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• Mets Acquire Daniel Johnson From Guardians

  25-05-2022 23:28 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Guardians announced that outfielder Daniel Johnson has been dealt to the Mets for cash considerations.  Johnson will be assigned to Triple-A Syracuse.
  A fifth-round pick for the Nationals in the 2016 draft, Johnson was acquired as part of the Yan Gomes trade in 2018, and it seemed like Cleveland might have gotten a steal.  Johnson hit a combined .290/.361/.507 with 19 homers over 547 plate appearances with Double-A Akron (167 PA) and Triple-A Columbus (380 PA) in 2019, putting him
  
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• Mets Notes: Paddack, Hosmer, Smith, Bassitt

  22-05-2022 05:52 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Chris Paddack’s recent Tommy John surgery has brought a new focus on the rumored offseason trade between the Mets and Padres that would have seen San Diego move Paddack, Eric Hosmer, Emilio Pagan, and over $30MM (to help cover Hosmer’s salary) to New York in exchange for Dominic Smith.  Trade talks reportedly got pretty deep between the two sides, but ultimately fell apart due to what The New York Post’s Jon Heyman reports as concerns from the Mets’ medical staff abo
  
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• Mets Scouting Frankie Montas, Tyler Mahle

  22-05-2022 03:51 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have recently had scouts watching Athletics right-hander Frankie Montas and Reds right-hander Tyler Mahle, the New York Post’s Jon Heyman reports.  With the aggressive Mets clearly focused on a championship this year, it isn’t surprising that the club is already looking ahead to possible trade candidates on struggling teams.
  Montas is over 18 months older than Mahle, but the two have quite a bit in common.  The two righties are under control through the 2023 season
  
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• Mets Avoid Arbitration With Chris Bassitt

  21-05-2022 22:13 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets and right-hander Chris Bassitt have avoided an arbitration hearing by agreeing to a one-year, $8.65MM contract for the 2022 season, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports (Twitter link).  There is also a mutual option attached to the deal, as if both sides trigger the option, Bassitt will receive $19MM in 2023 (or a $150K buyout if either side declines).
  The two sides has been scheduled for an arbitration hearing on May 23.  Bassitt was looking for a $9MM salary and the Me
  
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• Mets Announce Series Of Roster Moves

  21-05-2022 20:12 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets announced to reporters, including Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, a series of roster moves prior to today’s doubleheader. Max Scherzer is going on the 15-day IL and infielder Gosuke Katoh has been optioned to Triple-A. Going in the other direction, Starling Marte has been activated from the bereavement list, righty Jake Reed has been recalled, along with fellow righty Adonis Medina joining the roster as the club’s 27th man for the twin bill.
  Scherzer’s placement on the inju
  
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• Mets Sign Trevor Cahill To Minor League Contract

  20-05-2022 18:23 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets recently agreed to a minor league deal with veteran starter Trevor Cahill, as Joel Sherman of the New York Post first reported. According to the righty’s transactions tracker at MLB.com, he has been assigned to the team’s Florida complex.
  Cahill will presumably head to Triple-A Syracuse at some point, but Sherman notes that he’ll first need time to build into game shape. That’s no surprise, as he hasn’t pitched since last June. A member of the Pirates
  
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• Joe Panik Retires

  20-05-2022 03:31 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Former All-Star infielder Joe Panik has decided to retire, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post. That concludes an eight-year MLB career for the Yonkers native.
  Panik went to St. John’s University and was a first-round pick of the Giants in 2011. A contact-oriented second baseman with good strike zone awareness but limited power, Panik was seen as a solid but not top-tier prospect. He hit his way up the minor league ladder quickly, reaching the majors midway through the 2014 campai
  
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• Max Scherzer Likely Out Six To Eight Weeks Due To Oblique Strain

  19-05-2022 20:40 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The results of Max Scherzer’s MRI are in, and the news isn’t great for the Mets. The team announced Thursday that Scherzer has suffered a “moderate to high grade internal oblique strain” and is expected to miss six to eight weeks. He’ll be placed on the injured list alongside co-ace Jacob deGrom (stress reaction in his scapula) and right-hander Tylor Megill (biceps inflammation).
  It’s a brutal blow for the Mets, who sit at 25-14 and currently hold a
  
