The New York Mets aspirations in 2026 fall on their pitching lab. Over the last couple of years they have parted with former top prospects (Dom Hamel, Mike Vasil, etc.) partially because of the of the belief that they can help more pitchers take that next step in their development. Jack Wenninger hopes to be one of those pitchers this year, going from prospect to top-prospect. The Mets drafted...
The New York Mets’ spring training slate begins on February 21 against the Miami Marlins. During that time you will see several different players get some time with the club. Several of those individuals will be non-roster invitees which the Mets have been signing throughout the offseason. Non-roster invitees are players that are not on a team’s 40-man roster but are invited to...
The New York Mets in the president of baseball operations, David Stearns, era love loading up on hard-throwing pitchers on minor league deals, and that’s why the Mets brought in Yacksel Ríos in January 2024. Ríos, who leans on his mid-to-upper 90 mph fastball, fits that bill perfectly. Ríos was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in 2011 out of high school. He made his major league debut in...
David Stearns has remade the New York Mets’ roster since joining at the start of the offseason, especially the bullpen. The Mets’ bullpen was a disaster last season and had a lot of players who had similar arms. Stearns remade the pen by signing a diversity of throwing styles and a high number of players on a combination of major-league and minor-league deals. Cam Robinson falls into the latter...
For a second straight season Eric Orze gets an invite to major league camp for the Mets. Orze was one of the six players the Mets drafted back in 2020. They traded away their first pick, Pete Crow-Armstrong for Javier Baez. They traded J.T. Ginn for Chris Bassitt. They traded away Isaiah Green in the package for Francisco Lindor. Matthew Dyer was traded for Rich Hill. Anthony Walters was...
Baseball teams are always taking flyers on different arms before the start of the season. One thing the New York Mets have been good for over the last several seasons is taking a flyer on a lefty reliever. T.J. McFarland is that lefty reliever for the Mets this season. McFarland was drafted in round four by the Cleveland Guardians back in 2007. The Orioles then drafted McFarland five years later...
