The Mets will look to shore up the bullpen this offseason after the relief corps pitched 549 2/3 innings to a 4.03 ERA in 2024. The IP was fifth-lowest in the majors and the ERA came in at 17th. Led by Edwin Díaz (84 strikeouts), Mets relievers fanned 648 (fifth) and walked 251 (seventh most). Ryne Stanek, a key piece after coming over from the Mariners midseason, is a free agent. Phil...
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The Mets will have until five days after the World Series ends to decide whether to give their free agents qualifying offers, a one-year offer that will be a record-setting $21.05 million for the 2025 season. (The salary is calculated by averaging the top 125 MLB salaries.) If a player accepts, he stays. If he rejects, the Mets will receive a draft pick compensation if he signs with another...
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We didn’t get a Subway Series, but New York’s baseball teams may soon be battling it out for Juan Soto, a Yankees executive told Jon Heyman of the New York Post in an article published Friday. The message?: “Going from the Yankees to the Mets … that’s a buzzkill.” The timing of the statement is a bit curious with the Yankees opening the World Series on Friday,...
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One of the first things on the Mets’ offseason agenda will be deciding who to offer a contract to among the players who are eligible for arbitration or remain under club control because they don’t have enough service time to become a free agent. Clubs either “tender” a contract to those who they want back, or “non-tender” a player, who then becomes a free...
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Mets outfield prospect Drew Gilbert will hopefully have a long career with many memorable highlights, but no matter what he will always be remembered as the answer to a bit of trivia: Who was the first player to ask for a challenge using the automated check swing system? Gilbert offered at a 3-1 pitch in the second inning of an Arizona Fall League game on Tuesday night. The third base umpire...
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