Monthly Archives: December 2014

First Moves of the Winter Meetings

Other than the Mets not trading for Didi Gregorius and not signing Andrew Miller, there were a few moves happening in the first day of MLB’s annual winter meetings. Let’s do a quick run-through.

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Dice-K Rolls Back To Japan

Daisuke Matsuzaka leaves New York to find out if he can still be Big In Japan.

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Didi Gregorius Traded To New York

But not to the Mets.

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200 Innings for Harvey? How about 51 Pitches?

In a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, Matt Harvey announced that he was unlikely to pitch as many as 200 innings during the 2015 regular season. Great, Matt, but how about we get past 50 PITCHES, first?

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Everth Cabrera: An Iconoclast’s View

Prediction: Sometime in early January, the Mets will sign shortstop Everth Cabrera to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training. This is the kind of move that GM Sandy Alderson and puppet master Jeff Wilpon apparently just … Continue reading

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Big Trade, Under-the-Radar Deal, and Other Recent Moves

In case you missed it, over the Thanksgiving weekend there was a blockbuster deal involving the Athletics and Blue Jays. There was also a trade involving an NL East club that slipped under the radar, as well as a few … Continue reading

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Mets Non-tender Eric Young, Jr.

According to Adam Rubin, the Mets have non-tendered Eric Young, Jr.

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Mets Pass On Yasmany Tomas, Nelson Cruz

In case you missed it, the Mets did not sign Cuban slugger Yasmany Tomas nor Adulterated League slugger Nelson Cruz. Tomas was signed by the Diamondbacks for 6 years, $68.6M. The Mariners locked up Cruz — who was originally drafted … Continue reading

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