I’m at the Winter Meetings in Dallas, Texas, this year, and one of my favorite things of the entire offseason is the Rule 5 Draft, which happens here live! The draft will take place Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. ET at the Hilton Anatole. The Mets have the 21st overall pick. The Mets were active in the major league and minor league Rule 5 Draft last season. In the majors portion, the Mets...
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Baseball Prospectus has shared its 2025 New York Mets top prospects and some of the names are surprising in their rise and fall up the prospect ladder. 2025 Top 10 Mets Prospects: Brandon Sproat, RHP – Sproat has seen his prospect stock take the biggest shot of helium, going from 16th in the organization to first. Sproat offers triple-digit velocity and two distinct breaking balls and has...
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The Mets kicked off the winter meetings by signing superstar outfielder Juan Soto to the single largest contract in North American sporting history. The Mets found another face of their franchise, who will spend the next decade with Francisco Lindor. The two combined to have contracts worth roughly $1.1 billion, and the Mets are clearly baseball’s cash king. Despite handing Soto the...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets are planning to introduce Juan Soto back in New York after the Winter Meetings conclude. Soto’s contract includes a full no-trade clause. Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported that Steve Cohen held a last-second meeting with Soto in Boca Raton, FL, and thought the star free agent would end up back with the Yankees. Heyman mentioned that the Mets’...
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The Mets and Yankees are ready for round two. After battling for the services of perennial All-Star Juan Soto, both New York baseball teams have set their sights on White Sox starting pitcher Garrett Crochet, according to a report from Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon of The Athletic. Crochet, a 25-year-old southpaw, went 6-12 with a 3.58 ERA in 32 starts over 146 innings in 2024. He earned his...
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After signing Juan Soto, the Mets’ attention now shifts to other needs around the club, mainly pitching and the starting rotation. The rotation already saw the departure of Luis Severino to the Athletics and Jose Quintana to free agency. Another pitcher who is a free agent is Sean Manaea. Manaea emerged as the Met’s ace in 2024 in the absence of Kodai Senga due to injuries. The Mets...
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