The Mets invited four non-roster catchers to camp last year (Nick Meyer, Kevin Parada, Michael Pérez and Hayden Senger). Last season, they had five different players play behind the dish, with Pérez being the non-roster spring player seeing playing time with the big league club. This year, the Mets are inviting four catchers to camp to fight for depth chart positioning behind Francisco Álvarez...
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Today’s non-roster invitee profile was still on the Mets’ active roster when we started this series a couple of weeks ago. Austin Adams signed a major league contract with the Mets at the end of November and was outrighted to make room for Jake Diekman on the roster. He’s on a split-deal contract, so he’ll make different amounts depending on if he’s in the majors or minors. Adams was...
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Travis d’Arnaud. Luis Guillorme. Jarred Kelenic. All three are former Mets on the Atlanta Braves active roster. There are few things guaranteed in the universe, but one of them is an excellent performance by former Mets, currently with the Braves, playing against the Mets. The Mets are hoping they have the reverse scenario with Danny Young. Young had a long trip to the major leagues after...
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Cole Sulser is one of the more interesting veteran non-roster invitees in camp as a couple of years ago he had a dominant season. Since then he’s been mired by injuries. Sulser was drafted in 2013 out of Dartmouth by the Cleveland Indians. In 2018, he was part of a massive three-team trade between Cleveland, Tampa Bay, and Seattle which included Carlos Santana coming to Cleveland. Sulser was...
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The Mets invited three big starting pitching prospects to camp this year: Dominic Hamel, Christian Scott, and Mike Vasil. Similar to Scott, Vasil is another pitcher who saw his stock rise considerably last season. At the end of the 2022 season, he was listed as the No. 21 prospect in the Mets system by MLB Pipeline. At the end of last season, he was listed as the #9 prospect. In the 2024...
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