Thursday is the deadline for teams and players to propose salaries in arbitration. If an agreement isn’t reached, the two sides will go to a hearing before spring training to determine the player’s salary for 2026. The Mets had seven players eligible for arbitration, and they have agreed to terms with all of them. Below are the figures for each player and what they were projected to...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets agreed to a one-year, $3.8 million contract with Tyrone Taylor to avoid arbitration. Taylor’s 2025 season was a disappointment as he owned just a .598 OPS, though he continued to bring stellar defense. Taylor is likely to begin 2026 as the Mets’ fourth outfielder, with the Mets actively seeking an upgrade over him in center field. Latest Mets News...
Francisco Alvarez and David Peterson highlight the nine Mets who will be arbitration-eligible this winter. MLBTradeRumors continued their annual arbitration projections (how much a team will offer a player) on Monday. Here are the estimates. The number in the parentheses represents a player’s estimated service time in MLB. LHP David Peterson, $7.64 million (5.089 years) OF Tyrone Taylor,...
Unlike last offseason, the Mets don’t have much work to do with arbitration in 2025. They ended the regular season with nine eligible players, but Joey Lucchesi and DJ Stewart elected free agency in lieu of an outright assignment, and the team non-tendered Alex Young. The Mets also agreed to a contract with Sean Reid-Foley to avoid arbitration in November. The only addition to the group is...
The Mets and Jeff McNeil have agreed on a contract extension per Jeff Passan of ESPN. The extension is for four-years, $50 million with a club option that could make it five-years, $63.5 million. The extension talks were originally reported by MMO’s own Michael Mayer. McNeil is now under team control through at least the 2026 season with an option for the 2027 season. McNeil is coming off...
Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil is back in Queens. The All-Star posted a story to his Instagram profile of the Mets home stadium, indicating he’s at the facility. Jeff McNeil at @CitiField. pic.twitter.com/66R1K4rQXC — Metsmerized Online (@Metsmerized) January 23, 2023 With pitchers and catchers not due to report for another few weeks and spring training down in Florida, is it...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets’ priority at this stage of free agency continues to be a fourth outfielder and on Friday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported that the Mets are considering signing Tommy Pham for that role. Heyman also mentioned the possibility of Trey Mancini, Adam Duvall, Jurickson Profar, or Tyler Naquin. It was previously reported on Thursday that the Mets had...
The deadline for teams to agree on a salary for arbitration-eligible players is today and the Mets entered the day with seven players yet to be settled. If the team and player can’t come to an agreement before the Friday deadline, then they will head to an arbiter that will hear discussions from each side and then choose the salary for the 2023 season. Jeff Passan of ESPN reports the Mets...
The deadline to reach agreements with arbitration-eligible players is coming right up on Friday. The Mets have seven players that they would currently go to arbitration with. They had eight arbitration-eligible players to start the offseason, but they non-tendered Dominic Smith (signed with Nationals), picked up their option on Daniel Vogelbach and already agreed to pay Joey Lucchesi $1.15...
MLB Trade Rumors released its 2023 salary arbitration estimates for all 30 teams on Monday. The Mets, who had the most salary-arbitration eligible players in the 2022 offseason, have significantly less heading into 2023 with players like Edwin Diaz, Seth Lugo, and Brandon Nimmo reaching free agency. As for this offseason, the Mets have eight arbitration-eligible players: Pete Alonso: $15.9...
