It’s no secret that the New York Mets have multiple former Yankees players on their roster heading into the 2026 season.
The most notorious is Juan Soto, who pitted New York’s two teams against each other for a bidding war the Mets ultimately won with a 15-year, $765 million deal in December of 2024. Clay Holmes then joined Soto in switching New York teams that winter, and then both Devin Williams and Luke Weaver did the same this past offseason.
When a player is traded in the middle of a season, it’s common to see them having some piece of their old team’s equipment still in tow when they reach their franchise, even if it’s just for a game or two. But Luke Weaver being seen carrying his Yankees equipment bag into the Mets’ Port St. Lucie training facility on February 9 was different, given that Weaver has had several months to get his Mets gear.