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Morning Briefing: Starling Marte Prefers to Play Field Rather Than DH

Good morning, Mets fans! Starling Marte told reporters that he and Carlos Mendoza haven’t yet discussed what his playing time will look like during the season. Marte said he prefers to stick in right field as opposed to having to take regular reps as the team’s designated hitter. “I want to be on the field all the time, that’s what I like,” Marte said. “Help...

Reports: Yoshinobu Yamamoto Requested Second Meeting With Mets, Yankees

Posted Updated – Dec. 17 at 8:24 pm ET: According to Jon Heyman of the NY Post the second meeting between the Yankees and Yamamoto, which occurred today, was requested by Yamamoto. Andy Martino of SNY further confirmed that Yamamoto was also the one that requested a second meeting with New York. Original Post – According to Joel Sherman of the NY Post, highly-coveted free agent...

Morning Briefing: Carlos Beltrán Will Be Special Assistant to Stearns

Good morning, Mets fans!  As the Carlos Mendoza era is ushered into New York, a former New York Mets manager will continue to have a role with the organization. Carlos Beltrán will serve as a special assistant in the new regime, new president of baseball operations David Stearns said in an interview with Andy Martino.  Beltrán enjoyed a stint that lasted more than six years in Queens between...

Report: Mets Expected to Retain Hefner Under Mendoza

The Mets are expected to retain pitching coach Jeremy Hefner under new team manager Carlos Mendoza, according to a report from SNY’s Andy Martino. If Hefner does in fact return to the Mets in 2024, it will be his fifth season with the team, and the third manager he worked under, following stints with Luis Rojas in 2020 and 2021, and Buck Showalter in 2022 and 2023. The 37-year-old Hefner...

Morning Briefing: Mets Draft Lottery Odds at 4.3%

Good morning, Mets fans! Major League Baseball announced the 2024 draft lottery odds Wednesday night, and the Mets came in at 4.3%, the seventh-highest odds in all of MLB. This is the second rendition of the MLB draft lottery following the latest edition of the collective bargaining agreement, where the two sides agreed that the top six picks of the draft will be based on the lottery system....

Morning Briefing: Edwin Díaz Traveling With the Mets

Good morning, Mets fans! Injured Mets closer Edwin Díaz is traveling with the team now as he continues to target a return before the end of the season. He has two bullpens scheduled during the team’s current road trip, Anthony DiComo of MLB reported, which will be held with pitching coach Jeremy Hefner and the training staff watching. Latest Mets News The Mets won 11-5 in their series...

Opinion: Steve Cohen Showing Patience and Savvy with Mets

Heading into Steve Cohen’s press conference yesterday, many New York Mets fans were ready to eviscerate him, almost regardless of what he said. Short of firing Billy Eppler, Buck Showalter, Jeremy Barnes, Jeremy Hefner, and the food vendors for the Brooklyn Cyclones, it was bound to be a bloodbath. However, in an unusually candid (for an owner) interview, Cohen laid forth his direction for...

Amazin’ Insights: Insider Perspectives On the Starting Pitching Staff

By Scott Engel, The Game Day It has been a tough spring for the Mets’ pitching staff so far in terms of injuries. Yet according to former players and team executives, the starting pitching can still be the key to a National League pennant push. I spoke with three former players and a team executive who are very optimistic about the team’s rotation because of its experience and depth....

Edwin Díaz Not Pitching Back-To-Back Days in World Baseball Classic

New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz will be heading to the World Baseball Classic to pitch for Team Puerto Rico next week. Once the tournament begins, if you see Diaz pitch in one of the pool games, you will not see him enter the next game. Díaz was a guest on Foul Territory on Thursday and he mentioned what his workload will be like in the first few games of the WBC: .@SugarDiaz39 says he...

Kodai Senga Not Pitching For Japan Might Be Best For Mets

With the World Baseball Classic a little more than a month away, a lot of attention at Port St. Lucie will be on who isn’t at Mets spring training compared to who is once the tournament begins. One player who will be there, at least for right now, is new right-handed pitcher Kodai Senga. Team Japan released its 30-man preliminary roster for the WBC in late January and Senga was not on the list....

Mets’ Peterson, Megill Hoping to Fill Trevor Williams’ Role

Who would have thought the most impactful free agent loss of the offseason was Trevor Williams? The Mets replaced Jacob deGrom with Justin Verlander, Chris Bassitt with Kodai Senga, and Taijuan Walker with Jose Quintana. The one move they didn’t make this offseason was bringing in a new bulk/spot starter. That’s because they believe they already have two on the roster: David Peterson...

MMO Exclusive: Eric Jagers, Director of Pitching Development

In early November, the New York Mets made a hire that may have gone unnoticed and isn’t as acclaimed as the announcement of a major free-agent signing or trade. At the General Managers’ Meetings in Las Vegas, Mets GM Billy Eppler announced the Mets had hired Eric Jagers as their director of pitching development. Some of Jager’s responsibilities include overseeing the...

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