{"id":529163,"date":"2026-01-20T14:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/529163\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:46:14","slug":"mets-morning-news-the-tucker-rumor-will-continue-until-morale-improves-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/529163\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Morning News: The Tucker rumor will continue until morale improves"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Phillies are reportedly<\/a> \u2018livid\u2019 that Bo Bichette spurned their $200 million offer in favor of a shorter-term deal with the Mets, with reporter Jim Salisbury saying, \u201cIt feels like the Lufthansa heist at LaGuardia from \u2018Goodfellas\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mets are looking to add<\/a> reinforcements in their outfield and rotation following the Bichette signing.<\/p>\n

Even with their recent moves, the Mets have yet to figure out how to escape the Dodgers\u2019 shadow, writes Joel Sherman<\/a>. In the piece, Sherman shared some insights into how personally Steve and Alex Cohen tried to recruit Kyle Tucker.<\/p>\n

CBS Sports\u2019 R.J. Anderson ranked the top<\/a> 20 prospects in the NL East, with Nolan McLean topping the list.<\/p>\n

Sarah Langs explained how<\/a> the team\u2019s new-look infield could pull off a rare feat on Opening Day.<\/p>\n

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

One day after losing infielder Ha-Seong Kim for an extended period of time, the Braves inked infielder<\/a> Jorge Mateo to a one-year deal.<\/p>\n

Cole Weintraub identified some notable<\/a> minor-league additions to keep an eye on in Phillies camp.<\/p>\n

The Good Phight talked about<\/a> Philadelphia needing to rely on pieces from their farm system to keep their window open.<\/p>\n

The Nationals signed left-handed reliever<\/a> Zach Pendrod to a minor league contract.<\/p>\n

Around Major League Baseball<\/p>\n

The Baseball Hall of Fame voting results will be revealed tonight. Here\u2019s everything we know<\/a> so far.<\/p>\n

The MLB.com staff made the Cooperstown case<\/a> for the five leading vote-getters.<\/p>\n

Joel Sherman shared his ballot<\/a> for the 2026 Cooperstown Hall of Fame class and discussed how his thinking has changed<\/p>\n

Sweeny Murti shared the story of<\/a> the forgotten classic that honored MLK Jr.<\/p>\n

With spring training set to begin in less than one month, there are still some big free agents<\/a> remaining on the market.<\/p>\n

Aaron Judge exemplifies the Yankees\u2019 arc a decade into his career, writes Bryan Hoch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Orioles made their biggest splash yet<\/a> on the international market\u2014eight players from the Dominican Republic and two from Venezuela.<\/p>\n

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

Lukas Vlahos graded<\/a> the team\u2019s signing of Bo Bichette.<\/p>\n

Elian Pe\u00f1a came in at<\/a> number 13 on the Amazin\u2019 Avenue list of Mets\u2019 prospects list.<\/p>\n

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

The reunion between Tom Seaver and the Mets ended on this date in 1984<\/a>, as the White Sox picked up the right-hander after the Mets left The Franchise unprotected in the annual free agent compensation draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phillies are reportedly \u2018livid\u2019 that Bo Bichette spurned their $200 million offer in favor of a shorter-term…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529164,"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-529163","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\/115927972924252881","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529163","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=529163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}