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New York Post

Mets’ final Opening Day roster decisions settled by injury

The Mets have reached a conclusion on the final two spots in their bullpen.

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José Butto will provide valuable starting depth in 2024

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via In the modern game, depth pitchers like Butto are a really important thing to have—and can help set the Mets apart from other teams with shallower rotations. Last April, the Mets’ starting rotation was ravaged by injuries/suspensions extremely early in the season. Max Scherzer was suspended, and Justin Verlander, Carlos Carrasco, and Jose Quintana were all on the injured list by the end of April. The Mets had to reach deep into their starting depth earlier than they wanted to, and that meant they had to send José Butto out...

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Ronny Mauricio will spend most, if not all, of the 2024 season recovering from surgery

Photo by Adam Hunger/ After making his major league debut late last year, Mauricio likely has to wait until 2025 for another shot in the big leagues. In an effort to preview the 2024 seasons of every player on the Mets’ 40-man roster by Opening Day, yes, we’re doing a season preview for Ronny Mauricio, who is unlikely to play at all this year—especially at the major league level. Following a major league debut in which he made 108 plate appearances, hit .248/.296/.347 with two home runs, and stole seven bases, Mauricio tore his ACL playing winter ball in December....

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Max Kranick will begin the year on the IL, possibly serve as rotation depth for the 2024 Mets

Photo by Elsa/ The 26-year-old suffered a hamstring injury in spring training. Back in mid-January, the Mets claimed 26-year-old right-handed pitcher Max Kranick on waivers, a move that might not have registered with most Mets fans ahead of his brief stint in spring training that ended with a hamstring injury. With the team’s Opening Day rotation set, Tylor Megill will begin the year at the major league level with José Butto and Joey Lucchesi starting in Triple-A Syracuse. As things stand, the rotation there figures to be pretty crowded, and whenever Kranick is ready...

Pinstripe Alley

NYY vs. NYM: Luis Gil vs. Tyler Stuart

Photo by New York Yankees/ The Bombers host their crosstown rivals at GMS. With less than a week to go until Opening Day, the Yankees face their final slate of spring tune-ups. They host the Mets at GMS before a large portion of the big-league regulars head down to Mexico to face the Diablos Rojos in Mexico City. Let’s see what’s on tap for this afternoon’s action. Luis Gil has looked dominant this spring now that he is almost two years removed from Tommy John surgery. Between his MLB experience, superior repertoire, and success this spring, the 25-year-old may...

New York Post

Mets make final rotation decision with Jose Butto sent to minors

The Mets’ starting rotation to start the season, barring a late injury, was settled Wednesday.

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Tylor Megill makes Mets’ Opening Day rotation, José Butto optioned to minors

Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports The 28-year-old has claimed a spot in the team’s rotation. Earlier today, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza announced that 28-year-old right-handed pitcher Tylor Megill had made the team’s Opening Day rotation, taking the spot that opened up when Kodai Senga got hurt early in spring training. The spot always seemed to be Megill’s to lose, but he wasn’t alone in trying to claim it. Max Kranick was said to be in the mix before suffering an injury of his own, José Butto pitched very well in spring training after putting up good numbers in...

New York Post

The remaining big roster decisions Mets face before opener

Team officials had a good idea before camp began of the 26 players they plan to take north. But the X factor is always injuries, with spring training performance also not completely dismissed.

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David Peterson is a rotation question mark in 2024

Photo by Jim McIsaac/ An injury is robbing him of the first couple months of the season and a prime opportunity. A relatively quiet offseason has come and gone for the Mets, with a few pitching additions that on a good day should bump the Mets’ rotation depth to just that: depth. However, Kodai Senga’s injury and its unknown duration create an opening, with familiar names (Tylor Megill, José Butto) trying to claim the final open slot. One name that has spent the last few years lingering around that final rotation spot, though, is not even in the mix. Long before...

New York Post

Mets name Jose Quintana Opening Day starter after Kodai Senga injury

The Mets needed a new Opening Day starter after Kodai Senga suffered a shoulder injury early in camp.

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Joey Lucchesi will be a valuable depth piece for the Mets this season

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via The southpaw is coming off a solid 2023 season. Heading into camp this year, Joey Lucchesi’s role on the team was a bit undefined with the additions of Luis Severino, Adrian Houser, and Sean Manaea in the offseason. With Kodai Senga and José Quintana returning, the rotation seemed set to begin the year, and Lucchesi, Tylor Megill, and José Butto would serve as depth pieces for the 2024 season. Now with Senga’s injury things have opened up a bit and Lucchesi and his unique churve could grab the final spot in the rotation to...

