{"id":515337,"date":"2026-01-11T15:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/515337\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T15:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:40:20","slug":"mets-morning-news-mets-spoke-with-nationals-about-mackenzie-gore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/515337\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Morning News: Mets spoke with Nationals about MacKenzie Gore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Mets\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/10\/sports\/mets-internal-options-can-swing-2026-season-regardless-of-offseason-approach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">internal options<\/a> will ultimately determine whether the Mets\u2019 cautious approach to this offseason was successful, writes Joel Sherman of the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Luisangel Acu\u00f1a had <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/11\/sports\/mets-infielder-luisangel-acuna-hits-four-home-runs-in-winter-league-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">quite the performance<\/a> in the Venezuelan league yesterday, launching four homers and driving in seven runs in a single game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The price tag to land Brewers\u2019 Freddy Peralta in trade <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/10\/sports\/what-it-will-take-to-land-brewers-ace-freddy-peralta-in-trade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will be substantial<\/a>, but the Mets are among the teams best positioned to do it.<\/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\">Righty Tyler Kinley <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/2010092763203944529\" rel=\"nofollow\">returned<\/a> to the Braves on a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/2010093941920764270\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one-year, $4.25 million deal<\/a>. The Braves had declined Kinley\u2019s $5.5 million club option, but guaranteed him his $1.25 million buyout and a new $3 million deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">MLB Trade Rumors rounds up the latest news on the Marlins\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/01\/latest-on-marlins-rotation-plans.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rotation plans<\/a> now that Edward Cabrera has been dealt.<\/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\">Another major free agent is off the board: the Cubs <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/2010194423968346301\" rel=\"nofollow\">signed<\/a> third baseman Alex Bregman to a five-year, $175 million contract. After signing a \u201cshow me\u201d deal with the Red Sox last offseason, he put up his best offensive year since 2022, earning All-Star honors. He opted out of that contract and parlayed it into this new longer-term commitment in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Meanwhile, talks between the Yankees and other big free agent bat Cody Bellinger are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/47574031\/sources-yankees-negotiations-cody-bellinger-impasse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at an impasse<\/a>, according to reports. The Yankees offered Bellinger a similar deal to the ones Pete Alonso and Kyle Schwarber received, but Bellinger is seeking more, which the Yankees seem unwilling to give.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Rockies <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rockies\/status\/2010038184772858050\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acquired<\/a> OF Jake McCarthy from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for RHP Josh Grosz.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday at Amazin\u2019 Avenue<\/p>\n<p>This Date in Mets History<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mets\u2019 internal options will ultimately determine whether the Mets\u2019 cautious approach to this offseason was successful, writes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515338,"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-515337","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\/115877224370356230","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515337","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=515337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}