{"id":562104,"date":"2026-02-09T07:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/562104\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T07:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:54:26","slug":"mets-morning-news-rip-terrance-gore-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/562104\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Morning News: RIP Terrance Gore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Anthony DiComo of MLB.com ran down the Mets\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fmets%2Fnews%2Fmets-biggest-questions-2026-spring-training\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">biggest questions<\/a> heading into spring training, including whether Carson Benge will break camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Freddy Peralta and Clay Holmes were among the pitchers to <a href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/articles\/mets-freddy-peralta-clay-holmes-live-bp-port-st-lucie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">throw batting practice<\/a> in yesterday\u2019s workout at Port St. Lucie.<\/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\">Atlanta Braves pitcher Hurston Waldrep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walb.com\/2026\/02\/08\/atlanta-braves-pitcher-hurston-waldrep-has-jersey-retired-thomasville\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had his jersey retired<\/a> Friday night at his alma mater Thomasville High School.<\/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\">Former major league outfielder and stolen base specialist Terrance Gore tragically <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLB\/status\/2020188163122036826\" rel=\"nofollow\">passed away<\/a> at the age of 34, we learned yesterday. Gore was a member of the back-to-back AL champion and 2015 World Series champion Kansas City Royals, as well as a member of the 2022 Mets, who were the final team he played for in his <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fterrance-gore-passes-away\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eight-season big league career<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday at Amazin\u2019 Avenue<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jos\u00e9 Ramos is likely to begin 2026 in Triple-A Syracuse, but he may have a role to play on the team this season given the Mets\u2019 thin outfield depth, wrote Chris McShane in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazinavenue.com\/new-york-mets-roster\/89950\/mets-2026-season-preview-jose-ramos-outfield-center-field\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">season preview<\/a> for the 25-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>This Date in Mets History<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On this date in 1994, the Mets <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYMhistory\/status\/1888236992078418313?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">signed<\/a> Rey Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez. He went on to win three consecutive Gold Gloves from 1997 to 1999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony DiComo of MLB.com ran down the Mets\u2019 biggest questions heading into spring training, including whether Carson Benge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,101,41599,4964,4,1690,61,2548,4203],"class_list":{"0":"post-562104","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\/116039598945805517","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562104","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=562104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}