It’s been hard to find any positives with the Mets’ performance on the field this week. Following a sweep at the hands of the dreadful Royals, the Mets traveled to Baltimore and demonstrated more of the same sluggish, uncompetitive play Friday night as they lost 10-3 to the Orioles. “We have to play better,” Buck Showalter said following the game. “Some people that are getting...
The New York Mets announced on Friday night that they’ve received Luis De La Cruz from the Baltimore Orioles as the player to be named later from the James McCann trade that happened last month. As part of the deal, the Orioles will also pay $5 million of McCann’s $24 million salary over the next two seasons. De La Cruz, 20, hit .291/.396/.349 with five doubles, no home runs, and...
This offseason, we’ve been looking at the Mets’ history with free agency. Starting out the bad contract list were two players whose second turn with the Mets was unlike their first: Roger Cedeño and Jeurys Familia. Next is a former All-Star catcher who up until last year was the bane of Mets fans’ existence. There’s no recency bias here. The decision to sign James McCann...
The Mets can’t chill for 10 freaking hours. Less than a day after stealing Carlos Correa from the Giants, the Mets have traded catcher James McCann to the Baltimore Orioles, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Mark Feinsand said the deal was for a player to be named later. Feinsand says that the player isn’t expected to be a “notable prospect.” The Mets have reportedly...
The Mets are shopping veterans Carlos Carrasco and James McCann according to multiple reports. Carrasco has been reportedly on the block since the Mets signed Japanese right-hander Kodai Senga to a five-year deal that followed the signing of Jose Quintana and Justin Verlander. Our own Michael Mayer reports the Mets have been shopping McCann aggressively recently and that seemingly intensified...
New York Mets catcher James McCann is continuing to draw trade interest with the St. Louis Cardinals keeping tabs on the veteran, per Robert Murray, an MLB Insider for FanSided. McCann is widely known to be on the trade block and, according to Murray, he could be an option for the Cardinals who are in the market for a catcher in the wake of franchise great Yadier Molina retiring this offseason....
Good morning, Mets fans. Winter Meetings start today which means the intensity of the offseason may pick up. Things got started Friday when the Texas Rangers announced their signing of now former New York Met Jacob deGrom. Though, it is expected this week deals may move quicker as owners and front office staff of each team embark on the Winter Meetings. Per Buster Olney of ESPN, the Rangers are...
Just a day after signing ace starter Jacob deGrom to a blockbuster contract, the Texas Rangers could look to reunite their new acquisition with a familiar face in New York Mets catcher James McCann, per Buster Olney of ESPN. According to Olney, the Rangers are going to continue to be aggressive this offseason as they look to build around their sparkly new toy in deGrom, and McCann may be a...
