Mets Place Travis d’Arnaud On DL, Select Rene Rivera’s Contract
The Mets announced on Tuesday that they’ve placed catcher Travis d’Arnaud on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right rotator cuff and selected the contract of veteran backstop Rene Rivera from...
View ArticleNL East Notes: Harper, Arroyo, d’Arnaud, McClure
Nationals star Bryce Harper has signed a ten-year endorsement deal with Under Armour that is the largest such agreement ever reached by a baseball player, according to ESPN.com’s Darren Rovell. While...
View ArticleEast Notes: Price, D. Murphy, d’Arnaud
Red Sox southpaw David Price’s start Saturday against the Yankees was another rough outing for the longtime ace, who allowed six earned runs, seven hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings of an 8-2...
View ArticleMets Interested In Jonathan Lucroy, Offering Travis D’Arnaud In Return
The Mets are interested in Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy, and current Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud seems to be part of any potential package the Amazins could send to Milwaukee, Kristie Ackert of the...
View ArticleMets Make Two Waiver Claims; Place D’Arnaud, Flores, Three Others On...
The Mets have made waiver claims on two unknown players, Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News reports, though they haven’t been able to work out a trade with either player’s team. One of the...
View ArticleNL East Notes: Stanton, d’Arnaud, Mets, Ramos
Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton may be ready to return to the starting lineup as soon as this Friday, manager Don Mattingly told reporters, including MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro, following last night’s win...
View ArticleTerry Collins On His Future, Mets’ 2017 Roster
Terry Collins is only under contract as the Mets’ manager through the 2017 season, but even in the event that the team has interest in re-signing him, Collins isn’t certain that he’d manage beyond next...
View ArticleMets Notes: Cespedes, Bautista, Duda, Bullpen, Colon, d’Arnaud
The Mets are hoping to have some clarity on Yoenis Cespedes’ intentions by the end of the Winter Meetings next month, general manager Sandy Alderson told reporters at the GM Meetings today (via ESPN...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Twins, Hughes, D’Arnaud, Aoki, Mariners
Some items from around baseball as we head into a new week… Brian Dozier is drawing interest from other teams but the Twins aren’t looking to tie Phil Hughes’ contract to Dozier in trade talks, Mike...
View ArticleMets Notes: Rosario, Conforto, D’Arnaud, Bullpen
By re-signing Yoenis Cespedes, the Mets have already accomplished their primary offseason goal before the Winter Meetings have even begun, Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes. That doesn’t mean,...
View ArticleEast Notes: Wieters, Rays, Mets, Phillies, Orioles
The offer the Rays made to catcher Matt Wieters before he agreed to join the Nationals on Tuesday fell well short of Washington’s $21MM guaranteed proposal, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times....
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Make Or Break Year: Travis d’Arnaud
MLBTR is rebooting its “make or break year” series, in which we analyze players who enter the season with up-and-down track records but also an opportunity to stake a claim to significant future...
View ArticleNL Notes: Cubs, Mets, Nationals
Ben Zobrist started the majority of the Cubs’ regular-season games at second base in 2016, but Javier Baez is now in the process of becoming the team’s everyday option at the keystone, writes Patrick...
View ArticleMets Place Travis d’Arnaud On 10-Day DL
The Mets have announced that catcher Travis d’Arnaud is going on the 10-day DL. His roster spot will go to righty Rafael Montero, who is stepping into the rotation at least temporarily. While it had...
View ArticleMets Notes: Syndergaard, Harvey, Collins, Bruce, D’Arnaud
Westeros is a long way from Citi Field, though that didn’t stop Noah Syndergaard from appearing in tonight’s episode of Game Of Thrones. The Mets right-hander was on set last November in Spain to work...
View ArticleMets Notes: Payroll, Catchers, Rotation, Conforto, Wright, Montero
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson met with the media yesterday to discuss a host of topics, ranging from next year’s payroll and roster to the health of several key players. Some highlights from his...
View ArticleMets Notes: Warthen, Collins, Catching
The latest from Citi Field… The Mets are expected to part ways with long-time pitching coach Dan Warthen, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports. Warthen has been in his current role since June 2008...
View ArticleNL Notes: D-backs, Mets, Cards, A. Reyes
Thanks in part to the signing of catcher Alex Avila to a two-year, $8.25MM deal this week, the Diamondbacks are on track to run a franchise-record payroll in 2018 (upward of $120MM), as Nick Piecoro of...
View ArticleTravis d’Arnaud Diagnosed With Partial UCL Tear
Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud has been placed on the 10-day DL, the team announced. He has been diagnosed with a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, Tim Britton of The...
View ArticleHeyman’s Latest: Hamels, Smoak, Nunez, Bregman, Padres
The Cubs seem likely to pick up left-hander Cole Hamels’ $20MM option for 2019, Jon Heyman of Fancred writes. The club could instead buy out Hamels for $6MM, a sum his previous team – the Rangers –...
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