{"id":509671,"date":"2026-01-07T14:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/509671\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:34:16","slug":"mets-morning-news-world-baseball-classic-shohei-ohtani-aaron-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/509671\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Morning News: World Baseball Classic, Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Cohen has announced that she will no longer be posting on her public Instagram and explained why<\/a> she made that decision.<\/p>\n

Will Sammon and Tim Britton answered some questions<\/a> over at The Athletic, including what kind of contributions can be expected from young players and what moves might be left for the Mets.<\/p>\n

Jon Heyman laid out<\/a> a plan the Mets can follow to turn their offseason around.<\/p>\n

Around the National League East<\/p>\n

The Phillies agreed to a minor league contract<\/a> with left-handed pitcher Tucker Davidson, who\u2019s coming off a solid season in the KBO.<\/p>\n

The Athletic\u2019s Matt Gelb detailed some other notes<\/a> about the Phillies in free agency, including where they stand with J.T. Realmuto.<\/p>\n

Around Major League Baseball<\/p>\n

MLB officials are now preparing for potential impacts<\/a> on the upcoming season and the World Baseball Classic after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and the resulting fallout.<\/p>\n

Today is Shohei Day on MLB Network (1\/7), with plenty of Ohtani-centric programming<\/a> for the occasion.<\/p>\n

Aaron Boone is excited to have<\/a> Aaron Judge leading Team USA in this year\u2019s World Baseball Classic.<\/p>\n

With MLB returning to NBC in 2026, the network is eyeing<\/a> recently retired pitcher Clayton Kershaw to join their studio team.<\/p>\n

Yesterday at Amazin\u2019 Avenue<\/p>\n

Brian Salvatore looked back on<\/a> Starling Marte\u2019s inconsistent 2025 season impacted by a mid-season injury.<\/p>\n

Steve Sypa continued our list of the top 25<\/a> Mets prospects with number 22: outfielder Eli Serrano III.<\/p>\n

This Date in Mets History<\/p>\n

Thirty-four years ago today, the BBWAA voted<\/a> Tom Seaver into the Hall of Fame. He\u2019s one of just two players with a Mets cap on his Hall of Fame plaque.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Cohen has announced that she will no longer be posting on her public Instagram and explained why…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509672,"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-509671","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\/115854315567189761","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509671","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=509671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}