Francisco Lindor

The Toronto Blue Jays had an eventful trade deadline this past summer by landing Minnesota Twins ace Jose Berrios, among others, but it could have been even bigger.The team reportedly tried acquiring Cleveland Indians third baseman Jose Ramirez and Detroit Tigers outfielder Robbie Grossman, according to Sportsnet's Shi Davidi.Ramirez, 29, should be well known to Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro, who acted as the Indians' general manager until 2015. The three-time All-Star accrued 9.8 WAR over the past two seasons, which ranks first among hitters, according to FanGraphs.The three-time Silver Slugger has two team options remaining on his contract, and he's owed $12 million in 2022 and $14 million in 2023.Cleveland traded away a number of stars over roughly the last year, including Francisco Lindor to the New York Mets and Mike Clevinger to the San Diego Padres.The Blue Jays finished tantalizingly close to a postseason spot at 91 wins and were one game back of both the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. However, the club's production from third base was lackluster this year. Toronto's 1.8 WAR and 86 wRC+ at the position ranked 19th, according to FanGraphs.While he's not a star like Ramirez, Grossman has shown impressive on-base acumen throughout his career. The 32-year-old hit .239/.357/.415 this year with 23 home runs and 20 steals. The switch-hitter is owed $5 million next season.It's unclear how in-depth the talks between the clubs got or whether Toronto will continue to be interested in acquiring either player this winter.Copyright © 2021 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

New York Mets 2B Javier Baez says he enjoyed playing in NY for the second part of the season while SS Francisco Lindor says he would love to have Baez back next year. Lindor also reflects on his 2021 season and how he plans to improve for next year.

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts' was the top-selling jersey in MLB this season, the league announced Monday, according to Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times.San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. and Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. round out the top three.Four Dodgers players made the top 10. RANK PLAYER TEAM 1 Mookie Betts Los Angeles Dodgers 2 Fernando Tatis Jr. San Diego Padres 3 Ronald Acuna Jr. Atlanta Braves 4 Javier Baez New York Mets* 5 Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles Dodgers 6 Cody Bellinger Los Angeles Dodgers 7 Aaron Judge New York Yankees 8 Corey Seager Los Angles Dodgers 9 Shohei Ohtani Los Angeles Angels 10 Nolan Arenado St. Louis Cardinals 11 Bryce Harper Philadelphia Phillies 12 Anthony Rizzo New York Yankees* 13 Mike Trout Los Angeles Angels 14 Manny Machado San Diego Padres 15 Freddie Freeman Atlanta Braves 16 Francisco Lindor New York Mets 17 Jose Altuve Houston Astros 18 Yadier Molina St. Louis Cardinals 19 Jacob deGrom New York Mets 20 Christian Yelich Milwaukee Brewers *Combined sales of all teams played forThe list is based on sales of Nike jerseys from MLBShop.com since Opening Day.Copyright © 2021 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

New York Mets 2B Javier Baez says he enjoyed playing in NY for the second part of the season while SS Francisco Lindor says he would love to have Baez back next year. Lindor also reflects on his 2021 season and how he plans to improve for next year.

In these Mets vs Marlins highlights, NYM's offense had a field day, lead by two home runs by Pete Alonso and a grand slam by Francisco Lindor. James McCann and Michael Conforto both knocked in a pair of runs and Jonathan Villar also notched a RBI.