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• Max Scherzer Undergoes MRI Following Last Night’s Early Exit

  19-05-2022 18:40 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  11:40am: Scherzer indeed sustained an oblique injury, tweets Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The severity of the injury isn’t yet known, although as Heyman points out, even Grade 1 oblique strains can sideline players for upwards of a month. Of course, every injury is different, and there are certainly instances of players returning far sooner than that. The Mets figure to have a formal announcement on Scherzer’s status at some point today.
  8:00am: Mets ace Max Scherzer pulled himse
  
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• Max Scherzer Headed For MRI After Last Night’s Early Exit

  19-05-2022 15:15 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Mets ace Max Scherzer pulled himself from last night’s game midway through a sixth-inning at-bat against Albert Pujols (video link). After throwing a 2-2 slider to Pujols, Scherzer immediately motioned to the dugout that he was done, calling for a trainer and promptly exiting the game. The Mets announced that Scherzer was dealing with discomfort in his left side, and Scherzer told reporters after the contest that he’d felt tightness in his side throughout the day and felt a “zi
  
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• Injury Notes: Perez, Matzek, McCann

  18-05-2022 03:18 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Royals placed Salvador Pérez on the 10-day injured list between games of today’s doubleheader with the White Sox. Pérez suffered a sprained left thumb during the opening contest, and Kansas City quickly moved to replace him with Sebastian Rivero on the active roster. Kansas City’s franchise backstop is off to a slow start, much like the rest of the lineup. Pérez is hitting .206/.239/.397 through 34 games. He’s popped six home runs but dra
  
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• DeGrom MRI Reveals “Continued Healing”; Still No Clear Timetable For Return

  17-05-2022 18:36 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Mets ace Jacob deGrom, who has yet to pitch this season and is on the mend from a stress reaction in his right scapula, underwent his latest follow-up MRI yesterday, the team announced. They issued the following statement in the wake of this latest test:
  “He underwent follow-up imaging yesterday that revealed continued healing in the scapula. He will continue to build distance and velocity in his throwing program, and we will provide an update on his progress when appropriate.”
  On th
  
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• Boras: Michael Conforto Not Ruling Out Late-Season Return

  17-05-2022 00:46 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Michael Conforto was the most notable unsigned free agent of this past offseason. The outfielder rejected a qualifying offer from the Mets and didn’t find a deal to his liking before the league locked out the players in early December. The following month, he injured his right shoulder during training and remains unsigned.
  Conforto underwent surgery last month, and reports at the time suggested the procedure would end his 2022 season before it began. That may not actually be the case, as h
  
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• Mets Place Tylor Megill On Injured List, Select Colin Holderman

  15-05-2022 19:04 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets announced a series of roster moves today, with righty Tylor Megill going on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to May 12, due to right biceps inflammation. Fellow righty Colin Holderman has been selected to take his place on the active roster. To make room for Holderman on the 40-man roster, righty Trevor May has been transferred to the 60-day injured list.
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• James McCann Out Approximately Six Weeks Due To Hand Fracture

  13-05-2022 21:51 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets announced that catcher James McCann has a hamate fracture in his left (via Bob Nightengale of USA Today). He’ll undergo surgery and miss around six weeks. Patrick Mazeika has been recalled from Triple-A Syracuse in his place.
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• Mets’ Sean Reid-Foley To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

  11-05-2022 01:43 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Mets GM Billy Eppler announced that right-hander Sean Reid-Foley will undergo Tommy John surgery tomorrow, per Mike Puma of the New York Post. The 26-year-old was transferred to the 60-day IL just a few days ago, so no further transactions are imminent for the Mets at this time. Given the timing of the surgery, it seems likely that Reid-Foley won’t be able to resume  full baseball activities until late spring or summer of next year.
  Acquired in a swap with Toronto in January
  
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• Mets Claim Locke St. John, Move Jacob deGrom To 60-Day IL

  10-05-2022 20:13 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have claimed left-hander Locke St. John off waivers from the Cubs, who designated St. John for assignment last week.  To create space on the 40-man roster, New York moved Jacob deGrom to the 60-day injured list.
  St. John signed a minor league deal with Chicago in December, and his tenure with the club consisted of seven innings over five Triple-A games, and a single inning in the majors.  It was a second cup of coffee for St. John, whose previous MLB experience was seven games
  
