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Jesse Winker is on the move again.
The New York Mets struck a deal to trade for the Washington Nationals outfielder on Saturday night, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. As long as he passes medical evaluations, Winker will now head to his fifth team in the last four seasons just ahead of the trade deadline Tuesday.
The Nationals confirmed the deal the next morning, revealing their return for Winker would be pitching prospect Tyler Stuart, a 2022 sixth-round pick who currently holds a 3.96 ERA in Double-A. At a listed 6-foot-9, he is one of the tallest players in baseball.
Winker signed a one-year, $2 million deal to join the Nationals this past offseason, and he’s been on pace for his best campaign since he made the All-Star team in 2021. Winker has a .253/.372/.417 slash line and has 44 RBI and 11 home runs this season in 100 games with Washington.
The Mets hold a 55-49 record headed into Sunday’s series finale against the Atlanta Braves. They’ve won six of nine coming out of the All-Star break, too, and are just a half-game back from the Braves for second in the NL East standings and a half-game ahead of the field for the final NL wild-card spot.
The Nationals sit seven games back of the Mets in the division standings with a 48-56 record entering a matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon.
The MLB trade deadline is 6 p.m. ET Tuesday.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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