Valdespin

The New York Mets made some surprising moves on Monday when they cut ties with five players on the eve of MLB’s non-tender deadline, letting go pitchers Jeremy Hefner and Scott Atchison, as well as infielders Omar Quintanilla, Justin Turner, [...]

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Curtis Granderson

In a perfect world the New York Mets would have signed free agent outfielder Curtis Granderson to a three-year contract, but Granderson held out for four guaranteed years. And despite Sandy Alderson‘s best effort at playing hardball and forcing Granderson [...]

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Curtis Granderson

The MLB offseason is certainly in full swing. Curtis Granderson has now become the latest free agent to sign with a new team, as he inked a deal with the New York Mets on Friday. The contract is reportedly worth $60 million [...]

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Wally Backman

The New York Mets got some good news on Tuesday with the announcement that Wally Backman would be staying with the organization in 2014 as the manager of their triple-A affiliate. Backman’s return was far from a certainty when the [...]

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Signing Jacoby Ellsbury to a seven-year, $153 million deal does not leave much room for the New York Yankees to bring back free agent Curtis Granderson. The market will now turn its attention to Granderson and Shin-Soo Choo leading into the [...]

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Ubaldo Jimenez

The New York Mets haven’t exactly been lighting it up so far during this offseason. With about $40 million to spend for just the 2014 season, the Mets certainly have the money to make some kind of splash. However, with [...]

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Mets outfield

Now that the New York Mets’ signing of outfielder Chris Young is official, it’s pertinent to look at what the Mets’ outfield would look like if the season were to start today. Although Young has played a lot of center [...]

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Chris Young Outfield

The New York Mets got their offseason off to a modest, arguably disappointing start with the signing of free agent outfielder Chris Young. But with so many needs to fill, their offseason is far from over. In fact, their work in [...]

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