{"id":526451,"date":"2026-01-18T15:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/526451\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:35:13","slug":"mets-morning-news-belli-belli-bo-belli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/526451\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Morning News: Belli, Belli, Bo-Belli"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette both off the board, Cody Bellinger is still potentially in the cards<\/a> for both the Mets and Yankees, with the Mets still needing an outfielder and the Yankees needing protection for Aaron Judge in the lineup.<\/p>\n

Max Goodman of NJ.com runs down a list of five possible targets<\/a> for the Mets after the Bo Bichette signing\u2014a list which includes Bellinger.<\/p>\n

Travis Sawchik of MLB.com explores the best fit<\/a> for Framber Valdez between the Mets, Orioles, Giants, and Cubs\u2014all of the teams that have been connected to the top remaining free agent starter\u2014when considering rotation depth, ballpark, and the fact that he is an extreme ground ball pitcher.<\/p>\n

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

Around Major League Baseball<\/p>\n

Reds star Elly De La Cruz turned down an extension offer<\/a> from the Reds last spring that would have been the largest contract offer in franchise history, eclipsing Joey Votto\u2019s ten-year, $225 million deal from 2012.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the Reds, they are reportedly receiving trade interest<\/a> in their starting pitchers.<\/p>\n

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

On this date in 2018, the Mets formally announced<\/a> the signing of first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. It ended up being his last major league season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette both off the board, Cody Bellinger is still potentially in the cards…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480307,"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-526451","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\/115916840858664425","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526451","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=526451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}