Good morning Mets fans! Rintaro Sasaki, a Japanese high school phenom and the potential No. 1 pick in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft, officially decided to forego the NPB on Tuesday, signing a national letter of intent to play college baseball with Stanford, the university announced. Sasaki will graduate from Hanmaki-Higashi High School, the same school Shohei Ohtani attended, in...
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While the spring training report date for Mets’ position players isn’t until February 19, many players arrived in Port St. Lucie early to get themselves prepared the best they can for the upcoming season. Mark Vientos, a player who David Stearns said he expects could make a big impact on the roster this season, was one of those players who reported early to begin getting his work in. “I’m...
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As the 2024 New York Mets begin spring training in Port St. Lucie, Fla, many questions need to be answered in camp. Yesterday, new general manager David Stearns spoke to the press; today, it was first-year manager Carlos Mendoza’s turn. Here are some highlights of his first spring press conference. His First Spring as Manager To start, Mendoza said it is an honor and a privilege to put on...
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David Stearns has remade the New York Mets’ roster since joining at the start of the offseason, especially the bullpen. The Mets’ bullpen was a disaster last season and had a lot of players who had similar arms. Stearns remade the pen by signing a diversity of throwing styles and a high number of players on a combination of major-league and minor-league deals. Cam Robinson falls into the latter...
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With football season officially over, it’s time for baseball to shine again. Now that pitchers and catchers have begun reporting to their spring training sites, players will soon compete for coveted roster spots. Plenty of these position battles will garner the baseball community’s attention. The Mets especially enter spring with more questions than answers in some positions. Below...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Jorge Soler will reportedly sign a three-year deal the San Francisco Giants, according to the San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser. There’s no word on the money attached to Soler yet, though Slusser says the “annual average value is likely to be in the $12-17 million range based on recent signings.” With Soler’s signing, J.D. Martinez...
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