Good morning, Mets fans! With baseball around the corner, and spring training coming later this month, the world will be getting a special treat this year with the upcoming World Baseball Classic (WBC), which starts towards the beginning of March. MLB players from all over the league will be competing for the WBC title alongside their fellow countrymen. Slowly, but surely, this offseason has...
While all eyes will be on the start of perhaps the biggest Subway Series in recent history tonight, there’s been some bombshell news to emerge out of Mets land. Per Jim Bowden of CBS, New York Mets General Manager Billy Eppler has been in contact with the Angels about superstar Shohei Ohtani. Yes, you read that correctly. According to Bowden, Eppler has been in touch with his former team...
If there is a season in 2020, the MLB is sure to experiment with many different ideas for what is going to be a strange season no matter what. According to multiple reports, Major League Baseball would likely have a universal designated hitter in a shortened 2020 season and the 2021 season. The need for a universal DH is centered around the fact that divisions will likely be realigned...
According to Jon Heyman of FanCred, he has heard Mets would not be willing to do a Michael Conforto-Brandon Nimmo combo in a trade with the Miami Marlins for J.T. Realmuto and refuse to move Amed Rosario at all. The Mets have been linked to Realmuto for a while now, and the connection from a CAA player to the former co-head of CAA is there. Realmuto, 27, has two years of club control left after...
As trade discussions with the Miami Marlins about catcher J.T. Realmuto have heated up, Jim Bowden of The Athletic reports that the New York Mets are “pushing hard” to make a deal for him. Joel Sherman of the New York Post originally reported that the Mets had talked to the Marlins about Realmuto, and that they were seriously considering using Brandon Nimmo as a centerpiece. Bowden later...
Jim Bowden of the Athletic spoke with executives around the league to come up with a post-trade deadline farm system ranking for all 30 MLB teams. The Mets were ranked 26th in the game in this regard, with the biggest reasoning being that the team does not have much depth beyond their top prospects. In the article, he points out that Andres Gimenez is one of the best shortstop prospects in the...
The Pirates and Rays have a deal in place for Chris Archer according to Stephen Nesbitt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. According to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times, the Rays will receive RHP Tyler Glasnow and OF Austin Meadows from the Pirates. There is also a third piece that is not known at the time. Archer has a 4.31 ERA (93 ERA+) and 3.62 FIP for the Rays this season. He is under team...
On Monday, Jim Bowden of The Athletic released his annual preseason baseball predictions. In the article, he said he believes Dominic Smith will beat out Adrian Gonzalez for the Mets first base job. Gonzalez, 35, slashed .242/.287/.355 last year with three home runs in 71 games. However, New York took a flyer by signing him to the league minimum on a one-year deal. Whether they believed they...
According to Jim Bowden of Sirius XM, the Milwaukee Brewers continue to be “in” on free agents Jake Arrieta and Mike Moustakas. The idea is, according to Bowden, if they sign the latter, they could trade Travis Shaw to the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves or New York Mets, according to his sources. Shaw, 27, has played mostly third and first base in his career. In 2017, he was good for 4.0 WAR...
Good morning Mets fans! Some rumors continued to swirl yesterday, but no Major League signings occurred. Latest Mets news In his post for The Athletic, Jim Bowden expresses his doubt that the Mets will be finalists for both Jay Bruce and Lorenzo Cain, but he expects the team to sign at least one significant free agent. (Jose Reyes, anyone?) David Alder of MLB.com reports on Noah...
The Seattle Mariners have acquired second baseman Dee Gordon from the Miami Marlins according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Another key part of the trade is the Mariners getting $1 million in International Bonus Pool according to Marc Feinsand of MLB.com. The Marlins are receiving pitching prospect Nick Neidert (No. 2 in M’s system by MLB), shortstop Christopher Torres (No. 7) and...
According to Ken Rosenthal on Twitter first, the Rockies have acquired outfielder Ian Desmond. According to Rosenthal, he will be playing some first base for them as well. The deal is for five years according to Joel Sherman, and according to Jon Heyman it is worth $70 million. Plus, according to Jim Bowden, there is an option for a 6th year worth $13 million. The Rockies will be giving up their...
