Mets News and Morning Links - 12/25/2023

 



Good Morning.  Merry Christmas.  Happy Birthday Rickey Henderson and Ruben Gotay. Mets sign former A's pitcher to minor league deal and Ohtani buys a teammate's wife a Porsche. 

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Report: Mets sign A's Relief Pitcher Chad Smith to a minor league contract.  The 28 year old right handed pitcher went 1-2 with a 6.59 ERA, 13.2 innings, 15 hits, 10 Runs, 10, ER, 2 HRs, 7 walks, 9 Ks with Oakland last year.  "Looking at his past gamedays, Chad throws a sinker typically around 95 MPH but sometimes close to 97 MPH.  His slider is thrown around 85 MPH.  According to FanGraphs, he has 1 Minor League Option left."

Jay Howwitz Mets Insider Blog: Courageous Ed Hearn Battling Again. "Earlier this year, the 1986 Met underwent a successful kidney transplant. Now, Ed is back in the hospital again with another ailment that has required surgery."

NY Post: Shohei Ohtani gifts Porsche to wife of Dodgers teammate Joe Kelly for viral jersey number campaign. "The Dodgers superstar gifted a brand-new Porsche to the wife of his new teammate Joe Kelly after she campaigned to lure the then-coveted free agent to sign with Los Angeles...Ashley Kelly’s viral #Ohtake17 campaign took the internet by storm as she offered up her husband’s No. 17 and jokingly changed her seven-month-old’s name from Kai to ShoKai."


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