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Which Kodai Senga will the Mets get in 2026?

When the Mets signed Kodai Senga to a five-year, $75 million contract, it signaled the team’s first swing move in the international market in years and generated a lot of excitement, even resulting in an A+ grade from Amazin’ Avenue’s Lukas Vlahos. It’s hard to argue with the hype: His ghost fork was already regarded […]

Brandon Waddell will try to make his first Opening Day roster this spring

In December 2024, David Stearns signed Brandon Waddell to a minor league contract, the right-hander having spent the prior two seasons playing in Asia, 2023 with the Rakuten Monkeys of the CPBL and the Doosan Bears of the KBO and 2024 with Doosan. Scouts specifically honed in on Waddell’s improved control, a refined changeup, and […]

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Open thread: World Baseball Classic, 3/6/26

Cuba at Panama, 11 AM EST TV: FS2 Netherlands at Venezuela, 12 PM EST TV: Tubi Mexico at Great Britain, 1 PM EST TV: FS1 Puerto Rico at Colombia, 6 PM EST TV: FS1 Nicaragua at Dominican Republic, 7 PM EST TV: FS2 USA at Brazil, 8 PM EST TV: FOX Chinese Taipei at Czechia, […]

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Justin Hagenman hopes to be the man of the hour in 2026

During 2025 spring training, pitching coach Jeremy Hefner has said some positive things about New Jersey native Justin Hagenman. Hefner was impressed with some additional velocity that his pitches had and his ability to command them, but he ultimately did not make the big league club. The right-hander began the 2025 season in Triple-A Syracuse […]

Mets announce Spring Breakout roster pool

One of the more exciting parts of spring training in recent years has been the annual Spring Breakout series of games in which top prospects across all levels of each of the thirty organizations square off. This year, Mets prospects will face Rays prospects on Thursday, March 19 at 7:10 PM EDT at Clover Field […]

Don’t sleep on Jack Wenninger

In 2025, a lot of ink was spilled on Nolan McLean and Jonah Tong, and understandably so. McLean started the season with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, posted a 1.37 ERA in 26.1 innings with them, then a 2.78 ERA in 87.1 innings with the Syracuse Mets, and then dazzled the baseball world with a 2.44 […]

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Is there hope for Kevin Parada?

In the 2021 MLB Draft, Kumar Rocker- who was seen at times by scouts and executives as a top 5 pick near the beginning of the NCAA season- fell to the Mets with the 10th overall pick. It turned out that there was a reason for that, and the two sides ended up failing to […]

Mets Morning News: Carson Benge hits home run in win over Team Israel

Meet the Mets The Mets defeated Team Israel in an exhibition game for the World Baseball Classic. Carson Benge opened the scoring with a solo home run in the fifth but with the Mets down late the team team rallied in the eighth to win 5-2. Both David Peterson and Christian Scott looked great in […]

Grapefruit Juice: Mets 5, Israel 2

In their second of two games against WBC teams, the Mets (2-0 in WBC play) defeated Israel (1-1) at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie. The Mets resume Grapefruit League play tomorrow with a 1:05 game in West Plam Beach against the Nationals. Justin Hagenman will take the ball for the Mets.

2026 Mets King of Spring Training, first update

The calendar has barely turned to March and we’ve already had a Francisco Lindor hamate surgery, dominant early performances from Nolan McLean and Freddy Peralta, a chess club, and a Soto shuffle. And now, in addition to all of that, we will be kicking off our annual King of Spring Training contest, in which we […]

Jonathan Pintaro is the The Little Engine That Could

Jonathan Pintaro went undrafted out of high school and spent five seasons at Shorter University, D2 school in the Gulf South Conference located in Rome, Georgia, without being selected by a Major League Baseball team. The 24-year-old still had the passion for baseball and refused to let his dream die, signing with the Glacier Range […]

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Are we going to see more of Nick Morabito in 2026?

Nick Morabito was drafted by the Mets in the qualified offer free agent compensation round of the 2022 MLB Draft out of Gonzaga College High School in Washington D.C. At the time, he was considered a definite follow by regional scouts and evaluators, but his overall profile and post-draft evaluations made many question whether the […]

A Pod of Their Own, Episode 265: 30 raw eggs, affordability, and one other thing

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we begin by discussing some notes out of Mets camp, including Ryan Lambert’s unhinged energy (complimentary), Nolan McLean […]

Mets Morning News: Exhibition win

Meet the Mets The Mets beat Team Nicaragua 6-3 in an exhibition game before the World Baseball Classic begins. Jonah Tong made the start for the Mets, going 2.2 innings and giving up a run while striking out three. Brooks Raley and Craig Kimbrel also each gave up a run, while the other five pitchers […]

Mets 6, Nicaragua 3: All hands on deck

The Mets decisively won their exhibition match against Nicaragua 6-3, with 26 different players entering the game for the Mets over the nine innings. The Mets play again tomorrow in another exhibition match, this time against Team Israel. David Peterson will be making his first start of the spring. The game is at 1:10 PM […]

Lindor plays catch, McLean lined up for WBC start

LINDOR ON THE MEND Francisco Lindor’s rehab continues to progress on schedule, as the Mets shortstop played catch on Monday and is hoping to take batting practice on Wednesday, according to Jon Heyman. Lindor underwent surgery on February 11 to repair a stress reaction in his left hamate bone, and had stitches removed last Wednesday. […]

Ronny Mauricio: Then. Now. Forever.

For almost a decade now, I have been following the baseball journey of Ronny Mauricio. I remember seeing Mauricio for the first time down at Segra Park in Columbia, South Carolina back in 2019 and immediately understood what all the hype and fuss was about; his skinny, athletic frame oozed potential, and the sound of […]