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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The Mets off-season strategy in 2026 was to collect all the infielders. There are nine players on the Mets 40-man roster that can play infield. On top of that, there are six non-roster players in camp who primarily play in the infield. Christian Arroyo is one of those players who the Mets signed for infield depth, and he has a lot of competition to make the Mets roster this season. Arroyo was a...
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Kevin Parada is still with the Mets. That wasn’t a given in 2026. The Mets left Parada off the 40-man roster in December, leaving him vulnerable in the Rule 5 draft. Even though Parada hasn’t developed in the way that a lot of scouts originally projected, leaving a former first round pick vulnerable in the Rule 5 draft is a risky move. Ultimately, other teams passed on Parada, and he entered...
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