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Juan Soto made a surprise visit to an Amazin’ Mets Foundation event at the Mets Academy in the Dominican Republic, offering new equipment to over 40 local baseball and softball teams. Soto spent time meeting with and taking pictures with boys and girls from these teams, making an impact in the community he’s from. Soto’s love for his home country runs deep, and he’s stated in the past he hopes to represent them in the World Baseball Classic in the future.
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Mets reliever Adbert Alzolay will be joining the Leones del Caracas of the Venezuelan Winter League later this month. Alzolay missed the entire 2025 season and was a dominant closer with the Cubs as recently as 2023.
Fitch Ratings, a credit rating agency, upgraded their rating for Citi Field’s PILOT and rental bonds from “BBB” to “A-” suggesting a high credit quality.
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Munetaka Murakami, one of the premier bats in Nippon Professional Baseball, was posted on Friday for MLB free agency. The 25-year-old slugger will have until 5:00 p.m. ET on December 22 to choose a team to sign with.
The Rockies officially announced that they hired Paul DePodesta as their president of baseball operations.
MLB Trade Rumors posted their free agency predictions for this offseason.
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Mathias Altman-Kurosaki profiles reliever Brad Keller as a potential free agent target for the Mets.
On This Date in Mets History
2010: Speaking of Paul DePodesta, he was hired by Sandy Alderson and the Mets as the vice president of player development and scouting on this day 15 years ago.
Born on This Date: Edgardo Alfonzo (1973), Shane Halter (1969), José Offerman (1968), Ed Kranepool (1944).
