Nate Lavender is back with the Mets! Lavender had back-to-back dominant seasons in the minor leagues for the Mets in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, Lavender had a 1.70 ERA, 1.217 WHIP with a 12.7 K/9 over 47 2/3 innings between St. Lucie and Brooklyn. In 2023, he had a 2.98 ERA, 1.196 WHIP with a 14.2 K/9 over 54 1/3 innings between Binghamton and Syracuse. Lavender’s strong 2023 across Double-A and...
Read More
Good morning, Mets fans! One of the last few notable starting pitcher free agents came off the board on Friday, with Zac Gallen re-signing with the Diamondbacks. Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the deal is for one-year, $22.025 million, the same value of the qualifying offer Gallen initially rejected. Gallen struggled to a 4.83 ERA in 2025, but he’s been the ace of the Arizona rotation...
Read More
A large New York Mets contingent was back in action on Friday at the club’s spring training facility in Port St. Lucie, Florida. With the first full squad workout just three days away, there’s plenty of information and news to sort through as the Mets continue preparing for the 2026 season. Alvarez Drops Weight, Keeping Same Stance The 2025 campaign was a tale of two halves for...
Read More
Back for round two of the Top 50 Mets prospects for the 2026 season. The first group, 50-46, was mainly older players with lower floors but have already made their big league debuts or are close to helping the Mets at the major league level. This group, however, is more about looking at young players in the Mets system you may not be familiar with but will be important to keep an eye on in 2026....
Read More
Industry experts voted the Mets most improved in the National League, the top storyline to watch this spring and shared mixed opinions on the Freddy Peralta trade, according to an annual survey done by Jayson Stark of The Athletic that was published Friday. Stark, who has done this exercise for 20 years, however, wrote that the Mets getting the nod for most improved was the “strangest...
Read More
