Meet the Mets
The Mets will be wearing a memorial patch on their jerseys for Davey Johnson this season.
The New York Transit Museum will be running a vintage 7 Line train to Mets-Willet Point Thursday morning in honor of Opening Day.
Carson Benge had an excited (and colorful) reaction to being called up to the major league roster.
Mike Puma of the New York Post has predicted that the Mets will triumph over the Mariners in this year’s World Series, and hopefully he has the same success as last season’s predictions.
In fact, the whole New York Post staff made their various 2026 predictions.
The SNY staff made their own predictions for 2026 playoff teams, postseason results, and more.
Laura Albanese paid tribute to her love of baseball, which is deeper than the usual reasons, and graded the Mets’ positions ahead of the start of the season.
Freddy Peralta might be the glue guy the Mets have desperately needed.
A few years ago, Brooks Raley would’ve never believed New York to be his long-term home, but he enters 2026 as the longest-tenured Mets reliever.
After years of criticism about paying too much homage to the former Brooklyn Dodgers and not enough to the history of the team it homes, Citi Field has finally come into its own as the home of the New York Mets.
Around the National League East
The Braves have already run into a roster issue before the season has even started: they might have run the well dry on major league pitching before a single regular season game has been played.
The Marlins have signed outfielder Austin Slater to a major league contract.
The Yankees traded infielder Zack Short to the Nationals for cash.
Around Major League Baseball
After praising employees for speaking up about misconduct, the Detroit Tigers forced a whistleblower out of the organization.
ESPN has a full 2026 offseason chaos guide, to help fans prepare ahead of the start of the season.
The Brewers have traded minor league pitcher K.C. Hunt to the Rays for pitcher Jake Woodford.
Former Met Joey Lucchesi has signed with the Angels and is expected to make their roster.
The new rules for first and third-base coaches has them standing potentially in harm’s way.
The Yankees have finalized their Opening Day roster.
Pete Crow-Armstrong has officially signed a six-year, $115 million extension with the Cubs, buying out the rest of his years of team control and then some.
The so-called “robot umps” are coming, and they’re cool, but they’re certainly not perfect.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
The staff here at Amazin’ Avenue made some bold predictions for the upcoming 2026 season.
Linda Surovich wrote about the potential of Luke Weaver to dominate in the Mets’ remade bullpen this season.
Linus Lawrence brought us the Final Four of Mets Madness and previewed the championship matchup.
Linus also asked the question most Mets fans are worrying about in the bullpen: which Devin Williams is the one the Mets signed to a three-year deal this offseason?
Brian Salvatore previewed Brooks Raley’s 2026 season.
This Date in Mets History
Today is the birthday of two well-known Mets, one whose Mets tenure was famous and another’s whose tenure was more infamous.