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• Mets To Select Stephen Nogosek, Transfer Sean Reid-Foley To 60-Day IL

  08-05-2022 17:45 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  10:45 am: Mike Puma of the New York Post relays that the corresponding move is Sean Reid-Foley being transferred from the 10-day to the 60-day injured list. The righty was placed on the IL May 1 due to a partial UCL tear and wasn’t expected to return anytime soon.
  9:24 am: The Mets are going to be selecting the contract of right-hander Stephen Nogosek, manager Buck Showalter tells Tim Healey of Newsday. He isn’t on the 40-man roster, meaning a corresponding move will be necessary in
  
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• Mets Release Robinson Cano

  08-05-2022 17:35 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  May 8: As expected, Cano has now been released, per Tim Healey of Newsday.
  May 2: The Mets designated second baseman Robinson Cano for assignment, according to an announcement from the team.  The club also optioned Yoan Lopez to Triple-A to get down to 26 players on the active roster.The Mets owe Cano about $37.6MM through 2023, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post.  The Mets have set Cano’s eventual release in motion, so they’ll be eating the money owed to him.
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• Mets To Select Stephen Nogosek

  08-05-2022 16:24 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets are going to be selecting the contract of right-hander Stephen Nogosek, manager Buck Showalter tells Tim Healey of Newsday. He isn’t on the 40-man roster, meaning a corresponding move will be necessary in that regard. Since the team is playing a doubleheader today, the active roster swells from 26 to 27 for the day. Healey adds that Adonis Medina has technically been optioned but will stay with the team today as that 27th man.
  Nogosek, 27, was drafted by the Red Sox but was sent t
  
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• Mets Claim Gosuke Katoh From Blue Jays

  07-05-2022 19:47 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have claimed infielder Gosuke Katoh off waivers from the Blue Jays, according to an announcement from Toronto. The Mets had a vacancy on the 40-man roster and immediately optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse.
  Katoh, 27, signed a minor league deal with the Jays over the offseason. A nine-year minor league veteran, he got his first big league opportunity when Toronto selected him to break camp with the MLB club. That proved a brief stay, as Katoh was optioned to Triple-A before appearin
  
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• Quick Hits: Stearns, Rosenthal, Mets, Vazquez, Cruz

  06-05-2022 05:55 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  In his latest piece, Jon Heyman of the New York Post suggests Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns is interested in filling a similar position for the Mets in the future. That Stearns might be interested in one day taking over the Mets front office isn’t new, but the timing of such a transition had long been obscured due to Stearns’ questionable contract status. Heyman now clarifies that it is “believed” the Brewers’ top executive can opt out
  
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• Trevor May To Miss 8-12 Weeks

  05-05-2022 05:55 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  4:21PM: May told DiComo and other reporters that his rough timeline for a return is 8-12 weeks.
  12:51PM: Mets reliever Trevor May has been diagnosed with a stress reaction in the humerus of his throwing arm, tweets Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. He’ll be shut down from throwing for at least a month.
  New York placed the righty on the 15-day injured list yesterday with what was initially termed triceps inflammation. Today’s diagnosis comes with an unfortunate timetable that’ll k
  
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• NL East Notes: Bassitt, Harper, Marlins, Meyer, Ramirez

  05-05-2022 00:00 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Both Chris Bassitt and Mets GM Billy Eppler declined to comment on whether any contract extension talks had taken place between the two sides, though a source tells The New York Post’s Joel Sherman that “nothing has been explored yet.”  Since Bassitt is slated to become a free agent after the season, it would be a little surprising to see him sign an extension before testing the market for the first time, particularly since the righty is building a strong case for a pricey
  
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• Injury Notes: Lewis, May, Gray, Longoria, Giants

  04-05-2022 05:18 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mariners announced that center fielder Kyle Lewis has begun a rehab assignment in Triple-A tonight, his first competitive assignment since he tore his meniscus last May. Foreshadowing what may come when the 2020 AL Rookie of the Year makes it back to the majors, the 26-year-old Lewis swatted a home run on his first swing back in minor league game action. Equally encouraging for M’s fans is manager Scott Servais’s assessment, who according to MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer notes th
  
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• MLB Suspends Mets’ Yoan Lopez For Three Games

