Your Friday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
If the Mets were to try to pull off a trade for Dylan Cease, Jon Heyman says that the Padres like Luisangel Acuña, Brandon Sproat, Nolan MacLean, and Jonah Tong.
The mustachioed Sproat spoke to reporters about getting back to dominating after he struggled late in the 2024 season in Syracuse.
At the recommendation of J.D. Martinez, Francisco Alvarez spent a huge chunk of the offseason at Maven Baseball Lab in Atlanta, revamping his swing in his time there.
Mets reliever Dedniel Núñez was hitting 96 miles per hour over the winter, and the Mets consider him to be healthy.
Mark Vientos can’t wait to prove his skeptics wrong again.
Is there a scenario in which Jett Williams makes his big league debut this year?
Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor were named in the top ten of MLB Network’s top 100 players in the game right now.
Around the National League East
Sandy Alcantara, who missed the 2024 season as he recovered from Tommy John surgery, has been named the Marlins’ Opening Day starter.
The Good Phight asked what the Phillies could learn from the Eagles.
Battery Power looked at three bounce-back candidates for the Braves this year.
Nationals prospect Travis Sykora suffered a hip injury that will sideline him for months.
Around Major League Baseball
Former Mets starter Marcus Stroman has been a no-show thus far at Yankees camp.
The Guardians signed right-handed pitcher Jakob Junis to a one-year, $4.5 million deal.
The Padres signed left-handed pitcher Kyle Hart to a one-year, $1 million deal that could pay him up to $7.5 million in 2026.
Trevor Rogers suffered a knee injury in January.
Joey Gallo has joined the White Sox on a minor league deal.
The Yankees have made major improvements to their spring training complex at Steinbrenner Field to meet MLB standards as the ballpark is set to be the Rays’ temporary home.
Here’s a preview of the World Baseball Classic qualifiers coming up in early March in Tucson.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Grace Carbone wrote about what’s ahead of Jeff McNeil this year coming off his 2024 season.
This Date in Mets History
The Mets signed the late José Lima on this date in 2006 and Liván Hernández on this date in 2009.