Mets continue busy day by signing Asdrubal Cabrera

Hey you smell something funky? Yeah, me too. Did you hear the Mets signed Asdrubal Cabrera to a two-year deal? So that's what $18.5 million being burnt smells like! Good to know. Cabrera is a solid player and has been for a number of years. He's more than a placeholder but he's not a star. [...]

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Mets acquire Neil Walker for Jon Niese

In a move that helps both clubs, the Pirates and Mets have agreed to swap Neil Walker and Jon Niese. Walker takes over for the departed Daniel Murphy and comes with a one-year contract that will be significantly less than what Murphy would have received if he had accepted the team's Qualifying Offer. In his [...]

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Shelby Miller proves the Mets are selling their players short

On Tuesday night the Yankees and Cubs traded Adam Warren and Brendan Ryan for Starlin Castro.  Shortly after that the Braves traded Shelby Miller to the Diamondbacks for Ender Inciarte, Aaron Blair and Dansby Swanson.  Prior to these trades there was discussion on the web with experts suggesting that the Mets make an offer for [...]

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Making sense of baseball dollars

With the Winter Meetings going at full tilt this week it means that for all I know while writing this the Mets on Tuesday night signed Ben Zobrist, Geraldo Parra, and a kick-butt reliever to be named later while simultaneously being deep in trade talks for a legitimate shortstop.  So if it looks like this [...]

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