  03-05-2022 01:02 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Major League Baseball announced this evening that Mets reliever Yoan López has been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount for “intentionally throwing pitches at Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies during the top of the ninth inning of Sunday night’s game at Citi Field.” As is typical practice, New York manager Buck Showalter received a one-game suspension for López’s actions.
  The Mets optioned López to Triple-A Syracus
  
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• Mets Designate Robinson Cano For Assignment

  02-05-2022 17:02 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets designated second baseman Robinson Cano for assignment, according to an announcement from the team.  The club also optioned Yoan Lopez to Triple-A to get down to 26 players on the active roster.
  The Mets owe Cano about $37.6MM through 2023, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post.  The Mets have set Cano’s eventual release in motion by designating him for assignment, so they’ll be eating the money owed to him.
  Cano, 39, kicked off his career with nine season
  
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• Mets’ Sean Reid-Foley Placed On IL With Partial UCL Tear

  01-05-2022 22:39 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have informed reporters, including Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, that right-handed pitcher Sean Reid-Foley has been diagnosed with a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. He left last night’s game with discomfort in that elbow. The club hasn’t specified the next course of action, though Tommy John surgery is an option. Even if Reid-Foley doesn’t require surgery, the non-surgical options for a partial UCL tear require lengthy absences. Reid
  
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• Mets Activate Taijuan Walker From 10-Day Injured List

  30-04-2022 22:41 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Taijuan Walker is set to make his return from the 10-day injured list, as the righty is the Mets’ scheduled starter tonight against the Phillies.  In advance of Walker’s activation, righty Yoan Lopez was optioned to Triple-A to create an open spot on the active roster.
  Walker only tossed two innings in his first start of the season (on April 11) before leaving the game with shoulder inflammation.  The injury was later diagnosed as right shoulder bursitis, as Walker was plac
  
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• MLB Suspends Arenado, Cabrera For Role In Bench-Clearing Incident

  29-04-2022 01:27 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  6:27pm: Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat tweets that Arenado is continuing with his pre-game routine, indicating he’s appealing his suspension. The Cards announced that Cabrera has accepted his suspension and will serve it tonight; he’d likely not have been available anyhow after throwing 29 pitches yesterday.
  6:15pm: Major League Baseball announced this evening that Cardinals star third baseman Nolan Arenado and reliever Génesis Cabrera have
  
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• Mets, Tommy Hunter Agree To Minor League Deal

  26-04-2022 23:47 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets are in agreement with reliever Tommy Hunter on a minor league contract, report Ken Rosenthal and Britt Ghiroli of the Athletic (Twitter link). The Athletic adds that the veteran righty will report to the team’s complex in Port St. Lucie this week and is hoping to build into MLB game shape by June.
  Ghiroli reported this morning that Hunter recently conducted a showcase in front of scouts. It didn’t take long for him to find a home after demonstrating his current form, as
  
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• Tommy Hunter Works Out For Teams

  26-04-2022 19:19 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Veteran reliever Tommy Hunter didn’t pitch after May 18 last season, spending the remainder of the 2021 campaign on the injured list — first with the Mets and then with the Rays, who acquired him as a financial counterweight in the trade that sent Rich Hill from Tampa Bay to New York.
  Neither the Mets nor the Rays announced a formal diagnosis for Hunter beyond the Mets’ original indication that he was dealing with a lower back injury. As it turns out, Hunter missed the remainde
  
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• Reds Claim Matt Reynolds, Designate Ryan Hendrix

  24-04-2022 20:41 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Reds announced that they have claimed infielder Matt Reynolds off waivers from the Mets. Right-handed pitcher Ryan Hendrix has been designated for assignment in a corresponding move, reports Mark Sheldon of MLB.com.
  Reynolds, 31, made his major league debut with the Mets in 2016. Since then, he’s bounced around to the Nationals and Royals, as well as a stint in the minors for the White Sox. He returned to the Mets on a minor league deal and was selected to their 40-man roster a couple
  
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• Injury Notes: Bell, Voit, deGrom, Walker

  24-04-2022 04:49 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Josh Bell left today’s 5-2 Nationals loss to the Giants due to tightness in his right hamstring.  Bell walked and advanced to third base during the bottom of the second, but was replaced in the field for the top of the third inning.  Nationals manager Davey Martinez said Bell was undergoing an MRI, which would mark the second MRI of the week for the first baseman after tests were negative on his left knee.  Soreness in that left knee also forced Bell to make an early exit fr
  
