José Ramos was almost a Met on paper only. The Mets signed the former Dodgers prospect in late November, almost a week after the deadline to protect players from the Rule 5 draft. No one selected Ramos in the draft and now the intriguing prospect has a chance to make his major league debut with the Mets this summer! Ramos was listed as the Dodgers’ No. 29 prospect heading into the 2024...
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Adbert Alzolay signed a two-year minor league contract with the Mets before the 2025 season while recovering from Tommy John. While there was an outside chance the Mets could have him pitch in the minors in 2025, they kept him off the mound the entire summer. He pitched a few innings in winter ball after the end of the season and now enters spring training healthy. Alozlay had a breakout season...
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Brandon Waddell has a non-roster invitation to Mets camp for a second straight season. Waddell signed with the Mets after a stint with the Doosan Bears in the KBO in 2024. In 2022 KBO play, the southpaw had a 3.60 ERA over 65 innings and followed that with a 2.49 ERA over 104 2/3 innings (18 starts) in 2023. He then pitched an additional 71 innings with a 3.30 ERA for Rakuten in 2023. He only...
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The New York Mets aspirations in 2026 fall on their pitching lab. Over the last couple of years they have parted with former top prospects (Dom Hamel, Mike Vasil, etc.) partially because of the of the belief that they can help more pitchers take that next step in their development. Jack Wenninger hopes to be one of those pitchers this year, going from prospect to top-prospect. The Mets drafted...
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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...
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