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Nolan McLean carries the weight of enormous expectations into 2026 season

By the technical definition of a “rookie”, as outlined by Major League Baseball’s eligibility requirements, Nolan McLean enters 2026 as a rookie, in so far as he’s thrown fewer than 50 major league innings in his career (48 innings, to be exact). By way of his performance, composure, and talent level, McLean is anything but […]

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Mets Morning News: World Baseball? Classic

Meet the Mets In the televised Spring Subway Series, Freddy Peralta and the Mets defeated Ryan Weathers and the Yankees by the score of 10-4. Freddy Peralta isn’t just an incredibly good pitcher, he’s also a pretty solid hang in the clubhouse. In International Met News, Juan Soto hit a mercy rule walk off home […]

Grapefruit Juice: Mets 10, Yankees 4

The Mets defeated the Yankees today in Port St. Lucie by a score of 10-4. With a victory both today and on February 22, the Mets have swept the all-important Grapefruit League Subway Series. Look for celebratory merch ASAP. The Mets are back on SNY tomorrow evening against the Marlins.

Mets Morning News: “He’s healthy, and we can see it now”

Meet the Mets Despite allowing two solo homers, Kodai Senga had a really good outing in his spring debut yesterday. “Really good signs,” manager Carlos Mendoza said of Senga’s performance. “We saw it from the very beginning when we’re watching live BPs on the backfield. It’s not something that I’ve seen the two years that […]

Mike Tauchman is a nice reserve bat

For much of the offseason, Carson Benge has seemingly been guaranteed a starting spot in the outfield somewhere. It looked like it might be center field when the Mets were pursuing Kyle Tucker. Then it looked like it was going to be a corner (first left, then right) once Luis Robert was acquired. Sure MJ […]

Grapefruit Juice: Mets 3, Cardinals 2

The Mets came from behind to defeat the Cardinals 3-2 in Kodai Senga’s first Grapefruit League outing. The Mets take on the Yankees at Clover Park at 1:10pm EDT tomorrow afternoon. Don’t forget to set your clocks forward!

Vidal Brujan is a throwback

Vidal Brujan was once a top prospect, bouncing around the back half of top-100 lists in the late 2010s and early 2020s. He was lauded for his bat-to-ball skills, above average approach, standout speed, and defensive flexibility as he worked his way up Tampa’s system. The latter scouting call has certainly born out – Brujan […]

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Mets Morning News: Manaea takes the mound, Peralta seeks 7-8 years

Meet the Mets Sean Manaea made his spring training debut for the Mets and pitched three innings in yesterday’s 2-0 loss to the Marlins. Manaea’s velocity appeared to be down a bit, but he nevertheless expressed confidence coming out of his outing. Freddy Peralta has reiterated his desire for a potential extension to be a […]

Which Kodai Senga will the Mets get in 2026?

When the Mets signed Kodai Senga to a five-year, $75 million contract, it signaled the team’s first swing move in the international market in years and generated a lot of excitement, even resulting in an A+ grade from Amazin’ Avenue’s Lukas Vlahos. It’s hard to argue with the hype: His ghost fork was already regarded […]

Brandon Waddell will try to make his first Opening Day roster this spring

In December 2024, David Stearns signed Brandon Waddell to a minor league contract, the right-hander having spent the prior two seasons playing in Asia, 2023 with the Rakuten Monkeys of the CPBL and the Doosan Bears of the KBO and 2024 with Doosan. Scouts specifically honed in on Waddell’s improved control, a refined changeup, and […]

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Open thread: World Baseball Classic, 3/6/26

Cuba at Panama, 11 AM EST TV: FS2 Netherlands at Venezuela, 12 PM EST TV: Tubi Mexico at Great Britain, 1 PM EST TV: FS1 Puerto Rico at Colombia, 6 PM EST TV: FS1 Nicaragua at Dominican Republic, 7 PM EST TV: FS2 USA at Brazil, 8 PM EST TV: FOX Chinese Taipei at Czechia, […]

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Justin Hagenman hopes to be the man of the hour in 2026

During 2025 spring training, pitching coach Jeremy Hefner has said some positive things about New Jersey native Justin Hagenman. Hefner was impressed with some additional velocity that his pitches had and his ability to command them, but he ultimately did not make the big league club. The right-hander began the 2025 season in Triple-A Syracuse […]

Mets announce Spring Breakout roster pool

One of the more exciting parts of spring training in recent years has been the annual Spring Breakout series of games in which top prospects across all levels of each of the thirty organizations square off. This year, Mets prospects will face Rays prospects on Thursday, March 19 at 7:10 PM EDT at Clover Field […]

Don’t sleep on Jack Wenninger

In 2025, a lot of ink was spilled on Nolan McLean and Jonah Tong, and understandably so. McLean started the season with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, posted a 1.37 ERA in 26.1 innings with them, then a 2.78 ERA in 87.1 innings with the Syracuse Mets, and then dazzled the baseball world with a 2.44 […]

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Is there hope for Kevin Parada?

In the 2021 MLB Draft, Kumar Rocker- who was seen at times by scouts and executives as a top 5 pick near the beginning of the NCAA season- fell to the Mets with the 10th overall pick. It turned out that there was a reason for that, and the two sides ended up failing to […]

Mets Morning News: Carson Benge hits home run in win over Team Israel

Meet the Mets The Mets defeated Team Israel in an exhibition game for the World Baseball Classic. Carson Benge opened the scoring with a solo home run in the fifth but with the Mets down late the team team rallied in the eighth to win 5-2. Both David Peterson and Christian Scott looked great in […]