Your Monday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
Sunday was the big day. Juan Soto, New York Met, arrived at Mets camp.
You should watch Soto take his first round of batting practice as a Met.
He’s good, but if the Mets win a World Series during his tenure, it won’t be solely on the back of Juan Soto.
Day one was fun, but every day from here on out there are going to be elevated expectations for Soto and the Mets.
Shopped in the offseason, taken down a peg on the depth chart, and facing ample transparency from the team, Starling Marte has no complaints as he enters 2025.
Having fallen off since his first-round selection by the Mets, Kevin Parada is in Florida looking for a career reboot.
Around the National League East
The Nationals signed Mets Enemy Paul DeJong to a one-year deal for $1M.
Entering the final season of his four-year contract with the Phillies, Kyle Schwarber wouldn’t mind an extension.
Stateside and participating in his first MLB Spring Training, Nationals’ Shinnosuke Ogasawara has his baseball dad with him at camp: Diasuke Matsuzaka.
The Braves brought first-team all spoonerism and reliever Buck Farmer into camp as a non-roster invitee.
Around Major League Baseball
Suffering from two tennis elbows, Giancarlo Stanton’s availability for Opening Day is suddenly in question.
For Freddie Freeman, the World Series grand slam didn’t fully set in until sometime around Christmas.
Months of trade rumors later, Nolan Arenado is sure that he’s in the right place with St. Louis.
Eloy Jimenez is at Rays camp in The Best Shape Of His Life!
The Red Sox are looking very respectfully at Dylan Cease and are considering making a play for his services.
John Means and the Cleveland Guardians are “in advance talks” on a contract that’ll presumably cover the next two seasons.
Seven years after leaving Arizona, Shelby Miller is heading back to the Diamondbacks on a minor-league deal.
This Date in Mets History
Happy birthday to Mets’ all time highest ERA owner Stephen Tarpley.