Stock, 36, has appeared in parts of five MLB seasons to this point in his career. A second-round pick by the Cardinals back in 2009, he made a strong impression with the Padres in 2018, his first season as a big leaguer. He posted a 2.50 ERA in 39 2/3 innings of work that year, but unfortunately he's struggled at the big league level since then.
Although Peralta has expressed openness to extension talks, he's targeting the kind of contract which the Mets have mostly avoided under president of baseball operations David Stearns. Peralta told Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic earlier this week that he was looking for a long-term deal. He was more specific on Friday, telling Jon Heyman of The New York Post he's seeking "seven or eight years."
A lot of this stuff is sentimental, emotional and important to Tom's family. It's always a tough decision, and [the items are] going to go to people that are ultimately going to love, cherish, enjoy and display this stuff.
Forde graduated from St. John's with a dual bachelor's degree in psychology and sports management in 1994. She went on to spend 22 years in the Mets' media relations department, beginning as an intern in 1994 before rising all the way to senior director.
In an unbelievable display of "bend-don't-break" pitching, the Kentucky staff allowed St. John's to put runners on base in eight of the nine innings and still walked away with a shutout. That is incredibly hard to do. Between Friday's Jaxon Jelkin gem and Saturday's bulldog of an effort, the Cats have now allowed just one unearned run in 18 innings against the Red Storm.
He tells Anthony DiComo of MLB.com that he's about a month behind the other pitchers in camp. He hopes to get into a Grapefruit League game before spring training is done but isn't guaranteed to do so. The injury tracker at MLB.com lists his expected return as early May.
Losing will always put a strain on a clubhouse or a locker room, especially when that losing comes amidst a season that was supposed to have legitimate championship aspirations. New York Mets superstar Juan Soto finally hinted that something was off about last season's squad, which missed the postseason after an extended, three-and-a-half-month-long collapse. That's in the past, he said when asked if there was any carryover of those issues into 2026. We forget about it. We focus on 2026.
The Dodgers first acquired Rortvedt at the trade deadline in 2025, receiving him from the Tampa Bay Rays in a three-team deal. Rortvedt went straight to Triple-A, but quickly found his way to the majors. Will Smith and Dalton Rushing, L.A.'s first and second choice catchers, landed on the injured list within a week of each other in September, leaving Rortvedt as the Dodgers' starter.
For fans, the 2026 season was pronounced over on Dec. 12, when Pete Alonso signed a five-year, $160 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles. For David Stearns, the winter was just beginning. Stearns, to the dismay of many fans, built a competitive roster that balanced talent and a positive work ethic. But still, questions remain. With a team as fresh as it is on paper, fans may have a plethora of questions to ask
In need of left-handed reinforcements for their bullpen, the New York Mets acquired Bryan Hudson from the Chicago White Sox for cash considerations on Tuesday. The 28-year-old southpaw owns a 2.83 ERA over three seasons with the Dodgers, Brewers, and White Sox, though the bulk of that solid stat line comes from the 2024 campaign with Milwaukee. In 43 appearances (61.2 innings) that season, Hudson posted a 1.73 ERA with 62 strikeouts. He posted a 4.80 ERA in 16 games last season.
So another word about tickets. They did finally announce single-game tickets were going on sale, but only for games though June. It's not enough to keep season plans limited to those requiring fans to buy more tickets than they can use, feeding the secondary markets which the Mets also get a cut of, but "make-your-own-plan" fans like me who've reliably occupied seats for decades,
New Yorker state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would impose a moratorium of at least three years on permits tied to the construction and operation of new data centers. While the bill's prospects are uncertain, Wired reports that New York is at least the sixth state to consider pausing construction of new data centers. As tech companies plan to spend ever-increasing amounts of money to build AI infrastructure, both Democrats and Republicans have expressed concerns about the impact those data centers might have on surrounding communities.
Olney: Financial disparity among teams has long existed, but the Dodgers' payroll will serve to galvanize the effort of other owners to rebuild the sport's financial system through some kind of proposed cap-and-floor design. As one former player said: "It's like we're back in 1994 -- you've got some owners looking for the players to solve ownership issues." The players went on strike in August of 1994, of course, and that fall's World Series was canceled. But it remains to be seen how far the owners will push to revamp the system, and whether the players' coalition will hold together as strongly as it did three decades ago.
Over a 16-year career with nine different teams he spent the majority of his time with the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs Kimbrel ranks fifth on the all-time saves list with 440 to go with a 2.58 ERA. Last season with the Braves and Houston Astros, the 37-year-old southpaw posted a 2.25 ERA across 14 appearances, which at least suggests that he still has some quality frames left in the tank.
Mets legend David Wright's Hall-of-Fame credentials had been pretty cut and dry. When healthy, he was on a fast track to Cooperstown, but spinal stenosis derailed his career during his age-32 season in 2015, relegating him to one of the more prominent what ifs? in recent baseball history. Yet the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) appears to be taking his entire journey, and just how good he was during his peak years, into consideration, which surprisingly bodes well for potential enshrinement down the road.
