Your Sunday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes and links.
Meet the Mets
New details have emerged on how Yoshinobu Yamamoto will approach choosing a team. He will begin meeting with teams via phone and Zoom this week, according to reports from SNY’s Andy Martino. He will use these meetings to refine the list of potential teams and will meet with the finalists at the Winter Meetings in Nashville, which will take place December 4-7.
Mastracco Abbey New York Daily News breaks down the imminence bidding war between the Dishes And Yankees for Yamamoto’s services.
Adam Rubin, former Mets writer tweeted his Hall of Fame ballot, which includes a vote for David Wright.
Around the National League East
In his last mailbag for AthleticismJim Bowden postulates that Whit Merrifield would be a good fit for the Phillies.
Levi Walker Jr., who served as the Braves’ mascot, Chief Noc-A-Homa for nearly 20 years, deceased Friday at 80 years old.
About Major League Baseball
In his last mailbag for AthleticismJim Bowden intervenes various hot MLB topicsincluding Ohtani, what a Dylan Cease trade could look like, the Giants being “all-in” on the free agent market, where Cody Bellinger and Rhys Hoskins could end up, and more.
David Adler of MLB.com reviews the best locations on the free agent market right now.
Mark Feinsand and Jon Paul Morosi answered questions on fans’ minds regarding Shohei Ohtani’s free agency, including a few dark horses to land the AL MVP.
The Rangers, Yankees and Cardinals would all In Free agent pitcher Jordan Montgomery.
This date in Mets history
Pete Rose just beat Ron Hunt for the NL Rookie of the Year Award on this date in 1963. Hunt would have been the first Met to win this award.
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