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Jan. 8: Mets ‘actively making an attempt’ to commerce for beginning pitching (supply)With Sean Manaea in tow, per supply, the Mets’ beginning rotation choices now embody Kodai Senga, José Quintana, Luis Severino, Tylor Megill, Adrian Houser, Joey Lucchesi and Manaea (plus David Peterson when he returns from harm).
Though that assortment may very well be ok for the Mets to contend in 2024, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reviews that New York is not carried out making an attempt to handle its rotation.
Though there are some top-tier free brokers left within the beginning pitching market — notably Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery — Feinsand writes that the Mets aren’t believed to be within the combine for both participant attributable to their respective value tags. As a substitute, the membership is trying towards the commerce market.
A supply informed Feinsand that Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns is “actively making an attempt to commerce for extra beginning pitching.” It isn’t clear if the specified goal is an impression starter or extra rotation depth. Nonetheless, MLB Community insider Joel Sherman reported Friday in an article for the New York Publish that the Mets had been contemplating a commerce for White Sox righty Dylan Stop.
The Mets could also be extra all in favour of free-agent beginning pitchers subsequent offseason, when aces corresponding to Zack Wheeler, Corbin Burnes, Max Fried and Walker Buehler are set to change into obtainable.
Jan. 5: Mets contemplating commerce for Stop (report)The Mets are all in favour of a handful of free brokers to fill out their beginning rotation, together with Shōta Imanaga and Sean Manaea. However they might make a fair larger addition through the commerce market. MLB Community insider Joel Sherman writes within the New York Publish that the Mets are “persevering with to examine in” on White Sox ace Dylan Stop.
The White Sox are stated to need “three premium prospects” in return for the 28-year-old hurler. Nonetheless, Sherman writes that the Mets would think about assembly that top value for Stop as a result of he has two years of membership management remaining. Conversely, the opposite prime starters on the commerce market — Corbin Burnes and Shane Bieber — will likely be free brokers following the 2024 season.
Sherman provides that if any crew is taken into account the favourite to amass Stop, it is the Orioles, not the Mets. On Thursday, Ken Rosenthal wrote in The Athletic (subscription required) that the O’s and Yankees are among the many groups expressing “honest” curiosity in Stop. Sherman contains the Dodgers amongst his doable suitors, and MLB Community insider Jon Paul Morosi has talked about the Mariners as one other potential touchdown spot for Stop.
Dec.15: Mets pursuing reunion with Turner?Might the Mets and veteran infielder Justin Turner be a match this offseason? In keeping with a report within the New York Publish, the membership is actively engaged with Turner on a possible reunion.
Turner, who performed for the Mets from 2010-13, may very well be slot in Queens due to his defensive versatility on the infield. And with the membership’s fourth-ranked prospect, Ronny Mauricio, injured with a torn ACL, there is a specific want at third base.
Turner was a below-average hitter throughout his first stint with the Mets, and New York didn’t tender him a contract following the 2013 season. He signed with the Dodgers and reworked his swing, resulting in a profession revival — from 2014-22, he posted an .866 OPS with 156 residence runs for Los Angeles, etching his title in franchise historical past with 13 postseason homers over that span.
In his age-38 marketing campaign final season, Turner remained productive, becoming a member of the Purple Sox and posting an .800 OPS with 23 residence runs and 96 RBIs.
Whereas leaping into the combo for Matt Chapman appears unlikely for the Mets, there are different free-agent third basemen who may very well be of curiosity.
In an look on MLB Community, MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo talked about the opportunity of bringing in a veteran corresponding to Justin Turner on a short-term deal. Turner, who spent 4 seasons with the Mets as a utility participant early on in his profession earlier than growing into an All-Star with the Dodgers, is a free agent after declining his 2024 participant choice with the Purple Sox.
Gio Urshela, Evan Longoria and Isiah Kiner-Falefa are a number of the different notable third basemen available on the market. Urshela and Kiner-Falefa have expertise enjoying in New York from their time with the Yankees.
If they do not find yourself including one other third baseman, the Mets will seemingly go together with a mixture of Baty, Mark Vientos and free-agent acquisition Joey Wendle on the sizzling nook.
Dec. 10: Some GMs assume Mets are prepared to hear on Alonso (report)Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns stated at his introductory press convention in early October that he anticipated Pete Alonso to be the crew’s first baseman on Opening Day in 2024. He reiterated that stance throughout the GM Conferences.
Nonetheless, there are nonetheless some rumblings across the business that the Mets haven’t fully closed the door on a commerce involving Alonso, who’s eligible free of charge company subsequent offseason.
In keeping with USA Right now’s Bob Nightengale, a number of common managers imagine the Mets will hearken to gives for the slugging first baseman, although no crew, publicly or privately, stated they had been engaged in commerce talks for Alonso throughout the Winter Conferences.
MLB Community insider Jon Paul Morosi beforehand reported one thing comparable on Nov. 22, noting that the Mets had been “open-minded to listening on Pete Alonso.”
“It doesn’t seem proper now {that a} commerce is shut, however with one yr left on his deal and no contract extension in place — he simply employed [agent] Scott Boras — it doesn’t seem they’re transferring in that course,” Morosi stated. “So watch fastidiously about the opportunity of Alonso being moved.”
In fact, none of that is all that stunning. It’s within the Mets’ greatest curiosity to maintain their choices open with Alonso in case there’s a crew on the market prepared to supply a big bundle for a participant with one yr of membership management remaining, just like the Yankees simply did with Juan Soto. However that doesn’t imply he’s more likely to be traded.
