Your Thanksgiving dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Amazin’ Avenue!
The Mets signed lefty Génesis Cabrera to a minor league deal.
Blake Snell’s deal with the Dodgers set the price for the pitching market which is bad news for the Mets who are in need of pitching.
Around the National League East
The Braves re-signed pitchers Ray Kerr and Royber Salinas to minor league deals.
Former Marlin Yonny Chirinos signed a deal with the LG Twins of the Korea Baseball Organization.
Nick Nelson experimented with a knuckleball for the Phillies in Triple-A last season with mixed results.
Should the Nationals sign Pete Alonso?
Around Major League Baseball
The Yankees have reportedly raised their offer to Juan Soto in an effort to keep the slugger in the Bronx.
Longtime Giant Brandon Crawford officially announced his retirement from baseball after fourteen seasons in the majors.
Playoff shares were handed out by the all the playoff teams from a pool that totaled a record $129.1 million.
There are plenty of free agent catchers available on the market but good free agent catchers are almost non-existent.
Shohei Ohtani is seeking ownership of $325,000 worth of baseball cards that was purchased by his former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Grace Carbone took a look at what Jack Flaherty brings as a free agent.
This Date in Mets History
The second manager in Mets history, Wes Westrum, was born on this date in 1922.