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• Mets Activate Mark Canha, Designate Matt Reynolds For Assignment

  21-04-2022 00:14 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets made a few roster moves today, as relayed by Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. Mark Canha was reinstated from the Covid IL, while Matt Reynolds was designated for assignment to create room on the 40-man roster. (Players on the Covid list don’t count against a club’s 40-man roster.) Right-handed pitcher Jake Reed, who began the season on the injured list with an oblique strain, was reinstated and optioned to Triple-A Syracuse.
  Canha, along with Brandon Nimmo, both tested positive fo
  
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• Jacob deGrom Slated For Followup MRI Next Week

  19-04-2022 19:56 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Mets ace Jacob deGrom is slated to undergo a followup MRI on his ailing right shoulder next Monday, the team told reporters Tuesday (Twitter link via Anthony DiComo of MLB.com). If that round of imaging goes well, it’s possible he’ll be cleared to begin throwing shortly thereafter.
  The Mets haven’t received an inning from deGrom so far in 2022, as he’s been shelved after being diagnosed with a stress reaction in his right scapula back on April 1. The original recommendati
  
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• Injury Notes: Buxton, Walker, Tatis

  19-04-2022 05:30 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Twins center fielder Byron Buxton exited Friday’s game with what initially looked like it could be a notable knee injury, but an MRI over the weekend ruled out any structural damage. Manager Rocco Baldelli told reporters Monday morning that Buxton is feeling optimistic and that within the next day or two, the Twins would be “talking about a specific plan for getting him back out there” (Twitter link via Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com). President of baseball operations Derek Falvey j
  
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• Brandon Nimmo, Mark Canha Test Positive For Covid-19

  15-04-2022 18:08 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Mets outfielders Brandon Nimmo and Mark Canha are both out of the lineup and likely headed to the injured list after testing positive for Covid-19, reports Mike Puma of the New York Post (Twitter link). Both players are asymptomatic. Newsday’s Tim Healey first reported this morning that tweets that a member of the Mets’ staff had tested positive and that a few players were deemed close contacts and undergoing testing.
  Under the league’s 2022 health-and-safety protocols, pl
  
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• Injury Notes: Walker, Fletcher, Alcala

  13-04-2022 02:55 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have placed right-handed pitcher Taijuan Walker on the 10-day injured list with shoulder bursitis per MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo. Walker started yesterday’s game against the Phillies, pitching two scoreless innings with four strikeouts before leaving the game with shoulder irritation. Though the right-hander himself indicated he’d be alright following an MRI earlier today, it appears the team will be taking a more cautious approach. DiComo adds that Walker
  
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• Mets Outright Yennsy Diaz

  12-04-2022 17:04 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Mets right-hander Yennsy Diaz went unclaimed on waivers and has been assigned outright to Triple-A Syracuse, per the team’s transactions page. He’ll remain with the organization but will no longer occupy a place on the 40-man roster.
  Diaz was one of three pitchers acquired from the Blue Jays in exchange for Steven Matz during the 2020-21 offseason, coming to the organization alongside righties Sean Reid-Foley and Josh Wincowski — the latter of whom has since been traded to the
  
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• Outrights: Yamamoto, Selman

  11-04-2022 23:26 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  A pair of players designated for assignment as teams set their Opening Day rosters recently passed through waivers unclaimed.The Mets have outrighted Jordan Yamamoto to Triple-A Syracuse, tweets Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. The right-hander doesn’t have the requisite service time to refuse the assignment, so he’ll remain in the organization and try to pitch his way back onto the roster. New York acquired Yamamoto, formerly a decently-regarded pitching prospect, in a minor dea
  
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• Mets Have Not Engaged Brandon Nimmo In Extension Talks

  11-04-2022 01:58 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have not approached outfielder Brandon Nimmo about a potential extension, despite his apparent willingness to stay in New York, per Tim Healey of Newsday (via Twitter). Nimmo will reach free agency after this season, his age-29 season. Nimmo is an on-base machine when healthy, but he’s only once appeared in more than 100 games in a season.
  It’s certainly possible that New York is ready to let Nimmo walk after the season. The Mets proved their willingness to take a hard line
  
