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In a conversation with Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times, Evan Longoria made it all but official that he is done with baseball. Longoria said that throughout his last season with the Diamondbacks, he had some more clarity with the situation. “And then, being able to go to the World Series, have the experience that I had, it made it a pretty easy decision for me going into the offseason,” he said.
However, he did say the door is slightly open to one final run, depending if the interested team is in contention; he also mentioned the Rays and Diamondbacks as possible options.
In his career, Evan accomplished it all except the evasive World Series win. “So if you said I would go hit .080 for the rest of the season, but the team would win the World Series, then I’d go do it,” he said. “But that’s probably about the only thing I’d want to do.”
The New York Mets claimed veteran left-handed reliever Alex Young off waivers from the San Francisco Giants and optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse. In a corresponding move, they designated Tyler Jay for assignment. Click here to learn more about the move.
The Mets signed four undrafted free agents: LHP Hoss Brewer (Little Rock), RHP Chandler Marsh (Georgia), RHP Hayden Cooper (West Virginia), and RHP Hunter Hodges (TCU).
The Chicago White Sox DFA’d veteran catcher Martín Maldonado, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. After signing with Chicago in the offseason, Maldonado has had a rough start to the season, batting .119/.174/.230 with a -1.5 WAR.
The Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals are said to have interest in trading for White Sox and former Mets outfielder Tommy Pham, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
The White Sox signing of Nick Senzel was made official by the club on Wednesday, they DFA’d INF Danny Mendick and optioned INF Lenyn Sosa to Triple-A to make room.
Former Yankees starting pitcher Domingo Germán has been released by the Pittsburgh Pirates after exercising the opt-out clause in his minor league deal with the team, per Robert Murray of FanSided.
David Melendi gave every Mets position player a grade for their first half performance.
Ricky Keeler gave an MLB draft Day 3 update, where the Mets stocked up on right-handers.
Mathias Altman-Kurosaki looked into a possible trade target to strengthen the Mets bullpen, Colin Poche.
2021: The Mets overcome a 6-0 deficit to beat the Pirates, 7-6. Travis Blankenhorn pulled the Mets within striking distance with his first career home run and Michael Conforto hit a two-run shot in the ninth to take the lead.
2008: Billy Joel performs the final concert at Shea Stadium in front of 55,000 fans.
2006: Carlos Beltrán becomes the 23rd player in MLB history to hit a grand slam in back-to-back games.
Birthdays: Robert Gsellman (31), Joe Torre (84)
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