Morning Briefing: Three Mets Prospects Playing in Puerto Rican Winter League

Good morning, Mets fans!

Mets pitching prospects Irving Cota and Ryan Lambert made the Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game, which also includes 10 of MLB’s top 100 prospects. The game airs on MLB Network at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday.

Three Mets prospects are on the Leones de Ponce roster in the Puerto Rican Winter League: Jacob Reimer, John Bay and Eli Serrano III, per MMO’s Mike Mayer. The league started Wednesday.

Jacob Reimer by Ed Delany / MMO

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Steamer is high on the Mets’ roster next year, at least in terms of Wins Above Replacement (WAR). The site ranked the Mets sixth overall by depth chart alignment, with 41 WAR, in their initial projections for the 2027 season. The Mets’ offense ranks fourth overall with 25.3 WAR and their pitching ranks 17th with 15.7 WAR.

Read more from MMO’s Robert Colonna.

The Mets are hiring former catcher A.J. Ellis to their major-league coaching staff as strategy coordinator, per Will Sammon of The Athletic.

A total of 504 players were declared minor league free agents after the World Series. Some notable names players from the Mets organization include RHP Xzavion Curry (R), RHP Chris Devenski (AAA) and OF Cristian Pache (AAA).

Fitch Ratings reaffirmed Citi Field’s ‘A-’ rating on PILOT and rental bonds, per Mike Mazzeo of Sports Business Journal. “The rating reflects Major League Baseball’s solid league economics and the historical franchise strength of the New York Mets,” Fitch said.

Latest MLB News

Albert Pujols is interviewing to become the Astros’ next manager, per The Athletic’s Chandler Rome. Houston is also interviewing former Astros third baseman Morgan Ensberg for the job, according to MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart.

The Athletics named Cam Castro their general manager.

The Reds announced Joe Torres as their pitching coach.

MLB owners do not plan to vote on the Angels sale when they meet in two weeks, reports Bill Shaikin of the LA Times.

Latest on MMO

Allison Waxman previewed the Topps Chrome Update Series, which is now available for pre-order and releases on Dec. 9. Several Mets players are featured, including seven rookies.

Mike Mayer wrote about the Mets hiring Ellis as a strategy coordinator.

David Melendi recapped winter ball action.