Meet the Mets
Much like this past trade deadline, Luis Robert Jr. is said to be on the market and the New York Mets are among the interested parties when it comes to a deal with the White Sox.
Around the National League East
For a season filled with
failures and disappointments, Drake Baldwin and his Rookie of the Year campaign was a nice takeaway from the Braves’ 2025.
Part of the Phillies moving on from reliever Matt Strahm and trading him to Kansas City was that he simply became a bad hang around the team.
Around Major League Baseball
Willson Contreras’ time in St. Louis is finished as the Cardinals traded their first baseman and $8M to the Red Sox for villain of the Yankees Hunter Dobbins and a pair of righty prospects.
The Munetaka Murakami sweepstakes came to an end as the Japanese slugger agreed to a two-year deal with the White Sox ahead of his Monday deadline for $34M.
Though not an actual swap, but more of a spiritual one, Bobby Dalbec is heading to Japan and joining the NPB’s Yomiuri Giants.
What exactly do the high-paid ghosts of the 2023 Mets rotation have in the tank as they move through their early 40s?
With Anthony Volpe’s return from offseason surgery still unclear, the Yankees joined the Mets in some player swapping and signed Old Friend Zack Short to a minor-league deal.
This Date in Mets History
On this date last year, the Mets and Sean Manaea reunited on a three-year, $75M contract.
