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Not long ago, Brian Dozier wasn’t even sure he wanted to play this season. Once he made up his mind and joined the New York Mets, it didn’t take long to crack the starting lineup.wasn’t even sure he wanted to play this season.
to a minor league deal the sides agreed to Tuesday, pending a physical and intake screening for the coronavirus. Dozier’s wife is around 18 weeks pregnant with their second child, and he said he was “kind of back-and-forth” and leaning toward not playing this season until his wife helped convince him otherwise during a month of quarantine together. She and their 11-month-old daughter plan to join him in New York in about two weeks.
Dozier was an All-Star with the Minnesota Twins in 2015. He had 42 home runs and 99 RBIs for them the following season, and 34 homers with 93 RBIs in 2017 when he won a Gold Glove. Dozier won a World Series ring with the Washington Nationals last year, batting .238 with 20 homers, 50 RBIs and a .771 OPS in 135 games.
“I’m a big guy. I love people to be honest with me and let’s just say, I’ll leave it at that, that that wasn’t the case over there by any means,” Dozier said. “And so, I had to get outta there. And I’ll leave it at that.”
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