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On Friday, Jeff Wilson of Rangers Today reported that former Met Max Scherzer had surgery on Thursday for a herniated disc. The recovery is expected to sideline Scherzer until June or July. Scherzer, who was with the Mets for 2022 and the first half of 2023, was traded to the Rangers and won a World Series with the club despite allowing seven earned runs in 9 2/3 postseason innings. The 39-year-old and future Hall of Famer will now start the 2024 season on the injured list and will hope to rejoin the team in their effort to become back-to-back World Series champions.
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Per Mike Puma of the New York Post, the Mets have been in discussions with the agent of former Met Justin Turner. With Ronny Mauricio out for the entire 2024 season, Turner would be a fit as a designated hitter with third baseman flexibility for the Mets this season.
New Mets bench coach John Gibbons spoke on the Baseball Isn’t Boring podcast about how he was offered the role on the Mets’ staff.
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Per Jon Heyman of the New York Post, the Royals signed outfielder Hunter Renfroe to a tw0-year, $13 million deal with a player option after one year. The Royals also signed pitcher and former Met Michael Wacha to a two-yaer, $32 million deal.
After being traded to the Dodgers, pitcher Tyler Glasnow signed a five-year, $135 million contract with the team per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
The Cardinals hosted Japanese reliever Yuki Matsui on Thursday. Matsui, 28-years-old, is a five-time All-Star in Nippon Professional Baseball and has a 2.43 ERA and 236 saves in 10 seasons.
The PGA Tour is nearing a deal with Strategic Sports Group, a group that includes Mets owner Steve Cohen, to infuse more than $3 billion into PGA Tour Enterprises, a new for-profit entity.
Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Athletics signed former Met Trevor Gott to a one-year major league contract.
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Michael Mayer writes about how the Mets could pursue Shōta Imanaga as a backup plan if they miss out on Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Michael Mayer breaks down the remaining top free agents that the Mets could pursue.
On This Date in Mets History
1982: The Mets traded back for arguably the best player in franchise history, Tom Seaver, five years after he was traded to the Reds. In his first year back and his last overall season with the Mets, he recorded a 9-14 record with a 3.55 ERA.
2012: The Mets traded reining National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey to the Blue Jays for prospects Travis d’Arnaud and Noah Syndergaard. While losing Dickey hurt, Syndergaard and d’Arnaud developed into key pieces of the mid-2010s Mets including the 2015 team that won the National League pennant.
Birthdays: Héctor Santiago (36), Chris Jones (58), Chris Jelic (60), Tom Gorman (66)
