Extension conversations between Michael Comfort and the Mets “You still have to be serious,” according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, who also reports that the two sides never reached the point where the numbers were exchanged. A previous report, two weeks ago, stated that Mets made an initial offer to Conforto, although both items are not necessarily contradictory – Mets may never have received an official counter offer from representatives of Conforto at Boras Corporation, or perhaps the Mets offer was of a more exploratory nature. Even so, it remains to be seen if any negotiations will take place before Comfort reaches the free market after the season. The outfielder told DiComo, Ken Davidoff of the New York Post and other reporters today that he was “I’m not interested in actually talking about“The matter later, and Agent Scott Boras said to Davidoff in a text message that”as is the custom when the season begins, [we are] focusing on player performance.“
In other news, Conforto revealed that he and his fiancee tested positive for coronavirus during the off-season, about two weeks before Conforto reported to Spring Training. His fiancee suffered some mild symptoms, while Comfort did not suffer much beyond a little shortness of breath.
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- Braves reliever Chris Martin left the game today due to an unspecified finger problem, manager Brian Snitker told reporters (including Atlético’s David O’Brien) Martin pitched to five hitters during the eighth inning, impacting two eliminations around three straight in a row for Phillies hitters which resulted in the game’s winning streak. It remains to be seen how serious Martin’s problem could be, and an absence would be a difficult loss to the bullpen considering Martin’s 2.45 ERA and the excellent 30.93% strikeout rate over 36 2/3 innings in a 2019-20 Atlanta uniform.
- After leaving Thursday’s game with stiffness in the left tendon, Adam Haseley was able to return to Phillies‘starting the lineup today, collecting a single in two plate appearances. As Philadelphia Inquirer’s Scott Lauber notes, Haseley appears to have an advantage over the hitter Roman Quinn in what should be a platoon in the central field, but the manager Joe Girardi told Lauber and other reporters that “there is no exact science for”The use of the duo. “If Q has some good days, or one of them gets hot, I will play … Q contributed another day. Both will have to help”Said Girardi.