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• MLBTR Podcast: The Mets’ Spending Power, Juan Soto Suitors, And The Rangers’ Payroll Limits

  30-10-2024 18:14 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at this link to listen, if you don’t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts.This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors to discuss…Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns recently addressed the club’s financial situation (2:00)
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• 13 Players Receive Qualifying Offers

  04-11-2024 23:12 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Today is the deadline for teams to decide whether or not to issue qualifying offers to eligible players. Per Jeff Passan of ESPN on X, 13 players have received the QO and they are:Juan Soto (Yankees)
  Corbin Burnes (Orioles)
  Alex Bregman (Astros)
  Max Fried (Braves)
  Willy Adames (Brewers)
  Pete Alonso (Mets)
  Anthony Santander (Orioles)
  Teoscar Hernandez (Dodgers)
  Nick Pivetta (Red Sox)
  Christian Walker (Diamondbacks)
  Sean Manaea (Mets)
  Luis Severino (Mets)
  Nick Martinez (Reds)
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• Mets Claim Luis De Los Santos

  04-11-2024 22:27 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets announced that they have claimed infielder Luis De Los Santos off waivers from the Blue Jays. Additionally, outfielder DJ Stewart as well as left-handers Joey Lucchesi and Matt Gage were outrighted off the 40-man roster. Stewart and Lucchesi elected free agency.
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• Mets To Issue Qualifying Offers To Severino, Manaea

  04-11-2024 22:14 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets are issuing the $21.05MM qualifying offer to both Luis Severino and Sean Manaea, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post (X links). There’s no surprise in Manaea’s case, though Severino was more of a borderline call.
  Manaea is coming off one of the better platform years of anyone in the rotation class. He turned in a 3.47 earned run average through a career-high 181 2/3 innings. The southpaw had an excellent second half that coincided with a dip in his arm angle an
  
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• Mets Claim Kevin Herget From Brewers

  04-11-2024 20:06 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have claimed right-hander Kevin Herget off waivers from the Brewers, per a report from Robert Murray of FanSided. There had been no prior indication that Herget was designated for assignment.
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• Mets Decline Team Option On Phil Maton

  04-11-2024 15:36 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have declined their $7.75MM team option on right-hander Phil Maton, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The 31-year-old will receive a $250K buyout and return to free agency.
  The decision isn’t much of a surprise, even though Maton pitched quite well for the club down the stretch this season. The veteran righty posted a 2.58 ERA with a nearly identical 2.57 FIP in 28 2/3 innings of work after being acquired from the Rays in early July, with a 26.5% strikeout rate against
  
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• Sean Manaea To Opt Out Of Mets Contract

  02-11-2024 16:45 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Left-hander Sean Manaea is planning to opt out of the second year of his contract with the Mets, MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo writes (X link).  Manaea signed a two-year, $28MM free agent deal with New York last winter that contained the player option for the 2025 season, and he’ll now leave $13.5MM on the table in search of a longer and more lucrative guarantee this offseason.
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• Mets Among Roughly 11 Teams To Reach Out To Soto

  01-11-2024 04:31 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Day One of the offseason means the Juan Soto pursuits are underway. Until Monday, only the Yankees are allowed to discuss salary figures. However, other teams can touch base with his camp to broadly express interest and pitch their organizations now that the World Series is finished.
  The top free agent has gotten no shortage of attention. Jon Heyman of the New York Post writes that 11 teams were in contact with Soto’s camp by Thursday morning. The Post’s Mike Puma relays that th
  
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• Mets Sign Dylan Covey To Major League Deal

  31-10-2024 18:29 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have given out their first major league contract of the offseason, signing right-handed pitcher Dylan Covey to a one-year deal. The team announced the news this afternoon.
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• Mets, Chris Devenski Agree To Minor League Deal

  28-10-2024 23:15 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets and right-hander Chris Devenski are in agreement on a minor league deal, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com on X. The righty also receives a camp invite and will be competing for a job in next year’s spring training.
  Devenski, 34 in November, has had an up-and-down career but is coming off a rough campaign. The Rays signed him to a one-year deal with a $1.1MM guarantee after getting a good look at him late in 2023. After being cut loose by the Angels, the Rays signed Devenski
  
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• Stearns: Mets Need To Add Multiple Starting Pitchers

  24-10-2024 00:35 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets had a good run in 2024 but came up just short of the final goal, getting eliminated by the Dodgers in the NLCS a few days ago. President of baseball operations David Stearns met with members of the media today to discuss the season that was and the offseason ahead, with SNYtv relaying the entire half-hour press conference on X.
  Stearns discussed a number of topics but a major theme was the club’s high number of departing free agents. Each of Pete Alonso, Jose Quintana, Luis Severi
  
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• Six Players Elect Free Agency

