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Buzz: Mets Could Have Interest in Defector

by Michael Baron on September 26th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

David Lennon, in a report for Newsday, believes that the Mets might have interest in Cuban Defector Aroldis Chapman who was declared a free agent by Major League Baseball on Friday.

Lennon says that the Mets, who have scouted Chapman during international competition, will speak to his representatives to gauge the market for him in the coming weeks.

Chapman is just 21 and supposedly has a fastball that has been clocked at 102 mph, and is said to have a preference for southern California teams.

For more on Chapman, check out Lennon’s article in Newsday.