Tag: Jacoby Ellsbury

In Wake of Conforto’s Injury, Mets Should Consider Puig

Even if there aren’t any known signs that Michael Conforto’s oblique injury will keep him out of the lineup into the regular season, the prospect of the Mets beginning a crucial 2020 season without his bat should be addressed constructively. The innocuous tweak-turned full-blown physical shutdown is a spring training phenomenon fans know all too well, from Jed Lowrie’s knees...

Morning Briefing: Yoenis Cespedes Sets His Goals High For 2020

Good morning Mets fans! ESPN analyst Eduardo Perez shared a conversation he had with OF Yoenis Cespedes on MLB Network Radio that revealed Cespedes’ personal high expectations and hopes for the 2020 season. Cespedes told Perez, “I’m ready. I’m going to go out with a bang this year. I’m not just going to hit 40 home runs.” When Perez told him that means he...

MLB News: Yankees Release Jacob Ellsbury, DFA Greg Bird

The New York Yankees announced on Wednesday night that they have released Jacoby Ellsbury and DFA’d Greg Bird as part of a large group of roster moves. Ellsbury, 36, has not played for the New York Yankees since 2017 despite being in the midst of a seven-year, $153 million contract. In the four years prior to that, the center fielder hit .264/.330/.386 and accumulated a 9.8 bWAR. Despite...

Rumor Roundup: Indians Acquire Nick Wittgren

Wittgren Traded to Indians The Miami Marlins have traded relief pitcher, Nick Wittgren to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for right handed pitcher, Jordan Milbrath per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic and Jon Heyman of Fancred. Wittgren was designated for assignment by the Marlins last week in order to make room for Neil Walker on their 40-man roster, whom they recently signed via free agency....

Jacoby Ellsbury Makes Zero Sense For Mets

There’s no hiding that the New York Yankees would like to trade Jacoby Ellsbury. After acquiring Giancarlo Stanton and having to pay the reigning National League MVP $265 million over the next decade, the Yankees were still about $20 million under the $197 million luxury tax threshold. Since they still wanted to make some additional moves, their mission after the trade was to shed payroll....

MLB Roundup: No Shortage Of Buzz At Winter Meetings

Yesterday officially began the Winter Meetings and there was no shortage of buzz during them. Executives talked, rumors swirled, and players signed. Here are just some of the things that went down; some of which may not have dominated the headlines. MLB News and Notes Pat Neshek agreed to a two-year, $16.25 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies. The Texas Rangers signed relief pitcher...

2014 Free Agent Review: The Long Term Deals (Part 1 of 3)

Baseball is a game that is constantly evolving and the team’s that successfully navigate the natural growth of the sport are identifying their strengths and maximizing the results.  The traditional format of growing pitching and buying bats is transitioning into an all organic format.   The majority of playoff quality teams are rounding out their lineups of homegrown talent with one or two well...

Featured Post: I’d Rather Have Syndergaard

Speculation is the fuel that stokes the Hot Stove fires. As the fires of speculation simmer in Met land, sometimes during the off-season it’s easy for Met fans to forget there’s another major league baseball team sharing NYC with pinstriped baseball fans surmising what baseball in 2014 will look like in the Bronx. Recently, those predictions have seen the name of Yankee prospect Michael Pineda...

Bowden: Curtis Granderson and Chris Young Will Be Busts?

Jim Bowden of ESPN (Insider Subscription) polled a few general managers about the offseason so far, and when he asked them who they thought would be busts, one American League GM picked Curtis Granderson, while Olney himself picked Chris Young. Which available free agent likely bombs with his new team and why?  AL GM: “I think Ubaldo Jimenez will bomb. I don’t think he’ll ever...

When Is A Good OBP Not So Good

Egads… What’s that picture of Luis Castillo doing up there? I bet you didn’t think you’d see him again, right? While I was reading through some comments, I came across an interesting exchange I serendipitously started when I wrote that signing Stephen Drew could end up being as bad as the Luis Castillo signing. Then our own Connor O’Brien really kicked things off...

Ricciardi: Tejada Is Going To Be A Better Player

Appearing on the ‘€˜Hot Stove Show’€™ with Rob Bradford and John McDonald on Thursday night, Mets special assistant J.P. Ricciardi said his team is happy with heading into the 2014 with Ruben Tejada as their shortstop. œHe’€™s a young player…a lot of them don’€™t realize what it takes to play every day. I think in Ruben’€™s case…he’€™s starting to realize that he has to work a lot harder...

Thanks to Sandy Alderson I Now Have Respect For the Yankee Way

When my dad taught me about something called Baseball in 1973 and introduced me to a team called the Mets, it was life-altering for this 7-year old. I’d learn to write cursive, get out of second grade, and eventually, when I grew a little taller, I’d replace Rusty Staub in RF. My whole life was planned out. As I fell in love with the Mets, I developed an unbridled hatred for the Yankees....

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