  23-10-2024 04:33 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  As the offseason nears, a number of players elect minor league free agency each week. These players are separate from six-year MLB free agents, who’ll reach the open market five days after the conclusion of the World Series. Eligible minor leaguers can begin electing free agency as soon as the regular season wraps up. These players were all outrighted off a team’s 40-man roster during the year and have the requisite service time and/or multiple career outrights necessary to reach fre
  
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• Previewing Upcoming Qualifying Offer Decisions: Pitchers

  23-10-2024 02:49 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  While the baseball world’s immediate focus is on the upcoming showdown between two behemoths, the offseason looms just after the World Series. One of the first key decisions for teams is whether to issue a qualifying offer to any of their impending free agents. Clubs have until the fifth day after the conclusion of the World Series to make QO decisions.
  The QO is a one-year offer calculated by averaging the 125 highest salaries in MLB. This year’s price is $21.05MM. Joel Sherman of T
  
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• Paul Blackburn Undergoes Spinal Procedure

  22-10-2024 17:46 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets announced Tuesday that right-hander Paul Blackburn underwent a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak repair procedure on October 11. The typical timeframe to return to play from a procedure of this nature is four to five months, per the club.
  A timetable of four to five months would put Blackburn on track to be ready early or midway through spring training, assuming all goes according to plan with his rehab. That said, it’s a notable enough procedure that it calls into question whether t
  
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• Previewing Upcoming Qualifying Offer Decisions: Position Players

  21-10-2024 20:16 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  While the baseball world’s immediate focus is on the upcoming showdown between two behemoths, the offseason looms just after the World Series. One of the first key decisions for teams is whether to issue a qualifying offer to any of their impending free agents. Clubs have until the fifth day after the conclusion of the World Series to make QO decisions.
  The QO is a one-year offer calculated by averaging the 125 highest salaries in MLB. This year’s price is $21.05MM. Joel Sherman of T
  
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• Mets Notes: JDM, Quintana, Manaea

  21-10-2024 18:30 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  A season filled with OMGs and Grimace memes came to an end this weekend when the Dodgers toppled the Mets in a 10-5 win that propelled L.A. to a World Series showdown and left the Mets looking ahead to the 2025 campaign. New York’s roster is teeming with veteran free agents, and president of baseball operations David Stearns and his staff will have their work cut out for them in reshaping the roster this offseason. Several outgoing Mets free agents made clear they’d have interest in
  
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• Postseason Notes: Dodgers, Cortes, Senga

  20-10-2024 05:23 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Dodgers are headed back to L.A. for Game 6 of the NLCS with a 3-2 lead, but the club nonetheless faces some question marks regarding who exactly they’ll have available tomorrow. Catcher Will Smith departed Game 5 early after taking a pitch off of his glove hand during the game, but per Mike DiGiovanna of the L.A. Times x-rays on Smith’s hand came back negative and he’s expected to be available for Game 6. That’s surely a relief for the Dodgers, given that Smith (111 w
  
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• Yankees’ Ian Hamilton Headed For MRI With Calf Injury

  18-10-2024 06:03 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Yankees reliever Ian Hamilton left tonight’s Game 3 loss in Cleveland with what the team called left calf tightness. The right-hander told Dan Martin and Greg Joyce of the New York Post that he’ll go for imaging before tomorrow night’s game.
  Aaron Boone called upon Hamilton in the sixth inning while New York was trailing 2-1. He issued a leadoff walk to Lane Thomas before Daniel Schneemann hit a grounder to first base. Jon Berti knocked the ball down and flipped
  
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• Shintaro Fujinami To Play Winter Ball, Plans To Pursue MLB Opportunity

  16-10-2024 17:47 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Right-hander Shintaro Fujinami is planning to play in the Puerto Rican Winter League this offseason as he looks to demonstrate his health for interested clubs, he revealed in an interview with Japanese news outlet Sponichi. He hopes to continue playing in the United States for the 2025 season.
  Fujinami’s one-year, $3.35MM deal with the Mets for the 2024 season was derailed by injuries. The hard-throwing 30-year-old (31 in April) was expected to have a place in New York’s bullpen but
  
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• Brandon Nimmo Playing Through Plantar Fasciitis Injury

  15-10-2024 02:52 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Brandon Nimmo is 0-for-12 with four walks over his last 16 plate appearances, and was removed from both Game 1 (for a pinch-hitter) and Game 2 (for a defensive sub in left field) of the Mets’ NLCS clash with the Dodgers.  It seems the issue is health-related, as Nimmo told The Athletic’s Tim Britton that he believes he re-aggravated a case of plantar fasciitis in his left foot during the sixth inning of Game 3 of the NLDS against the Phillies.  The fact that Nimmo was deali
  
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• NLCS Roster Notes: Rojas, McNeil, Vesia

  13-10-2024 19:59 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Dodgers and Mets have announced their 26-man rosters for the NLCS this afternoon. Dodgers shortstop Miguel Rojas was a notable omission from the L.A. roster, while Mets infielder Jeff McNeil is notably joining the club’s roster after a wrist fracture sidelined him throughout the final month of the regular season and the early part of the playoffs. Rojas was replaced on the club’s roster by outfielder Kevin Kiermaier, while right-hander Adam Ottavino was dropped from the Mets&rsqu
  
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• Poll: Who Will Win The NLCS?

