{"id":506237,"date":"2026-01-05T13:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/506237\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:38:11","slug":"mets-morning-news-new-year-new-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/506237\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Morning News: New Year, New Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Mets<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Admittedly the Mets haven\u2019t done a ton in terms of additions this offseason, <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fwhy-mets-offseason-bullpen-additions-could-be-a-big-boost\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">but what they have added in the bullpen could potentially be a massive victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fmets-best-players-not-in-the-hall-of-fame%3Ft%3Dmets-history-trivia\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Beltran is likely only a few weeks away from being elected to the Hall of Fame as a Met<\/a>, it\u2019s a good time to think about some other players who donned the orange and blue who are potentially deserving of the honor.<\/p>\n<p>Around the National League East<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Yankees are <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fmlb-rumors-trades-and-signings%3Ft%3Dtrades-and-transactions\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rumored to be interested in trades for Edward Cabrera of the Marlins<\/a> and\/or Freddy Peralta of the Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With 2026 upon us, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegoodphight.com\/phillies-analysis\/76755\/j-t-realmuto-bo-bichette-and-negotiating-through-the-media\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Phillies and J.T. Realmuto are no closer to a reunion<\/a>, and if the team makes one more reasonably priced free agent move, it might not happen at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Every team needs a good utility infielder for fun if nothing else and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalbaseball.com\/general\/88199\/who-will-be-washington-nationals-utility-infielder-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Nationals look to have a three-way battle that\u2019ll start up when the team reports to Spring Training<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Around Major League Baseball<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Only a year removed from being as close to an injured non-factor as a highly paid player can be, <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fhow-trevor-story-revived-his-career-in-2025\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 finally made Trevor Story an integral part of a playoff Boston Red Sox roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Royals and manager <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Royals\/status\/2007889912964772287\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Quatraro came to terms on an extension that kicks in following the 2026 season<\/a> and goes through 2029 with an option for 2030.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Having missed out on every other player they kicked the tires on this offseason, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/01\/pirates-interested-in-eugenio-suarez.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Pirates are said to be interested in the services of Eugenio Suarez<\/a>. Good for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">True New York Mets Enemy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/47501628\/source-yankees-paul-dejong-agree-minor-league-deal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul DeJong signed a minor-league deal with an invite to major league Spring Training<\/a> with the crosstown Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>This Date in Mets History<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Happy birthday to certified Mets legends <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/aokino01.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nori Aoki<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/escobed01.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eduardo Escobar<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/i\/iglesjo01.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Iglesias<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazinavenue.com\/new-york-mets-morning-news\" class=\"_153sp3o9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mets Morning News<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meet the Mets Admittedly the Mets haven\u2019t done a ton in terms of additions this offseason, but what&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,101,41599,4,1690,61,2548,4203],"class_list":{"0":"post-506237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mets","10":"tag-mets-morning-news","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkmets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115842770976068670","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}