{"id":603677,"date":"2026-03-03T14:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/603677\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:39:14","slug":"mets-morning-news-lets-talk-top-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/603677\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Morning News: Let\u2019s talk top prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"

ESPN\u2019s Jorge Castillo took us inside<\/a> the Mets\u2019 offseason makeover and looked at what\u2019s next for the club as they head into 2026.<\/p>\n

Freddy Peralta is already fitting in with the Mets, and Ken Rosenthal speculated as to whether<\/a> this would be a long-term commitment between the two sides.<\/p>\n

Mets players are ready for the \u2018special experience<\/a>\u2019 of participating in the World Baseball Classic.<\/p>\n

Francisco Lindor is \u2018still optimistic<\/a>\u2019 about being ready for Opening Day and is awaiting a key step in his recovery process.<\/p>\n

Despite Ron Darling\u2019s recent SNY segment about Kodai Senga, Carlos Mendoza was adamant that<\/a> the Mets are not considering a five-man rotation, stating \u201cwe have six starters\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nolan McLean felt ill<\/a> and had to miss one of Team USA\u2019s first workouts.<\/p>\n

Dan Martin analyzed<\/a> the Mets\u2019 unlikely discovery of Carson Benge.<\/p>\n

Did you know that McLean and Benge, the team\u2019s top two prospects, were two-way stars together at Oklahoma State University? Well, they were when they overlapped for the team<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n

The Mets signed right-handed reliever<\/a> Dan Hammer to a two-year minor league deal.<\/p>\n

Sam Dykstra shared the Mets\u2019 Top 30 prospects<\/a> according to MLB Pipeline for 2026.<\/p>\n

SNY\u2019s Joe DeMayo shared his list<\/a> of Top 30 prospects.<\/p>\n

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

Here are the Top 30 prospects lists for the Phillies<\/a>, Braves<\/a>, Marlins<\/a>, and Nationals<\/a>, as compiled by MLB Pipeline.<\/p>\n

Will Sammon wondered<\/a> Sandy Alcantara would regain his Cy Young form with the Marlins after a down year in 2025.<\/p>\n

Phillies\u2019 outfielder Johan Rojas would no longer be participating<\/a> for the Dominican Republic in the WBC after reportedly testing positive<\/a> for a banned substance.<\/p>\n

Longtime Marlins broadcaster Tommy Hutton announced his plans to retire<\/a> after the 2026 MLB season.<\/p>\n

Around Major League Baseball<\/p>\n

MLB Pipeline revealed their list<\/a> of Top 30 prospects for the teams in the NL East and the AL East.<\/p>\n

Sam Dykstra, Jim Callis, and Jonathan Mayo predicted each team\u2019s top prospect<\/a> for 2028.<\/p>\n

The MLB.com staff picked out<\/a> some one prospect per team who are making waves this spring.<\/p>\n

With the World Baseball Classic starting, here are the power rankings<\/a> heading into the competition.<\/p>\n

Laura Albanese wrote about the WBC<\/a>, saying that while it\u2019s not without its flaws, it is fun and full of high drama.<\/p>\n

Writing for Fangraphs, Michael Rosen examined some fun new pitches<\/a> from this spring.<\/p>\n

Dusty Baker took us on a trip<\/a> around historic Dodgertown through his own eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cGramps\u201d (AKA Max Scherzer) is back at<\/a> Blue Jays cam after signing a one-year deal to return to Toronto.<\/p>\n

A new tournament-style format is coming to<\/a> Spring Breakout in 2027.<\/p>\n

Konnor Griffin is already doing things<\/a> that are unprecedented for a teenager.<\/p>\n

Vance Honeycutt has three home runs<\/a> in three spring at-bats despite not even being in Orioles major league camp.<\/p>\n

Red Sox Manager Alex Cora called<\/a> Justin Gonzales, the No. 6 prospect in Boston\u2019s farm system, \u201ca freak athlete\u201d who \u201cwould be playing tight end for somebody\u201d if he wasn\u2019t playing baseball.<\/p>\n

Framber Valdez made his spring debut<\/a> for the Tigers yesterday, and there was something old amid all the new in his outing.<\/p>\n

Dodgers\u2019 pitcher Gavin Stone experienced a setback<\/a>, casting doubt upon his availability for the team\u2019s Opening Day rotation.<\/p>\n

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

Lukas Vlahos previewed<\/a> Tyrone Taylor\u2019s 2026 season, which sees him back in the right role as an outfield reserve.<\/p>\n

Steve Sypa previewed<\/a> Hayden Senger\u2019s season, which will see the catcher and former Whole Foods employee reprise his 2025 role as catching depth.<\/p>\n

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

David Wright and Bobby Parnell threw out Noah Syndergaard\u2019s lunch on this date in 2015<\/a>, a moment that does not require additional context for any diehard Mets fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN\u2019s Jorge Castillo took us inside the Mets\u2019 offseason makeover and looked at what\u2019s next for the club…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603678,"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-603677","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\/116165762331573269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603677","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=603677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}