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• Mets Acquire Adonis Medina, Designate Yennsy Diaz For Assignment

  08-04-2022 03:26 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have announced that they’ve acquired right-hander Adonis Medina from the Pirates in exchange for cash considerations and optioned him to Triple-A. To make room on the 40-man roster, fellow right-hander Yennsy Diaz was designated for assignment.
  Medina was signed by the Phillies as an international free agent back in 2014 and caught the eye of some prospect evaluators, being labeled the 84th best prospect in the game by Baseball America in 2018. However, he struggled against the co
  
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• Mets Sign John Curtiss To Major League Contract, Select Travis Jankowski

  06-04-2022 22:50 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets are signing reliever John Curtiss to a major league deal, general manager Billy Eppler told reporters (including Anthony DiComo of MLB.com and Tim Healey of Newsday). The team is also selecting outfielder Travis Jankowski to the major league roster for Opening Day. Curtiss will make $770K this season, and next year’s option is valued at $775K, reports Joel Sherman of the New York Post (Twitter link).
  Curtiss isn’t expected to pitch for the entire 2022 campaign
  
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• Mets To Designate Jordan Yamamoto For Assignment

  06-04-2022 15:50 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have designated right-hander Jordan Yamamoto for assignment in order to open a spot on the roster for left-hander Chasen Shreve, whose contract has been selected to the 40-man roster, per the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. Shreve told reporters earlier this week that he’d been informed he’s made the roster.
  Yamamoto, 25, joined the Mets last offseason in a trade that sent minor league infielder Federico Polanco to the Marlins. He only made two appearances with the
  
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• Todd Frazier Retires

  05-04-2022 15:40 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Two-time All-Star Todd Frazier is set to announce his retirement today, he tells Greg Joyce of the New York Post. “(Baseball) has been my love my whole life,” the third baseman said. “It’s very hard to let go. Don’t get me wrong, it’s one of the toughest decisions I’ve ever made in my life. But where I’m at in my career and where I’m at in my life, I think it was the right decision. I think it’s time to be that family figure t
  
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• Mets To Select Chasen Shreve

  04-04-2022 20:03 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Veteran left-handed reliever Chasen Shreve has been informed that he’ll make the Mets’ Opening Day roster, Shreve himself tells Tim Healey of Newsday (Twitter link). Shreve signed a minor league deal back on March 17.
  This’ll be Shreve’s second stint with the Mets, and it’s a well-earned roster spot for the 31-year-old southpaw, who rattled off four hitless innings with six strikeouts against just one walk allowed during Grapefruit League play with the Mets. Followi
  
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• Mets Notes: Scherzer, deGrom, Nimmo

  04-04-2022 04:14 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Max Scherzer is set to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday, Mets manager Buck Showalter told Newsday’s Tim Healey and other reporters.  Right hamstring tightness kept Scherzer out of a scheduled seven-inning intrasquad game on Saturday, which was supposed to be Scherzer’s last bit of spring work before the beginning of the regular season.
  The ace has already tossed 11 Grapefruit League innings, so his arm might already be built up enough should he get through Tuesday’s bull
  
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• Mets Trade Miguel Castro To Yankees For Joely Rodriguez

  03-04-2022 18:05 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Mets have traded Miguel Castro to the Yankees for Joely Rodriguez, per Joel Sherman of the New York Post. As noted by MLBTR’s Steve Adams, Rodriguez was signed as a free agent this offseason and thus ineligible to be traded prior to June 15th without his consent. He and his agent gave consent in exchange for a $500K assignment bonus, which will be paid by the Mets as part of this deal. (Twitter links) Rodriguez is represented by Daniel Szew of LA Sports Management.
   
  More to come.
  
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• Padres, Mets Reportedly Stalled On Hosmer Trade Talks

  02-04-2022 23:57 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  4:57PM: Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that talks may have stalled entirely after the two sides “hit a snag” in negotiations.  Sherman is even more blunt, saying the proposed trade “is not going to happen.”
  8:50 AM: A potential deal between the two sides would be a little more complex than initially presumed. Per Joel Sherman of the New York Post (via Twitter), the Padres would unsurprisingly need to eat a fair amount of the money owed to Hosmer in order to make t
  
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