Mets In The News Today
- The Mets keep circling starting pitching, Freddy Peralta and Edward Cabrera are the two names that won’t go away.
Peralta is coming off a monster 2025 (2.70 ERA, 204 K, 176 IP) and checks the “adult innings” box the Mets failed at last year. Cabrera is the upside play: 97+ mph, nasty secondaries, three years of control, and a 2025 workload jump (137 IP) that finally looks like a starter’s season. - Christian Arroyo is in, and it’s the most honest kind of offseason move.
Minor league deal, spring invite, right-handed depth that can bounce around the infield. This is the “someone has to play on Wednesday afternoons in May” signing, and teams that survive 162 need a pile of these. - First base is officially in “replace it in the aggregate” mode.
One recent plan floating around has Jorge Polanco + Mark Vientos sharing the job. Polanco’s 2025 line plays (26 HR, .265/.326/.495, 132 wRC+), Vientos is the power lottery ticket (2025: 17 HR, .233/.289/.413, 97 wRC+). The bat math is cute. The glove risk is real. - The outfield rumor mill still hums: Kyle Tucker check-ins, Cody Bellinger as a more “realistic” target. Tucker is the “nuclear option” add behind Soto. Bellinger is the “fill multiple holes without detonating the payroll” play.
A Trip Around Major League Baseball
- Cody Bellinger’s market is loud again.
Multiple big-market teams are sniffing around, and the price point is the whole story. - Kyle Tucker remains the headline free agent chess piece.
Teams keep “checking in” because that’s what everyone does before someone finally pays the bill. - Bo Bichette buzz is picking up across the league.
It’s that time of year when every contender thinks it’s one shortstop away from enlightenment. - Bregman watch stays hot.
Big offers, big leverage, and a lot of front offices pretending they’re not sweating.
NL East News & Notes
Braves
- Minor league shopping continues, including DaShawn Keirsey Jr. as depth.
- Atlanta stays Atlanta: accumulate athletes, let the machine sort it out.
Phillies
- Don Mattingly joins as bench coach, which is a pretty serious “we’re not messing around” staff add.
- Philly also keeps sniffing around outfield upgrades.
Marlins
- Edward Cabrera is the name everyone calls about.
- Miami’s leverage is control years. The asking price won’t be polite.
Nationals
- Claimed Joey Weimer off waivers.
- The Nats keep stockpiling controllable pieces and betting on development.
Mets History Today
- January 6, 2025: The Mets announced David Wright’s No. 5 would be retired and he’d be inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame.
- July 19, 2025: Wright’s No. 5 officially went up in the rafters, franchise immortality, done deal.
- This date always hits different because it’s a reminder: when the Mets honor a real one, the whole fanbase suddenly remembers how to feel things again.
- Bonus perspective: “retired numbers” isn’t history, it’s a permanent receipt.
Stats You Should Know
- Freddy Peralta is a workload fix, not just a talent add.
176 IP and 204 K with a 2.70 ERA in 2025 is frontline production, plus he’s been living in the “165+ IP, 30+ starts” neighborhood for multiple seasons. - Edward Cabrera is the upside arm with the command question.
The stuff has never been the issue. The walk rate is the swing skill. If the control gains hold, his ceiling jumps a tier. - Polanco + Vientos at 1B is a bat bet with real variance.
Polanco’s 132 wRC+ in 2025 is legit impact. Vientos’ 2025 wRC+ (97) says “nearly average,” but the power profile is what the Mets are gambling on. - The Mets’ 2025 problem wasn’t just “pitching was bad,” it was “innings weren’t there.”
Fixing 2026 starts with one non-negotiable: more starter innings, fewer bullpen panic innings, fewer weeks where the game feels over by the 5th.
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