  12-10-2024 16:12 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Dodgers punched their ticket to the NLCS last night. Solo home runs from Enrique Hernández and Teoscar Hernández were enough to push L.A. to a 2-0 victory over the Padres in the rubber match of their Division Series. The Dodgers blanked San Diego in consecutive games to take the series in five.
  They’ll welcome the Mets to Dodger Stadium tomorrow. New York has waited for its destination since finishing off the Phillies in four games on Wednesday. Almost no one wo
  
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• Latest On Jeff McNeil

  09-10-2024 23:18 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have been without infielder/outfielder Jeff McNeil for over a month now, as he fractured his wrist in early September and has been out of action since. But he could be nearing a return to the club, per Tim Healey of Newsday on X. McNeil is going to play in the Arizona Fall League on Friday and Saturday with manager Carlos Mendoza hoping for McNeil to play a full nine-inning game on both of those days.
  During the regular season, it’s routine for injured players to join a minor leag
  
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• Poll: Who Will Win The NL Division Series?

  08-10-2024 03:11 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Monday is a travel day for the National League. Both series are knotted up 1-1 as they head to the homes of the lower seeds. Nick Castellanos’ walk-off hit capped off a back-and-forth affair in Philadelphia yesterday, squaring things with the Mets. The Padres had a much more convincing (but still drama-filled) beatdown of the Dodgers to tie that series.
  The latter has a couple health situations to monitor. Freddie Freeman and Xander Bogaerts each departed yesterday’s game. Bogae
  
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• NL Postseason Notes: McNeil, Marte, Edman, Freeman

  06-10-2024 16:06 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets could potentially get a big boost to their lineup if they advance to the NLCS. Manager Carlos Mendoza revealed to reporters (including Tim Britton of The Athletic) that Jeff McNeil will join the team’s taxi squad today, two days after welcoming his second child. The second baseman/corner outfielder has not played since September 6, when he fractured his right wrist as he pulled back a bunt attempt on a high-and-inside curveball from Reds’ left-hander Brandon Williamson.
  
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• Kodai Senga To Start NLDS Game One For Mets

  04-10-2024 21:40 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets are facing off against the Phillies in the National League Division Series, with the first game set for Saturday afternoon. Manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters today that right-hander Kodai Senga will start that first game for the Mets. Mike Puma of The New York Post was among those to relay the news on X.
  The Mets have received close to nothing from Senga this year. He suffered a capsule strain in his throwing shoulder in Spring Training, which kept him on the injured list for months
  
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• Mets Considering Kodai Senga For NLDS Roster

  04-10-2024 06:17 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets are considering activating Kodai Senga for their National League Division Series roster, reports Mike Puma of the New York Post (X link). The Athletic’s Will Sammon writes that the decision hinges on whether the Mets want to devote a spot to another pitcher who would be limited to short outings.
  New York was a couple outs away from not having a call to make. Pete Alonso’s dramatic three-run homer off Devin Williams in the ninth inning erased a 2-0 deficit. The
  
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• Mets Outright Eddy Alvarez

  04-10-2024 00:19 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Infielder Eddy Alvarez went unclaimed on waivers after being designated for assignment by the Mets earlier this week, per the league transaction log at MLB.com. He’s been assigned outright to Triple-A Syracuse but can reject that assignment to become a free agent — a path he’ll all but certainly take.
  The Mets acquired Alvarez from the Red Sox in exchange for cash — a rare September swap that was allowed because Alvarez had been on a minor league contract at the time of t
  
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• Paul Blackburn Won’t Return In 2024

  03-10-2024 00:25 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets defeated the Brewers yesterday and are now one win away from moving on to the National League Division series. But regardless of how deep they go in the postseason, right-hander Paul Blackburn won’t be an option for them. Manager Carlos Mendoza informed reporters that the righty is done for the year, with Tim Healey of Newsday among those to relay the news on X.
  Blackburn was acquired from the Athletics prior to this year’s deadline. The Mets had some injuries in their rotat
  
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• Mets Select Max Kranick, Designate Eddy Alvarez For Assignment

  01-10-2024 19:43 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have selected the contract of right-hander Max Kranick and he is on the club’s roster for the Wild Card series that begins today. Infielder Eddy Alvarez has been designated for assignment in a corresponding move.
  More to come.
  
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