Morning Briefing: Rangers Hire Kohei Arihara for Christmas

Baseball fan Mark Southard, from Wichita Falls, Texas, takes a photo during a tour of Globe Life Field, the new home of the Texas Rangers baseball team, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo / LM Otero) ORG XMIT: TXMO204

Good morning, Mets fans!

I hope you all have a happy Christmas and a happy holiday! Let’s talk about baseball, although there isn’t much to talk about yesterday’s news.

Latest news from Mets

SNY shared a video on Twitter of Michael Comfort and JD Davis testing your knowledge of pop culture.

Latest MLB news

Daniel Mengden have signed a contract with KBO’s Kia Tigers. RHP signed a one-year contract that will pay Mengden $ 425,000, with a signing bonus of $ 300,000 and up to $ 275,000 in incentives.

The Rangers signed Kohei Arihara to a two-year agreement, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. Ken Rosenthal’s The Athletic had the business first.

The CPBL, the China Professional Baseball League and the Fubon Guardians signed right-handed Hector Noesi to a $ 500K contract for the 2021 season.

Raul Alcantara go Join the Hanshin Tigers of the NPB for the 2021 season.

Dillon Overton also have safe a job abroad, but he will play for the Taiwanese Professional Chinese Baseball League at Rakuten Monkeys.

Latest news from NL East

Josh Bell it was recently negotiated for Washington Nationals and, unfortunately, an unfortunate Pirates fan won a Josh Bell Pirates shirt for Christmas. But the Nationals assured the young fan that he would get a free shirt from the fans’ favorite, in red and white, in the Twitter.

Latest in MMO

Josh Finkelstein reported that the Mets are among six teams actively pursuing the KBO Star, Ha-Seong Kim.

As always, stay happy, healthy and safe this holiday season!

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