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NY Mets humiliate the Yankees by shoplifting top international prospect Wandy Asigen
The New York Mets found a new way to humiliate the New York Yankees by shoplifting the second-best international prospect, Wandy Asigen.
The baseball hot stove is burning with an unusual trend this winter: the steady migration of former Yankees across town to the Mets. With Luke Weaver’s recent signing of a two-year, $22 million contract with the Amazins, the pattern has become impossible to ignore — and it’s raising eyebrows throughout New York.
Wandy Asigen, a 16-year-old prospect, has opted out of his contract with the Yankees, an industry source confirmed Thursday, and agreed to sign with the Mets for $3.8 million. The international signing period begins on Jan. 15.
The New York Mets have city bragging rights, at least when it comes to one of the highest-regarded international prospects available in the upcoming international signing period.
The New York Yankees quietly added an experienced and versatile infielder who could fill in for the injured Anthony Volpe.