New York Post

Mets’ Edwin Diaz looks absolutely dominant in first game since season-ending injury

Edwin Diaz looked as dominant as last seen on a major league mound, striking out the side in the fifth inning of the Mets’ exhibition game against the Marlins at Clover Park.

New York Post

Ji Man Choi’s hot spring continues in Mets’ victory

Noteworthy items during the Mets’ Grapefruit League action on Saturday:   Choi’s churning Ji Man Choi went 3-for-3 with an RBI in the Mets’ 9-3 exhibition victory over the Cardinals in Jupiter, Fla., on Saturday. The journeyman Choi — who formerly played with the Angels, Yankees, Brewers, Rays, Pirates and Padres — was signed to...

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Mets closer Edwin Díaz is set for spring debut after freak WBC injury a year ago

New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz is set to appear in a game for the first time since tearing a patellar tendon during the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

New York Post

Mets’ Jeff McNeil ‘feeling good’ after dry swings in positive injury sign

McNeil didn’t feel the left bicep soreness that altered his spring last week after taking dry swings.

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Jake Diekman is one of the Mets’ best relievers heading into the 2024 season

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via After a rocky start to his 2023 season, Diekman was superb after he signed with the Rays. The Mets were patient, to put it mildly, when it came to building out a major league bullpen over the course of this offseason. Once they finally started making moves to add good relievers to the mix behind returning closer Edwin Díaz, though, they made some solid signings, the best of which was probably their one-year, $4 million deal with Jake Diekman. The contract includes a club option for the 2025 season at the same salary and would...

New York Post

The Injury Report: Mets’ Jeff McNeil sidelined with bicep soreness

NYU Langone Sports Medicine Center’s Dr. Guillem Gonzalez-Lomas joins New York Post Sports anchor Brandon London to discuss why the Mets’ Jeff McNeil has been sidelined with bicep soreness and the rehab process for the former NL batting champion. Watch the full Injury Report segment on YouTube: https://trib.al/6iEVO8q

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Mets Morning News for March 6, 2024

Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports Your Wednesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets Edwin Diaz is set to step on a major league mound almost a year after his season ending injury. This comes after pitching a perfect inning in a minor league intrasquad game on Tuesday. Tylor Megill made his second spring start on Tuesday and said his new splitter “felt good”. Starling Marte, Brandon Nimmo, and Harrison Bader manned the outfield at the same time for the first time this spring. Carlos Mendoza spent the offseason building relationships...

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Yankees 2024 Season Preview: Marcus Stroman

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The righty sinkerballer will look to prove himself in 2024. 2024 will be the first season in several years where Marcus Stroman’s team will not rely on him as a top-of-the-rotation guy. With the Mets, he was the club’s best starter. In Chicago, he was one of the top two. On this roster, he will slot into the third spot of the rotation and look to deliver 150 solid innings. He hasn’t reached that mark since 2021 due to injury troubles, but the hope is that the injury bug is behind him. Stroman’s two-year, $37 million deal came...

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Astros Crawfish Boil

Chas McCormick | Photo by Megan Briggs/ Welcome to the Wednesday Boil. Houston Astros News Verlander (shoulder) needs time to build strength, will open season on IL Small-town guy Trey Cabbage dreaming big with Astros this spring (Houston Chronicle) Here’s how Astros next extension candidate might actually catch you by surprise (Sportsmap Houston) We have the depth’: Analyzing Astros’ rotation after JV injury Astros’ Alex Bregman could be at the center of uptick in Mets-Yankees free agency battles AL West News Blarts — Rangers spring training postcard: The...

New York Post

Mets veterans have set a standard in learning the ‘skill’ of durability

Not all injuries are preventable. Genetics matter. So does fortune. But more and more, we learn the preventive benefits of better diet, flexibility, hydration, sleep and mental health, The Post's Joel Sherman writes.

New York Post

Mets shut down Jeff McNeil from hitting with bicep issue

Carlos Mendoza handled about three minutes worth of injury questions before the Mets manager could speak about other subjects Saturday.

New York Post

Mets increase push to upgrade rotation after Kodai Senga injury

The bigger question is whether they will seriously consider Jordan Montgomery. But for now, they seek depth.

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Max Kranick has hamstring injury

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via The right-handed pitcher had been considered a candidate for the fifth spot in the team’s Opening Day rotation. Max Kranick, a 26-year-old right-handed pitcher picked up on waivers by the Mets over the offseason, has a left hamstring strain. With that, he’ll be sidelined and figures to begin his season on a rehab assignment in the minors, as he’s out of options. Kranick has thrown just 43.2 innings in the big leagues thus far in his career, all with the Pirates, and in that limited time, he has a 5.56 ERA and a 4.49 FIP. In...

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Jacob deGrom and Blake Snell win 2018 Cy Young Awards

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