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MLB Offseason Calendar for 2025-26: Important dates
With the World Series having ended last night, the offseason is officially upon us. Let’s take a look at the important dates coming up on the calendar as the Mets look to build a better team than the one that won just 83 games this season. November 2 (today): Free agency officially begins for eligible […]
Mets Morning News: Dodgers are back-to-back World Series champions
Meet the Mets According to reports, the Mets are hiring Red Sox director of pitching Justin Willard to become their next pitching coach. Before his current role in Boston, the 35-year-old previously spent a number of years as a minor league coach and coordinator in the Twins organization. The Mets hired Rachel Folden to serve […]
MLB Playoffs: Open thread, World Series Game 7
Series is tied 3-3 with the final game in Toronto. Blue Jays lineup Max Scherzer – RHP Dodgers lineup Shohei Ohtani – RHP Broadcast Info First pitch: 8:00 PM EDTTV: FOXRadio: ESPN Radio
Mets Morning News: Game 7 tonight, then the offseason awaits
Meet the Mets The Mets will need to consider a variety of relief options as they once again look to remake their bullpen this offseason. Could Framber Valdez be a target for the Mets in free agency this winter? Around the National League The Phillies will need to make a decision on their catching situation […]
MLB Playoffs: Open thread, World Series Game 6
Blue Jays lead series 3-2 Blue Jays lineup SP: Kevin Gausman – RHP Dodgers lineup SP: Yoshinobu Yamamoto – RHP Broadcast info First pitch: 8:00 PM EDTTV: FOX
Brooks Raley got himself back into form in 2025
Brooks Raley had a 2024 season to forget. The veteran lefty performed well in eight games for the Mets that season, not allowing a single earned run in seven innings, but an elbow injury forced him to undergo Tommy John surgery, ending his season in late May. He was a free agent after the season, […]
Francisco Alvarez’s 2025 was in the eye of the beholder
How you view Francisco Alvarez’s 2025 may say a lot about how you view life. If you want to look at it as a glass half full situation, he had his best offensive season by a mile, and after his demotion to Triple-A in late June and his subsequent promotion back to the Majors in […]
Mets Morning News: World Series returns to Toronto for Game 6 on Halloween
Meet the Mets Danny Abriano considers whether or not the Mets should try to sign Ranger Suárez, who’s spent his entire career with the Phillies thus far, in free agency. David Lennon writes that the Mets should give real consideration to a reunion with soon-to-be free agent Chris Bassitt, who has excelled as a shutdown […]
AJ Minter’s absence loomed large this season
When the Mets signed AJ Minter in January, the hope was that he would become a key member of the bullpen they had been missing: an effective lefty reliever. He had been great in Atlanta for his entire career up to this point, holding a 3.28 ERA with 422 strikeouts in 348 2/3 innings since […]
A chat with A.M. Gittlitz, the author of Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team
In March 2026, Astra House will release Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team, a new book by A.M. Gittlitz (I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism, Beyond Antifascism). The book is unlike any other Mets-related book we’ve seen; Gittlitz has gne deep into not just Mets history, but the […]
Mets Morning News: Keith Hernandez joins the re-sign Pete Alonso club
Meet the Mets Keith Hernandez sat down for an interview with the Post and revealed he would like to stay with SNY even though his current contract is up. Hernandez is also firmly in the re-sign Pete Alonso and Edwin Díaz camp. Should the Mets lose Edwin Díaz if he opts out, who could replace […]
MLB Playoffs: Open thread, World Series Game 5
Blue Jays at Dodgers, World Series Game 5 Series tied 2-2 Blue Jays lineup SP: Trey Yesavage – RHP Dodgers lineup SP: Blake Snell – LHP Time: 8:10 PM EDT Network: FOX
Ronny Mauricio had a flawed 2025
