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After six months of intermittent rumors, the Mets finally completed a trade for Luis Robert. The 28-year-old center fielder heads to Queens in exchange for Luisangel Acuña and Truman Pauley, the Mets’ 12th-round pick in last year’s draft. Robert is under contract for $20M in 2026 with an additional club option for $20M in 2027. […]
Meet the Mets David Stearns is facing the challenge of living up to Steve Cohen’s Dodgers East dream by balancing the hopes of a World Series with the maintenance of one of baseball’s best farm systems. Around the National League East The Washington Post reportedly on their way to shuttering their entire sports department is […]
The New York Mets went into the offseason with the idea of revamping their roster. David Stearns said as much at the end of last year’s disappointing collapse that saw the team go from first place to missing the playoffs over the summer, saying that returning most of the roster “wasn’t the right thing to […]
Meet the Mets The Mets signed veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel to a minor league deal with an invite to big league spring training. For his Mets Beat newsletter, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com wrote about how patience paid off for the Mets this offseason. Mike Petriello of MLB.com took a deep dive into whether the Mets […]
The Mets, who are always on the lookout for pitching depth, came to an agreement with Craig Kimbrel Saturday night, according to Jon Heyman. It is a minor league deal for Kimbrel, with an invite to MLB Spring Training. He will make $2.5m in base salary if he does make the team, according to Will […]
After the departures of Edwin Díaz, Ryne Stanek, Tyler Rogers, and Gregory Soto and injuries to Reed Garrett and Dedniel Núñez, the Mets needed to do some work to rebuild their bullpen this offseason. And work has been done. The Mets have added four pieces from outside the organization who will likely fill important roles […]
Meet the Mets SNY broadcasts will look a little different moving forward, as John DeMarsico announced his departure from the network after seventeen years of directing Mets games. The Mets have completely revamped their roster this offseason. Have they succeeded in improving upon the 2025 squad? Carlos Beltrán has a lot to contemplate as he […]
Will Watson inherited athletic genes from his father, Brad, who played football for Puget Sound University, and baseball skill from his stepfather, Pat, who played baseball at Pacific Lutheran University. He attended Burlington Edison High School in Burlington, Washington, where he played varsity baseball for three seasons, as well as basketball and cross-country track. He […]
It’s no secret that the Mets were looking for rotation help this winter. Mets’ starters posted a 4.13 ERA and a 3.95 FIP last season, which doesn’t look so terrible on the surface until you zoom into the latter half of the year. After June 13 (the day after Kodai Senga suffered the injury that […]
It’s no secret that the Mets were looking for rotation help this winter. Mets’ starters posted a 4.13 ERA and a 3.95 FIP last season, which doesn’t look so terrible on the surface until you zoom into the latter half of the year. After June 13 (the day after Kodai Senga suffered the injury that […]
Meet the Mets The Mets made yet another move yesterday, albeit a relatively minor one, as they acquired former top prospect Vidal Bruján from the Twins for cash considerations and designated left-handed reliever Richard Lovelady for assignment. Deesha Thosar writes that the Mets saved their offseason with a pivotal week. Fellow executives see the Mets’ […]
The Mets have acquired utility player Vidal Bruján from the Twins for cash considerations, and to make room for him on their 40-man roster, they’ve also designated left-handed pitcher Richard Lovelady for assignment. Entering his age-28 season, Bruján has struggled pretty mightily at the plate in his major league career despite having been a consensus […]
Freddy Peralta, one of the Mets’ latest additions in a very busy week, began his professional career in baseball as an international signing with the Mariners out of the Dominican Republic in 2013. Following a solid season in the Dominican Summer League that year, Peralta was promoted to Seattle’s rookie ball affiliate in Arizona for […]
Writing a primer on a player who it feels like Mets fans simultaneously don’t know very well but also know intimately well in Luis Robert Jr. is an interesting position to be in. The 28-year-old Cuban-born center fielder defected in 2016 and signed with the White Sox the following year, spending his entire career until […]
Robert Eckl Sr. and Robert Eckl Jr., Jack Wenninger’s grandfather and uncle, respectively, both played baseball at the University of Wisconsin, but Jack decided to not follow in their footsteps, instead committing to Murray State University after graduating from Cary-Grove Community High School in 2020. Wenninger’s numbers in his freshman season were only pedestrian, posting […]
The Mets had an incredibly active 24-hour period, trading for Luis Robert Jr, Freddy Peralta, and Tobias Myers in exchange for Luisangel Acuña, Truman Pauley, Jett Williams, and Brandon Sproat. Just a week ago, fans were discussing how the team was having a terrible offseason, but the additions of Bo Bichette and this trio of […]
Meet the Mets The Mets acquired Freddy Peralta and Tobias Myers from the Brewers in exchange for Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams. Peralta is the ace the team had been missing and might be the final piece in a busy offseason. Bo Bichette was formally introduced at Citi Field, and he is confident he can […]
The Mets have acquired right-handed pitchers Freddy Peralta and Tobias Myers from the Brewers in exchange for prospects Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat, per Jeff Passan and Jon Heyman. The 29-year-0ld Peralta has a career 3.59 ERA in the 931.0 innings he’s thrown in the big leagues, all of which have been with the Brewers. […]
According to both Jon Heyman and Pat Ragazzo, the Mets are in talks to acquire 29-year-old right-handed pitcher Freddy Peralta from the Brewers. Ragazzo specifies that Mets prospect Jett Williams would be part of the return going to Milwaukee in a potential deal. Peralta has spent the entirety of his major league career in Milwaukee, […]
The Mets have signed reliever Luis García to a one-year deal, according to Joel Sherman. The deal is pending a physical and is reportedly worth $1.75 million, with the right-hander able to earn $1.25 million in incentives. García, who turns 39 later this month, split last season between the Dodgers, Nationals, and Angels and pitched […]
At Citi Field this afternoon, the Mets formally introduced their new third baseman, Bo Bichette, to the media. Donning a #19 jersey, Bichette addressed the media alongside Mets President of Baseball Operations David Stearns and two of Bichette’s representatives. Stearns, in his introductory remarks, called Bichette “one of the most complete right-handed batters in our […]
With spring training on the horizon, David Stearns continues to round out the Mets’ lineup for the 2026 season. Last night, the team acquired Luis Robert Jr. from the White Sox in exchange for infielder Luisangel Acuña and RHP prospect Truman Pauley. The Mets had been linked to Robert for quite some time, and the […]
Milwaukee native Mitch Voit attended Whitefish Bay High School in the eponymous Whitefish Bay, a suburb of Milwaukee. Hoping to one day follow in the footsteps of alumnus Craig Counsell, Voit put on a show in his senior season, hitting .581/.632/.892 with 10 doubles, 2 triples, 5 home runs, 33 stolen bases in 34 attempts, […]
It’s been an offseason of shocking, sobering change for the New York Mets. But as the comforting sight of pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training lurks just around the corner, there’s at least one thing fans will find familiar about the revamped team: the Mets’ roster is, once again, overflowing with infielders. Despite parting […]
Grace is back, recovered from yet another illness, to talk about the latest in baseball. First she gets into the Mets, who lost quite a few long time Mets while adding some big name free agents. They also have some big news brewing potentially with the Hall of Fame results imminent. Next, she speed runs […]