Meet the Mets<\/p>\n
Despite being previously named the captain of Team Puerto Rico, Francisco Lindor will not be playing in the World Baseball Classic this year<\/a> due to the elbow procedure he underwent at the beginning of the offseason.<\/p>\n With Freddy Peralta now in the fold, what is the state of the Mets\u2019 rotation<\/a> heading into 2026?<\/p>\n The Mets\u2019 surplus of talent in the upper levels of the minor leagues gives the major league team plenty of depth<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n Around the National League East<\/p>\n The Phillies have added some positional depth by inking Dylan Moore to a minor league deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n Philadelphia\u2019s rotation has some question marks<\/a> heading into 2026.<\/p>\n The Braves have signed veteran left-hander Martin P\u00e9rez<\/a> to a minor league deal.<\/p>\n Federal Baseball examined what the state of the Nationals\u2019 farm system could be<\/a> after another season of development.<\/p>\n Around Major League Baseball<\/p>\n After a strong rookie campaign, shortstop Jacob Wilson has agreed to a long-term extension with the Athletics<\/a>.<\/p>\n After nine seasons with the Twins, president of baseball operations Derek Falvey is departing the club<\/a> in what is being presented as a mutual decision.<\/p>\n Veteran reliever and former Met David Robertston has announced his retirement from baseball<\/a>.<\/p>\n After making his major league debut in 2025, Mariners right-hander Logan Evans will now miss the entire 2026 season due to Tommy John surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another free agent outfielder is off the board, as the White Sox have inked Austin Hays to a one-year deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n While Driveline is often viewed as an apparatus for improving pitching performance, many hitters are now taking advantage of its offerings as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n Royals first baseman and noted New York Jets fan Vinnie Pasquantino has agreed to a two-year contract<\/a> to avoid arbitration.<\/p>\n Yesterday at Amazin\u2019 Avenue<\/p>\n Allison McCague was worried that we had forgotten just how abysmal Cedric Mullins was as a Met, so she offered us a reminder<\/a>.<\/p>\n Prior to being traded to the Brewers, the Amazin\u2019 Avenue minor league crew had ranked Jett Williams as the team\u2019s fourth best prospect<\/a> entering 2026.<\/p>\n While many of us have been focused on Freddy Peralta, Grace Carbone provided us with an introduction to Tobias Myers<\/a>, the other player acquired from Milwaukee in the trade.<\/p>\n This Date in Mets History<\/p>\n Ralph Kiner signed on to join the Mets\u2019 broadcast booth for their inaugural season on this date in 1962<\/a>.<\/p>\n See More: Mets Morning News<\/a>Mets News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meet the Mets Despite being previously named the captain of Team Puerto Rico, Francisco Lindor will not be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,101,41599,4964,4,1690,61,2548,4203],"class_list":{"0":"post-547983","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-mets-news","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-mets","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkmets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115991127256907265","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547983","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=547983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}