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Mets and Cubs will play two exhibition games in Las Vegas to conclude Spring Training
The Las Vegas 51s announced on Thursday the Mets and Cubs will play two exhibition games at Cashman Field in Las Vegas on March 31 and April 1 to conclude spring training. The Mets will have off on April 2, and open the 2016 regular season on April 3 against the Royals in Kansas City. The additional…
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Mets have not yet explored signing their young starting pitchers to long-term deals
With the value of premier starting pitching only continuing to rise in both the trade and free agent market, the Mets are very fortunate to have five premium starting pitching talents already at the big league level in Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz, and Jacob deGrom. In addition, all except Harvey will earn the league…
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Sandy Alderson diagnosed with cancer, will continue as the Mets GM
Sandy Alderson has been battling several health issues over the last couple of months, inclusive of a fainting episode at a media conference following the World Series at Citi Field. He missed the General Manager’s Meetings in Boca Raton in early November after undergoing an undisclosed procedure, but continued his duties as the club’s General…
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Cuban 2B Jose Miguel Fernandez departs Cuba, wants to pursue an MLB deal
The international free agent market could soon see an infusion of potentially elite talent from Cuba. Cuban 2B Jose Miguel Fernandez has departed Cuba, and intends to seek a free agent deal in Major League Baseball, according to Ben Badler of Baseball America. Fernandez, 27, missed most of the 2015 season after he was suspended for attempting…
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Mets likely to tender contracts to all of their arbitration-eligible players
With the Mets already committed to spend $92-95 million in payroll for 2016, the Mets could consider allowing one or more of their arbitration-eligible players to become free agents by the December 2nd deadline to tender such players contracts for 2016, and clear some extra payroll space ahead of the Winter Meetings next week. The…
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