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Blanco accepted a job with MLB as a Senior Director of Baseball Operations, freelance baseball writer Robert Murray reports. Blanco has decided to call it quits after spending all of the 2019 season in the minors. The 36-year-old outfielder played with four different teams across 10 seasons, notably winning a pair of World Series titles with the Giants in 2012 and 2014. Blanco posted a career .255/.338/.348 slash line across 1,060 big-league games.
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The Mets reassigned Blanco to minor-league camp Sunday. Blanco received an invite to spring training after signing a minor-league deal in December, yet he did little to illustrate he should be in the majors with a .194/.206/.194 slash line over 34 plate appearances. The 35-year-old should serve as organizational outfield depth, assuming he remains with the Mets.
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Blanco inked a minor-league deal with the Mets on Friday, Jon Heyman of Fancred Sports reports. Blanco spent the 2018 campaign with the Giants, playing in 68 games for the big-league club while spending the rest of his year at Triple-A Sacramento. During his time with San Francisco, he slashed a dismal .217/.262/.317 with two home runs, 12 RBI and six stolen bases. The 35-year-old will provide a little extra outfield depth in the Mets' system.
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Blanco is out of Friday's lineup against the Dodgers, Kerry Crowley of the Bay Area News Group reports. As usual, Blanco will find himself on the bench with a left-hander (Hyun-Jin Ryu) on the rubber. Gorkys Hernandez will patrol center field for the series opener.
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Blanco is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Padres, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Blanco will sit for a second straight game as the Giants stack righties against southpaw Robbie Erlin. Gorkys Hernandez is starting in center field and hitting seventh in this one.