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Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Going into last season, the Mets had subpar pitching depth, to put it mildly. But in the offseason, they’ve made several additions through free agency and trades to bolster that depth. Now, a lot of the guys who were the next man up last year find themselves way down in the pecking order, with no guarantee that they will see substantial major league playing time, if any at all. One of those pitchers is longtime Mets prospect Corey Oswalt. Last season, Oswalt pit...

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images After the conclusion of the 2020 season, the Mets were an important lesson in building actual pitching depth. The team featured some of the worst starting pitching in baseball last year largely due to their lack of depth and complete unpreparedness for injuries. This is after they had gone into the year touting their starting depth and patting themselves on the back for the job they did building it just because they happened to have six starting pitchers on...

Fernandez, who’ll be returning for a third season with the Bears, never got much of a look in the Majors despite a considerable track record in the Cuban National Series, but he’s broken out as a star-level hitter in the KBO. The 32-year-old hasn’t missed a game since originally signing with the Bears and has delivered a combined .342/.407/.490 batting line with 36 homers, 63 doubles and more walks (119) than strikeouts (just 96) through 1313 plate appearances. Fernandez’s deal comes wi...

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball club Doosan Bears said Wednesday they have acquired a new pitcher from Cuba, while retaining their designated hitter, Jose Miguel Fernandez, from the same country for a third season. According to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) team, the left-hander Ariel Miranda signed a one-year deal worth up to US$800,000. He will earn $550,000 in guarantee salary, $150,000 in signing bonus and up to $100,000 in incentives. The 31-ye...

Deesha Thosar examined the remaining offseason needs for the Mets. The Mets have the opportunity to win the offseason and set the pace in the National League East, writes Mike Puma. New Mets bench coach Dave Jauss once worked on Felipe Alou’s staff with the West Palm Beach Expos and remembers two little boys running around the clubhouse. One of those little boys was Luis Rojas, the now-manager he will work with in 2021. Jeff Passan shared some notes from around the league. In it, he seemed to...

MLB Trade Rumors 7:32am CDT Dec.  22: Lockett and the Bears are in agreement on a one-year contract, MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes reports. The agreement is still pending completion of a physical. Dec. 20: Right-hander Walker Lockett is close to signing a deal with the Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization, according to multiple Korean media outlets (hat tip to Daniel Kim of ESPN and DKTV).  The Blue Jays hold Lockett’s MLB rights, as Kim notes, so there will likely be some money changin...