We’ve talked for years about how Ronny Mauricio is a flawed player. Blessed with impressive bat speed and passable contact ability, his lack of approach and injury-driven tumble down the defensive spectrum left him on the fringes of true prospectdom. Despite these flaws, we still ranked Mauricio as the 10th best prospect in the system […]
Mets Morning News: Ohtani bested by Jays
Meet the Mets Cedric Mullins and Starling Marte are more likely not returning to the Mets in 2026, which raises the question: how should the Mets replace them going forward? Lorinda Payson de Roulet, daughter of original Mets owner Joan Whitney Payson, passed away today. Former Mets manager Buck Showalter gave an interview on the […]
MLB Playoffs: Open thread, World Series Game 4
Dodgers lead series 2-1 Blue Jays lineup SP: Shane Bieber (RHP) Dodgers lineup SP: Shohei Ohtani (RHP) Broadcast info First pitch: 8:00 PM EDT TV: FOX
Tuesday Top Ten: World Series Heroes
Welcome to Tuesday Top Ten, a new offseason series devoted to reliving moments of magic, misery, or overlooked meaning throughout Mets history. Rankings might cover specific players, teams, games, catches, home runs, uniforms, etc. — with the necessary disclaimer that comparing circumstances across 64 years is an impossibly imperfect science and an inherently subjective exercise. […]
A Pod of Their Own, Episode 256: Layers of Mets
Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space. This week, we begin by discussing the recent hires the Mets have made to their coaching staff and other coaches […]
Mets Morning News: WS Game 3 marathon ends in Dodgers walk-off win
Meet the Mets The Mets hired a new hitting coach, Troy Snitker, but have likely lost their first base coach Antoan Richardson, who is expected to leave the origanization eafter failing to come to an agreement on a new contract, according to Jeff Passan. Laura Albanese shared more about what she heard about the negotiations […]
First Base Coach Antoan Richardson expected to leave Mets
In a bit of surprising news, the Mets and first base coach Antoan Richardson were unable to come to an agreement on a new contract, and the coach is expected to depart the organization, according to Jeff Passan. The news comes a few weeks after Richardson survived the team’s coaching staff purge. That was hardly […]
MLB Playoffs: Open thread, World Series Game 3
Blue Jays at Dodgers, World Series Game 3 Series tied 1-1 Blue Jays lineup SP: Max Scherzer – RHP Dodgers lineup SP: Tyler Glasnow – LHP Time: 8:10 PM EDTNetwork: FOX
Mets to hire Troy Snitker as hitting coach
The Mets are hiring Troy Snitker as their next hitting coach, according to reporting by Andy Martino of SNY. The team has not yet confirmed this news. The 36-year-old Snitker is the son of former Braves manager Brian Snitker and has served as a hitting coach in Houston with the Astros for the past seven […]
Mets Morning News: Homestretch
Meet the Mets Mets assistant pitching coach Desi Druschel will be leaving New York (Queens) and returning to New York (Bronx) to take back his old role as an assistant to Yankees’ pitching coach Matt Blake. Around the National League East Federal Baseball wondered whether this is the year that the Nationals dip more than […]
Mets Arizona Fall League Review: Week Three
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 (7-3) SCOTTSDALE SCORPIONS 15, SURPRISE SAGUAROS 4 / 8 (BOX) MONDAY, OCTOBER 20 (7-3) NO GAME (SCHEDULE) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 (8-4) GAME ONE SCOTTSDALE SCORPIONS 5, PEORIA JAVELINAS 1 (BOX) GAME TWO PEORIA JAVELINAS 8, SCOTTSDALE SCORPIONS 4 (BOX) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 (8-5) SURPRISE SAGUAROS 10, SCOTTSDALE SCORPIONS 1 (BOX) THURSDAY, OCTOBER […]
Mets Morning News: It should have been me, not him!
Meet the Mets Anthony DiComo of MLB.com weighs in on whether Pete Alonso or Edwin Díaz is more likely to be a Met next year and other fan questions as part of his newsletter. MLB Trade Rumors also ran a poll asking whether the Mets are likelier to re-sign Alonso or Díaz (or both). The […]
MLB Playoffs: Open thread, World Series Game 2
Blue Jays lead series 1-0 Dodgers lineup SP: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (RHP) Blue Jays lineup SP: Kevin Gausman (RHP) Broadcast info Time: 8:00 PM EDTNetwork: FOX
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