Your Friday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
Carlos Beltrán says the Mets will make a significant effort to sign Juan Soto.
Will Sammon wonders if the Mets have what it takes to trade for Garrett Crochet.
Mets prospect Jett Williams suffered an injury in an Arizona Fall League game.
Francisco Lindor was named to the All-MLB second team.
Around the National League East
Chris Sale was named the comeback player of the year for the National League.
Could the Phillies bring in Alex Bregman?
The Marlins reached a new deal with Diamond Sports Group.
Which Nationals prospects are getting spots on the 40-man roster ahead of the deadline to protect them from the Rule 5 draft?
Around Major League Baseball
The Tampa Bay Rays will play their home games at the Yankees’ spring training stadium in 2025 because of damage done to the Trop by Hurricane Milton. The Yankees stand to make $15 million in revenue as part of the agreement.
The Rockies are willing to trade Brendan Rodgers and Justin Lawrence.
MLB Pipeline has a scouting report on Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki.
Travis d’Arnaud, who recently signed a two-year deal with the Angels, says that he’s rooting for fellow catcher Logan O’Hoppe to be the best catcher the Angels have ever had.
Speaking of the Angels, they’ve inked a deal with Kevin Newman.
Some professional baseball players are turning to vision-training exercises to help improve their performance.
Dave Sims is set to be John Sterling’s successor as the radio play-by-play voice of the Yankees.
There are a bunch of broadcasting updates in baseball: the Reds will be one of seven teams broadcast by MLB, Diamond Sports Group got the go-ahead from a judge to get out of bankruptcy, and the Braves have new streaming rights as part of all of this.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
David Capobianco considered the free agency of beloved 2024 Met Jose Iglesias.
Steve Sypa reviewed the Binghamton Rumble Ponies’ 2024 season.
This Date in Mets History
Darryl Strawberry finished second in National League MVP voting, with the results announced on this date in 1988.