27+ min ago (424+ words) Amongst the Mets" lengthy to-do list this winter is to address a starting rotation that needs a significant overhaul after last season"s collapse. So anything linking former Houston Astros ace and free agent Framber Valdez to Queens would be understandable." According to MLB insider Hector Gomez, the Mets are trying to get a six-year, $200 million deal over the finish line for the veteran right-hander, who is coming off a down year in which he went 13-11 with a 3.66 ERA. Still, an ace who boasted a 3.08 ERA and a 1.153 WHIP over his previous four seasons projects far better as a No. 2 than nearly anything else the Mets have to slot in behind Nolan McLean." Of course, there are significant wrinkles in all of this. Gomez"s reporting has been spotty in the past, including a story last winter that the Mets…...

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4+ day, 14+ hour ago (623+ words) The 2025 season was an anomaly for Marcus Semien." The veteran second baseman, who had not played fewer than 159 games in a full MLB season since 2017, was limited to just 127 with the Texas Rangers after fouling a ball off his foot, which, as he described, "cracked a bone and sprained a ligament." But even when healthy, his offensive game lagged. He hit .230 with a career-worst .669 OPS. Having averaged 31 home runs across his previous five seasons (not counting the COVID-shortened 2020), he settled for just 16 this year. "I'm disappointed in the way that I performed offensively last year," Semien said on Tuesday. Despite still being an elite defender, the Rangers shipped him to the New York Mets on Sunday, where the work to rediscover his All-Star-caliber bat is already underway. The 35-year-old veteran has already had conversations with Mets director of MLB hitting…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago (460+ words) Hal Steinbrenner continued to sound like an owner of a mid-market ballclub rather than the juggernaut New York Yankees when he tried to pump the brakes on the perception that his team is making profits." "I don't want to get into it, but that's not a fair statement or an accurate statement," Steinbrenner said. "Everybody wants to talk about revenues. They need to talk about our expenses, including the $100 million expense to the City of New York that we have to pay every Feb. 1, including the COVID year. So it all starts to add up in a hurry." If the Yankees, one of the most recognizable brands on the entire planet, are not making money, then Major League Baseball is doomed." The unbelievable statement only helped set up what had been Steinbrenner's constant tune in recent years: He wants to…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago (358+ words) Brandon Nimmo was convinced that he was going to be a Mets lifer, from draft pick to his No. 9 joining the rest of the retired numbers atop Citi Field." That all came to a crashing halt on Sunday when the Mets and president of baseball operations David Stearns traded him to the Texas Rangers for veteran second baseman Marcus Semien, bringing a 14-year run with the organization to an end. "It definitely took me as a shock," Nimmo said. "We had built this life centered around that we were going to be New York Mets until the very end." The 32-year-old left fielder, coming off a career-best 25-home-run season, had a full no-trade clause built in his contract, which had five years and $102 million remaining. Semien's limited no-trade clause had the Mets as one of his approved teams, meaning the…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago (293+ words) The Mets have thrust themselves into the conversation as major players in the free-agent outfield market after trading Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers for Marcus Semien on Sunday." That means significant interest in two of the top talents in Kyle Tucker and Cody Bellinger, both of whom will cost a pretty penny. Bellinger, who spent last season with the Yankees, is projected to receive a shorter-term deal of five to six years, which will come in at a value north of $140 million. Tucker, meanwhile, could secure a decade-long deal worth over $400 million." The Mets are already facing a reality in which they'd be doling out serious money to potentially retain some of their biggest stars. Franchise home run king Pete Alonso is a free agent, as is Edwin Diaz, one of the best closers in the game. On top…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago (329+ words) New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns admitted that executing the deal that sent long-time outfielder Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers for second baseman Marcus Semien was "a little bit more challenging" than other trades because of what the 32-year-old has meant to the franchise." A homegrown product who was drafted in 2011, Nimmo has long been a fan favorite and a fixture of the outfield for the last decade. But this year's extended collapse over the final three months that resulted in a postseason miss was all that Stearns needed to see to know that significant changes had to be made." The Rangers have had consistent interest in Nimmo as a steady, veteran presence to add to an otherwise young outfield featuring Wyatt Langford and Evan Carter " two talents that should be franchise cornerstones for some time....

6+ day, 2+ hour ago (449+ words) The first big domino of the New York Mets" offseason dropped on Sunday night when David Stearns traded the club"s longest-tenured player, Brandon Nimmo, to the Texas Rangers for second baseman Marcus Semien. It"s a one-for-one swap, which gets the Mets out of the final five years and $102 million of Nimmo"s deal, though Semien is still due $72 million over the next three years." Semien, however, is a Gold Glove-caliber second baseman who is expected to still have a decent enough bat (think 20-plus home runs, 75-plus RBI) to bolster the position. Stearns has pounded on the drum of run prevention this offseason, and sending the defensive-declining Nimmo out of town jives with that." Jeff McNeil has become expendable, and paying a super-utility guy $15.7 million in 2026 is poor business. His name has already appeared in trade rumors over…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago (339+ words) The retooling of the New York Mets started off in as dramatic a way as possible, as David Stearns is nearing a deal to trade away veteran left fielder Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers for second baseman Marcus Semien, as first reported by ESPN's Jeff Passan. Nimmo, the longest-tenured Met, was coming off a career year power-hitting-wise, with 25 home runs and 92 RBI. However, his defense has consistently regressed, and it clearly did not align with Stearns' offseason philosophy of prioritizing run prevention." The 32-year-old had five years and roughly $102.5 million remaining on his contract, though Semien brings on a sizable deal of his own. The 35-year-old has three years and $72 million remaining on his contract." Semien's offense, like Nimmo's defense, has regressed lately. After averaging 30 home runs and 90 RBI from 2021-2024, including a 45-homer, 102-RBI campaign in 2021 with the Toronto…...