New York Mets fans don't have to worry about star slugger Juan Soto going anywhere anytime soon. Soto is about to enter the second season of the 15-year, $765 million contract he signed in December of 2024.
I come from Italian heritage, so it’s sacrilege that I haven’t incorporated food into my baseball analysis. That changes here. I’ve begun to think of an-bat as one of my favorite pastimes: cooking a homegrown meal.
MJ Melendez, once upon a time, was a top prospect in the game of baseball. The now 27 year old was a 2017 second round pick (52nd overall) by the Kansas City Royals out of high school, and ascended through the minor leagues rather quickly.
Most young pitchers fighting for a rotation spot wouldn’t gamble on a brand new weapon in their first spring training start. They’d workshop it quietly on the back fields, polish the edges, and sneak it into games only when it felt airtight.
The Tigers are signing veteran reliever Colin Poche to a minor league contract, as first announced by the training facility Driveline Baseball. Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports that the ISE Baseball client will not receive an invite to big league camp.
The 2026 MLB season is right around the corner, and it is never too early to start thinking about how it might unfold. Seemingly, every year, we have a decent handle on who should contend and who is likely to struggle, which makes looking ahead to the trade deadline inevitable.
Major League Baseball owners are seldom adored by their team's fan bases. In most cases, fans become frustrated with their owners' personnel decisions or willingness (or lack thereof) to spend money on top free agents and thus improve the team.
The New York Mets are one step closer to getting an important piece back in their bullpen. It was first reported by Anthony DiComo of MLB.com on Wednesday that left-handed reliever A.J.
Barring any injuries to the rotation, New York Mets top prospect starting pitcher Jonah Tong will probably begin the 2026 season with Triple-A Syracuse.
Jonah Tong gave up three hits, a walk, hit a batter and served up a three-run, opposite-field home run to the Cardinals’ Nolan Gorman Wednesday in his spring debut at Clover Park in Port St.
Even before the breakup of the New York Mets' franchise core, president of baseball operations David Stearns knew that running back with the same players wasn't going to transpire.
The New York Mets (2-2-1) dropped a listless game to the St. Louis Cardinals (3-2), 6-0 at Clover Park in St. Lucie. The Mets scattered eight hits, but couldn’t bring any across in their fifth game of spring.
The new MLB season brings opportunities as players head into their walk years and try to rebound from subpar performances. These 25 players stand out heading into 2026.
Spring Training doesn’t just prepare major league players for the upcoming season — it also gives fans a glimpse of a team’s future. With the New York Mets easing their veterans into action, many of the organization’s top young prospects have already seen early game reps.
There’s a certain brand of panic that only Mets fans can manufacture, and it showed up right on cue the moment Francisco Lindor went under the knife. Hamate bone surgery in February?
Friday, February 28, 2026 • 1:10 PM Clover Park • Port St. Lucie, FL RHP Richard Fitts (0-0, -.–) vs. RHP Jonah Tong (0-0, -.–) WPIX Death. Taxes. Playing the Marlins, Astros, Cardinals and Nationals in spring training.
New York Mets legend Darryl Strawberry generated headlines and sparked some discussions on local sports-talk radio programs when he recently said he believed first baseman Pete Alonso will one day "regret" leaving the Mets.
The funny thing about pitching is everyone obsesses over the elbow. The UCL, the torque, the innings count. Meanwhile, a muscle in the back of your leg can wreck an entire season, and that’s exactly what happened to Kodai Senga.
Shohei Ohtani set the milestone after signing a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the largest in MLB history. However, Juan Soto smashed the record the following year with his 15-year, $765 million deal with the New York Mets.
Carlos Mendoza, manager of the New York Mets, is not hiding the club’s defensive plans for Juan Soto in 2026. With the superstar outfielder set to move to left field full-time, Mendoza has stressed that defense tops the improvement list for a club determined to tighten up its run prevention ahead of Opening Day 2026.
New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor may be recovering from hamate bone surgery, but his message from camp is clear. The standard remains elite. As the Mets adjust on the fly this spring, their veteran star is setting the tone with his voice now and preparing to lead with his bat when he returns.
Ronny Mauricio, the former Mets top prospect, has yet to make a lasting impact on the major league roster. After his official debut in 2023, Mauricio was expected to take a leap into an everyday role in 2024.
Recently, the New York Mets received some bad news when it was announced that star Francisco Lindor had undergone a procedure to repair his left hamate bone.
Edwin Diaz is trying to be the bigger person after Steve Cohen’s recent comments about him. The New York Mets owner Cohen went viral earlier this month over some shady remarks that he made about Diaz.
Now that the New York Mets’ offseason is presumably over from a player-acquisition standpoint, it is time to turn our attention to how the roster will shake out during spring training.