Morning briefing: Nolan Arenado is reportedly ready to join the Mets

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The Cardinals are president of baseball operations on Monday specified that he would try to act Nolan Arenado this season. Until Tuesday, More details It added to Arenado’s wish list in the event of a possible trade, which is now looking increasingly likely. According to his agent Joel Wolfe, Arenado’s goal is to join a winning team. “…Let’s try to find a place where he can step in and help the team get to the next level,” Wolfe said. Teams Arenado would waive his no-trade clause for include the Dodgers, Padres, Angels, Phillies, Red Sox and New York Metropolitans.

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Accordingly Mike Mazzeo of Sports Business JournalDiamond Baseball Holdings is acquiring two of the Mets’ minor league affiliates, the Brooklyn Cyclones and Syracuse Mets. DBH now owns 38 minor league baseball teams, including the Binghamton Rumble Ponies.

David Stearns explained this Kodai Senga is a “healthy player who is getting through his offseason well.” He expects Senga to be ready and fully up and running by Opening Day 2025.

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ESPN’s Jeff Passan was the first to report that the Blue Jays were finalizing a deal to acquire an infielder Andres Giménez from the Cleveland Guardians. fellow ESPN reporter Kiley McDaniel later tweeted this Spencer Horwitz would head to Cleveland in trade, and The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal said this helper Nick Sandlin would be sent to Toronto.

The Guardians then sent Horwitz to the Pittsburgh Pirates and received Josh Hartle (PIT’s No. 17 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline), Luis Ortiz, And Michael Kennedy (PITs No. 19 Prospectus) in return, per Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. Also the pirates officially announced trading late Tuesday.

Jeff Passan announced The Max Fried has agreed to an eight-year, $218 million contract with the Yankees, marking the largest guaranteed contract ever for a left-handed pitcher. Formerly, Ken Rosenthal wrote that the Yankees, Red Sox and Blue Jays were all contenders for Fried. MLB Network’s Jon Morosi added that the Yankees were initially willing to offer a seven-year contract.

The Rangers have re-signed the right-hander Nathan Eovaldi signed a three-year, $75 million contract on Tuesday. Robert Murray from FanSided was the first to break the deal Jeff Passan And Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News Contract details provided.

The Rangers acquire Jake Burger from the Marlins, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported. ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez added returning prospects Echedry Vargas and Max Acosta as well as lefty starter Brayan Mendoza.

The Dodgers official announced their signing of the former Mets outfielder Michael Conforto. Mark Feinsand was the first to report Monday that the Dodgers had agreed to a deal with Conforto.

Ryne Sandberg shared an unfortunate update on his situation battling prostate cancer. The Baseball Hall of Fame paid their respect to the Cubs legend.

Rocky Colavito died at the age of 91 announced by the Guardians. Colavito amassed 7,559 plate appearances over his 14-year career, playing for Cleveland, the Tigers and four other teams. Our thoughts and condolences go out to his family and everyone here at MMO.

outfielder Estevan Florial agreed to a deal with the Hanwha Eagles in Korea, per Jon Heyman. The 27-year-old Florial had a .367 batting average last year and has been in the major leagues each of the last five years.

The Rockies signed a center fielder Thairo Estradareported Mark Feinsand on Tuesday. The contract is for one year and $3.25 million with a mutual option for $4 million in 2026 (buyback of $750,000). Feinstand adds that Estrada will still be eligible for arbitration if the option is not exercised.

MassLive’s Chris Cotillo reported that the Red Sox might be interested James McCann while they look for a catcher who can give them support Connor Wong. However, Cotillo pointed out that he doesn’t think there’s “anything short of McCann/Boston right now.”

Reporter Ari Alexander revealed this helper Yimi Garcia has signed a two-year, $15 million contract with the Blue Jays. Toronto traded him to the Mariners at the 2024 trade deadline, but after a difficult second half with the M’s, he is now returning to Canada.

There have been rumors about the Phillies third baseman Alec Boehm, but manager Rob Thomson has declared that Bohm is not in the trade bloc. Bohm is coming off his first All-Star appearance, although his performance dropped from an .830 OPS before the All-Star break to .681 afterward.

Former Washington National Carter Kieboom reportedly has a minor league deal with the Angels Aram Leighton from Just Baseball. Kieboom is only 27 years old, but time is running out for the 2016 first-round pick.

The MLB Draft Lottery ended Tuesday with the Nationals Landing the first overall pick despite only having a 10.2% chance of winning. Meanwhile, the Mets, Yankees and Dodgers each saw their first-round picks Lose 10 places due to exceeding the second threshold of the Competitive Balance Tax by more than $40 million.

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On this date in Mets history

1999: The Mets have signed Todd Row to a three-year, $18 million contract. The future SNY analyst had a decent season with the Rangers, slashing .293/.354/.488.

Born on this date: Jay Bell (1965), Derek Bell (1968), Mark Vientos (1999).