Your Thursday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
Sean Manaea earned one fifth place vote for the Cy Young after his strong 2024 season.
Could Alex Bregman be an option for the Mets if Pete Alonso signs elsewhere next season?
Even if the Mets lose their top free agents in Manaea, Luis Severino, and Pete Alonso, they won’t leave for nothing since the team will get a pick from their rejection of the qualifying offer.
Around the National League East
Chris Sale won the first Cy Young of his career after a stellar season with the Braves.
Phillies ace Zack Wheeler finished second in the Cy Young voting getting four first place votes while Sale received 26.
Around Major League Baseball
Tigers phenom Tarik Skubal unanimously won the American League Cy Young award.
Japanese star Roki Sasaki is expected to be a part of the 2025 international amateur class which means he can not sign with a team before January 15.
The Fair Ball act will soon be introduced in Congress which looks to guarantee minimum wage and overtime for minor league baseball players.
Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner spoke about the team’s meeting with Juan Soto and what he believes the Yankees chances are in keeping the slugger.
Michael Kay is negotiating a new a contract with ESPN which could shake up the afternoon schedule for the radio network.
After a big move gets done other teams like to leak that they were also interested in the player to sell the idea that they tried to their fanbase. Keeping that in mind, Fangraphs has created the “We Tried” tracker to keep track of which teams said they “tried” but ultimately fell short.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Christian Romo profiled Willy Adames and David Capobianco wrote about what Carlos Santana brings as a veteran on the free agent market.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 1970, Tommie Agee became the first player in franchise history to win a gold glove.