Good Morning Mets Fans! We are now four days away from pitchers and catchers reporting, and 48 days away from Opening Day!
Latest Mets News
The Mets re-signed catcher Devin Mesoraco as minor-league depth.
Former Met prospect Luis Santana was ranked as the No. 10 prospect in the Houston Astros’ system according to Keith Law of ESPN.
James Wagner of The New York Times announced that he will write about the New York Yankees for the 2019 campaign.
The Baltimore Orioles DFA’ed former Mets legend Jack Reinheimer to make room for Nate Karns.
PECOTA released their 2019 projections and they have the Mets tied first in the NL East with 89 wins.
Latest MLB News
Hall-Of-Famer and civil-rights activist Frank Robinson passed away at 83.
Jeff Passan of ESPN discussed baseball’s messed-up free-agency system.
Zack Britton announced that he will change his first name from Zach to Zack.
Major League Baseball will rename the Disabled List to the Injury List. Can’t wait until the Mets place 74 players on this list in 2019!
The Cleveland Indians gave the Lifetime Achievement Award to Sandy Alomar Jr.
The Indians also agreed to minor-league pacts with Ryan Flaherty and Dioner Navarro.
The Milwaukee Brewers inked Josh Tomlin to a minor-league deal.
The Texas Rangers signed Hunter Pence to a minor-league deal.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have a new knuckleballer, J.D. Martin, in their minor-league system per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.
Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports that Major League Baseball found no wrongdoing by Jerry Dipoto and the Seattle Mariners on the alleged racist statements brought up by their former team doctor.
Latest NL East News
Everyone’s favorite trade rumor finally came to fruition yesterday as J.T. Realmuto was traded away from the Miami Marlins. The Philadelphia Phillies acquired Realmuto, one of the game’s best backstops, in exchange for highly-regarded prospect Sixto Sanchez, catcher Jorge Alfaro, southpaw Will Stewart, and international bonus pool money.
Baseball America analyzed the prospects that the Marlins got back for Realmuto.
MLB Pipeline ranked Sanchez and Stewart as the No. 1 and No. 25 prospects in the Marlins’ system, respectively.
Latest on MMO/MMN
Rey Correa wrote about MMN’s No. 13 prospect Will Toffey.
John Flanigan reported on Mickey Callaway‘s belief that the fans should have a vote on whether the NL should implement the DH or not.
Matt Musico thinks that an extension between the Mets and Zack Wheeler is not in the cards.
This Day in Mets History
1994: The Mets signed Rey Ordonez out of Cuba.
2004: The Mets re-signed Todd Zeile.
2013: The Mets signed Brandon Lyon.
Birthdays: Don Heffner turns 79.
