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Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today, Freddy Peralta is seeking a long-term contract. While he had previously reported that Peralta was seeking a $218 million contract similar to Max Fried‘s, Peralta’s agent stated that “there have been no demands and any expectations will be determined after the season”. This seems to say that Peralta is unlikely to negotiate a contract extension before the end of the season and will test free agency.
The Mets had a well deserved off day on Monday. They are 3-3 in June and since the start of May are 19-15. They begin a homestand against the Cardinals and Braves before they head back on the road. First pitch against St. Louis Tuesday is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET.
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Francisco Alvarez has played in four rehab games and has three hits and one run batted in. Per Mets manager Carlos Mendoza, Alvarez could rejoin the major league ball club on the upcoming homestand.
The Mets have no more west coast road trips for the rest of the season. When talking with the New York Post, David Peterson was asked about having all the west coast trips bunched together at the start of the season and said, “It’s brutal. I think they need to take a look at how they are doing the schedules and fix it. We’re in June and we haven’t seen Atlanta or Philly yet and usually we would have seen them by now.”
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Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Trey Mancini has been called up to join the Angels major league team. Mancini has not played a game in the majors since July 31, 2023. Mancini has slashed .271/.377/.464/.841 in Triple-A this year. His first at bat he drove in Jo Adell with a 100.9 miles per hour single.
Per Francys Romero of Beisbol FR, the Blue Jays have DFA’d Yariel Rodriguez. Rodriguez pitched to a 7.71 ERA and 2.04 WHIP on the season. He struggled to generate swing and miss and was susceptible to the long ball. He does not have enough service time to elect free agency and is in the middle of a five year $32 million contract with two seasons and a player option remaining. If a team were to claim him they would take on his entire salary. If he is unclaimed he can be sent to Triple-A. This exactly the same as when he was DFA’d back in December.
The Rays have selected outfielder Austin Slater to their major league roster. Slater hit .250 with the Mets across nine games with one run batted in and three runs scored.
The Baltimore Orioles placed starting pitcher Chris Bassitt on the 15-day injured list retroactive to June 5 and recalled right-handed pitcher Trey Gibson.
Per Jeff Fletcher of SoCal News Group, Taijuan Walker was released from his minor league contract with the Angels. Walker had an opt out he planned to trigger. Across three games for their Triple-A team Walker posted a 2.45 ERA and 1.36 WHIP. With the Salt Lake Bees, Walker relied much more heavily on his four-seam fastball, throwing it almost as much in 11 innings as he did in 22 2/3 innings with the Phillies.
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Marcus Semien has been heating up. Read Michael Simon’s recap here.
Christian De Block breaks down on how Carson Benge is coming into his own here.
On This Date in Mets History
1973: Mets retire Gil Hodges‘ number 14. Gil was an original Met who hit .252/.331/.472/.803 in his first season with the Mets in 1962. He returned to the club in 1968 as the manager, and would go on to bring the first World Series championship to Queens in 1969.
2016: The Mets selected Pete Alonso in the second round of the Major League Baseball draft after taking both Justin Dunn and Anthony Kay in the first round.
2024: The Mets came back in the ninth inning to tie up the London Series against the Phillies thanks to an incredible game-ending double play by at the time new Mets catcher Luis Torrens. This was one of the moments that signal a turn around for the Mets 0-5 to OMG season.
On This Date in 1986 Mets
The Mets fell to the Phillies 3-2 with each of Rick Anderson, Jesse Orosco, and Doug Sisk giving up a run. Lenny Dykstra had a great game going 4-for-4 with a double and a stolen base. Darryl Strawberry also had a strong game going 3-for-4, driving in one of the Mets’ two runs.
