Your Monday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
Nobody is playing baseball at Citi Field in the last days of 2024, but they are playing Minecraft.
Around the National League East
President Jimmy Carter’s hometown Atlanta Braves marked the news of his death at 100 with a statement and well wishes to his family.
For his part, Jimmy Carter was a devoted baseball fan and a close friend of Henry Aaron.
The Washington Nationals reportedly have brought back first baseman Josh Bell to be their designated hitter on a one-year deal worth $6M.
Within striking distance of 75% and continuously gaining votes year over year, 2025 might be the year Andruw Jones becomes a Hall of Famer.
Around Major League Baseball
In an interview with Yahoo Japan Shohei Ohtani basically admitted that if he suffers another long-term pitching injury, he’s giving it up for good.
For a fun ridiculous fact, Babe Ruth hit more home runs in the span of Jimmy Carter’s life than any currently active player did.
The Dodgers are reportedly working on an extension with two-time World Series champion manager Dave Roberts before he enters the final year of his prior extension.
Baseball delivers many great things in the course of a year, but few things are better than the top quotes of the year.
Perhaps I lied, the best bloopers of the year are also tremendously good content.
The Cubs and Marlins swapped a pair of former top-100 prospects as Vidal Brujan went to Chicago and Matt Mervis was sent to Miami in return.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 1969, Johnny Murphy, the architect of the Amazin’ Mets, entered the hospital, never to leave.