Your Tuesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
The Mets made their first move of the offseason, inking reliever Chris Devenski to a minor league deal.
Tim Britton examined the team’s payroll entering the offseason.
Danny Abriano also explored the payroll for 2025 and beyond.
Mets’ prospect Jonathan Pintaro is eyeing the majors as his next stop.
Around the National League East
Rangers bench coach Will Venable interviewed for the Marlins’ managerial opening.
New Braves hitting coach Tim Hyers outlined his three core principles.
Around Major League Baseball
In Game 3 of the Fall Class, the Dodgers held off a late Yankees’ rally to earn a 4-2 victory. They are one victory away from the eighth World Series title in franchise history.
Freeman hit another home run, which also tied two World Series records.
Walker Buehler delivered a gem to put the Dodgers on the cusp of the championship.
As the World Series shifted to The Bronx, Will Leitch caught you up with five storylines to follow.
The Athletic is running a live blog for the series, which is pretty fun, if you want to follow along.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. is apparently not too fond of Miguel Rojas, though Rojas is not letting that ruin his World Series experience.
A fifth grader who caught Freddie Freeman’s historic Grand Slam ball called it the ‘best day’ of his young life.
Jon Heyman explored some theories as to why Aaron Judge is lost at the plate.
Do-Hyoung Park attempted to diagnose Judge’s continuing struggles at the plate.
Aaron Boone is facing the ultimate test as Yankees’ skipper, with many questioning his moves.
Luis Rojas, meanwhile, is waiting for his next managerial job.
Carlos Rodón’s injury could impact the rest of the series for the Yankees.
Salvador Perez is your 2024 Roberto Clemente Award winner.
Zach Schonbrun, writing for The Athletic, explored how a revolution in the science of touch could unlock the mystery of “feel” in pitching.
Here are the 2024 Scout of the Year recipients, who will be honored at the Winter Meetings.
The White Sox are closing in on a manager, with Daniel Descalso now out of the running, as well as Clayton McCullough and A.J. Ellis.
The Reds have DFA’ed Amed Rosario, along with Brandon Leibrandt to make room on their 40-man roster.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Nate Gismot shared his memory of and tribute to the 2024 Mets, and taking his son to a Mets game in July (when playoff baseball seemed but a distant dream).
Steve Sypa reviewed Week 3 of the Arizona Fall League.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 1969, Tom Seaver won the first of his three Cy Young Awards with the Mets in nearly-unanimous fashion. Five years later, a future Mets Cy Young Award winner, R.A. Dickey, was born.