{"id":584572,"date":"2026-02-21T09:43:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/584572\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T09:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:43:35","slug":"mets-morning-news-the-sunll-come-out-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/584572\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Morning News: The sun\u2019ll come out tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re 29 hours away from hearing Gary, Keith, and Ron on air for the first time in 2026, as the Mets\u2019 spring training opener is set for a 1:10 PM EST first pitch tomorrow in Port St. Lucie. That\u2019s a good excuse to take another look at the broadcast schedule for the Mets\u2019 spring training games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Mets released their 2026 promotional schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As several Mets infielders learn new positions, they\u2019re playing a variation of HORSE during infield drills<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking of infielders learning new positions, Brett Baty talked about the work he\u2019s doing in right field<\/a> as the Mets weigh their options for that position ahead of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

Francisco Lindor says he respects Steve Cohen\u2019s decision<\/a> to make the Mets captain-free for the remainder of the time that he owns the team.<\/p>\n

Jonah Tong is adding a cutter<\/a> to his repertoire this season.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t Mike Tauchman\u2019s first time competing with a blue chip prospect for a spot on an Opening Day roster, as he started spring training in 2023 with the Cubs in a competition that included former Mets prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Howie Rose will call fewer Mets games this season, as he will not travel for road games<\/a>. Should the Mets make the postseason, though, he plans to call every one of those games.<\/p>\n

Carlos Mendoza says the Mets\u2019 approach to the major league implementation of the ABS strike zone challenge system is to let the players challenge as much as they want in spring training<\/a> so the team can see who\u2019s good enough at it to do it in real games.<\/p>\n

The Mets signed right-handed pitcher Bryce Conley to a minor league deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Former Mets center fielder Juan Lagares announced his retirement<\/a> from playing baseball.<\/p>\n

The Mets released<\/a> minor league player Jefry De Los Santos.<\/p>\n

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

Battery Power writes that a healthy Austin Riley could be the key that unlocks Atlanta\u2019s lineup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Good Phight looks at the relatively uninspiring options<\/a> if the Phillies were to carry a third left-handed pitcher in their bullpen.<\/p>\n

Federal Baseball writes that Landon Harmon is one of several breakout candidates<\/a> in the Nationals\u2019 farm system.<\/p>\n

Robby Snelling, a consensus top-100 prospect in baseball, will start the Marlins\u2019 Grapefruit League opener<\/a> against the Mets tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Around Major League Baseball<\/p>\n

The Brewers extended Pat Murphy\u2019s contract<\/a> as the team\u2019s manager through the 2028 season with an option for 2029.<\/p>\n

Owners have been pouring money into a reserve fund<\/a> in anticipation of locking out the players when baseball\u2019s current collective bargaining agreement expires.<\/p>\n

Chris Bassitt, who serves on MLBPA\u2019s executive subcommittee, spoke about owners\u2019 desire to get a salary cap<\/a> and said, \u201chaving suppressed salaries across the league so owners can make more money is not the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking of the union, Ken Rosenthal writes that Bruce Meyer must expand his capacity to lead<\/a> following his unanimous election as the organization\u2019s interim executive director<\/a> following the resignation of Tony Clark.<\/p>\n

ESPN is launching Women\u2019s Sports Sundays<\/a>, which will feature games from the WNBA and NWSL airing in the Sunday night slot that was vacated by the network\u2019s decision to move on from Sunday Night Baseball.<\/p>\n

Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have pleaded not guilty<\/a> to the accusations they\u2019re facing in the fraud case that alleges they colluded with sports bettors to rig bets.<\/p>\n

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

Our daily question asked you about a spring training story line that will age poorly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vas Drimalitis wrote about Nick Burdi in a season preview<\/a> as we continue our attempt to cover every player in major league spring training.<\/p>\n

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

How\u2019s this for timing? The Mets signed Tony Clark on this date in 2003<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re 29 hours away from hearing Gary, Keith, and Ron on air for the first time in 2026,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584573,"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-584572","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\/116107975404499552","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584572","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=584572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}