{"id":518278,"date":"2026-01-13T14:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/518278\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:36:16","slug":"mets-morning-news-the-tucker-rumor-will-continue-until-morale-improves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/518278\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Morning News: The Tucker rumor will continue until morale improves"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mets are believed to be<\/a> one of three finalists for Kyle Tucker and have held conversations with the All-Star outfielder and his team, which have been described as \u201cpositive<\/a>\u201d. The Blue Jays and Dodgers are the other finalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Anthony McCarron\u2019s bold predictions<\/a> for the remainder of the offseason, he sees the Mets missing out on Tucker but adding Framber Valdez, as well as old friends Harrison Bader and Chris Bassitt.<\/p>\n

Nolan McLean is listed as the top<\/a> right-handed pitching prospect in MLB.<\/p>\n

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

The Phillies may be the favorites<\/a> to land coveted free agent infielder Bo Bichette, at least according to Ken Rosenthal.<\/p>\n

The Braves dealt<\/a> infielder Brett Wisely and pitcher Ken Waldichuk to the Rays for a player to be named later or cash considerations.<\/p>\n

18-year-old Nationals\u2019 prospect Miguel Sime Jr., who is Number 16 in Washington\u2019s farm system, is bringing raw talent and heat<\/a> to his first season with the organization.<\/p>\n

The Marlins re-signed<\/a> Jesus Tinoco to a minor league deal.<\/p>\n

Around Major League Baseball<\/p>\n

Mike Petriello explored which active players<\/a> will be (and could be) future Hall of Famers.<\/p>\n

Shockingly, Trey Yesavage is only listed as the<\/a> third-best right-handed pitching prospect heading into the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n

Harry Ford was a sensation for<\/a> Great Britain at the 2023 World Baseball Classic, and he will return to represent them in the next iteration of the tournament.<\/p>\n

The Yankees and Cody Bellinger are trying to close the gap<\/a> as it seems the two sides may be at an impasse in contract negotiations.<\/p>\n

Craig Breslow expressed disappointment<\/a> at missing out on Alex Bregman, but has remained focus on executing Plan B for the Red Sox.<\/p>\n

At Red Sox Fenway Fest this weekend, Boston\u2019s Number 2 prospect, Payton Tolle, captivated fans with his many stories<\/a>, including the time he ate eight bananas before a start.<\/p>\n

Jake Rill explored where<\/a> the Orioles sit in the stocked and always-evolving AL East.<\/p>\n

In between all of their noteworthy moves, Toronto also signed<\/a> Eloy Jim\u00e9nez to a minor league deal.<\/p>\n

The Baseball Prospectus folks analyzed<\/a> the Twins\u2019 minor league farm system.<\/p>\n

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

I reviewed<\/a> Jesse Winker\u2019s 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Dylan Ross came in at<\/a> number 18 on the Amazin\u2019 Avenue list of Mets\u2019 prospects list.<\/p>\n

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

Happy 64th birthday<\/a> Kevin Mitchell!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mets are believed to be one of three finalists for Kyle Tucker and have held conversations with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518279,"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-518278","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\/115888297982538342","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518278","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=518278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}