will be under contract with the Giants through the 2030 season. Chapman was likely to opt-out of his contract this offseason to become a free agent, but now leaves the expected third basemen...

Providing Context for Stearns’ First Three Hires

There are a few main trees from which teams are constantly looking to pluck executives from.  Those trees are the Guardians, the Rays, the Astros, and the Cardinals, or singular identities such as Theo Epstein. However, some individuals check multiple boxes. David Stearns is one. He was a highly sought-after individual and came from both the Guardians and Astros executive trees, having been part...

Mets Discussing Internal Candidates for Baseball Ops Position

The Mets are still searching outside the organization for a president of baseball operations but they’ve discussed promoting assistant general manager Ian Levin or vice president of amateur/international scouting Tommy Tanous to the position, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. Levin was promoted this season to the assistant GM role in July. In the same announcement, the Mets said...

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