The New York Mets announced on Thursday their complete coaching staff under manager Buck Showalter. The veteran begins his second season with the Mets following a 101-win first year that ended in a disappointing series loss in the newly formatted Wild Card round. Danny Barnes — Assistant Major League Coach Jeremy Barnes — Hitting Coach Eric Chavez — Bench Coach Dom Chiti — Bullpen Coach Joey...
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The New York Mets announced that pitchers and catchers will report for spring training in Port St. Lucie on Feb. 15. The first full-squad workout at Clover Park is scheduled for Feb. 20. Report dates for players participating in the WBC are Feb. 13 for pitchers and catchers and Feb. 16 for position players. The Mets are expected to have multiple players participating in the World Baseball...
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The deadline to reach agreements with arbitration-eligible players is coming right up on Friday. The Mets have seven players that they would currently go to arbitration with. They had eight arbitration-eligible players to start the offseason, but they non-tendered Dominic Smith (signed with Nationals), picked up their option on Daniel Vogelbach and already agreed to pay Joey Lucchesi $1.15...
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Jim Bowden of The Athletic reports that once the Mets get a deal done with Carlos Correa that their focus will then be adding a backup outfielder. It would certainly make sense given that right now their fourth outfielder –not counting Jeff McNeil– is Khalil Lee. The Mets starting outfield right now is Brandon Nimmo in center field, Starling Marte in right field, and Mark Canha in...
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Despite the impressive power numbers during the regular season and the strong overall performance in the Dominican Winter League, Mets prospect Ronny Mauricio still hasn’t answered the most important question about his offense of whether he’s going to improve his swing decisions. Mauricio had a sub .300 OBP in 2021 and then again in 2022 with his highest walk rate between the two...
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