What’s up with the Mets? 🍎
INF Bo Bichette will exercise his $42 million player option and remain with the Mets in 2027 (Athletic)
Roster Moves 📰
INF Kyren Paris claimed off waivers from the Angels
OF Cristian Pache designated for assignment
Off-Season Outlook 📈
This winter, the Mets have no players with unconditional expiring contracts, and only one where a player option may or may not be considered. The club has no team options to consider, but will need to decide whether or not to tender contracts to ten different arbitration-eligible players by mid-November.
In addition, the Mets could choose to non-tender players who are pre-arbitration eligible if they no longer have any minor league options available.
The Mets could also attempt to trade any such player they’re considering not tendering a contract to before the mid-November deadline.
PENDING FREE AGENTS
None
TEAM OPTIONS
None
PLAYER OPTIONS
None
ARBITRATION ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
Francisco Álvarez
Brett Baty
Reed Garrett
Tylor Megill
Christopher Morel
Dedniel Núñez
Cristian Pache
Cionel Perez
Mark Vientos
Austin Warren
PLAYERS KNOWN TO HAVE NO MINOR LEAGUE OPTIONS LEFT
Mark Vientos
Christopher Morel
Cristian Pache
Daniel Duarte
Tobias Myers
Austin Warren
Robert Stock
Chayce McDermott
Ronny Mauricio
MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS ELIGIBLE FOR RULE 5 DRAFT EXPOSURE
Catchers: Chris Suero, Kevin Parada, Ronald Hernandez
Infielders: Ryan Clifford, Randy Guzman, Estarling Mercado, Jefferson Rojas, Jacob Reimer, Nick Lorusso, Marco Vargas
Outfielders: D’Andre Smith, Yohairo Cuevas
SPs: Gary Gill Hill, Jack Wenninger, Irving Cota, Noah Hall, Dakota Hawkins, Joel Díaz, Jose Chirinos, Jonathan Jimenez, Wyatt Hudepohl
RPs: Zach Franklin, Ben Simon, Felipe De La Cruz, Douglas Orellana, Calvin Ziegler, Saul Garcia, Luis R. Rodriguez, Bryce Jenkins, Cristofer Gomez, Ryan Ammons, Juan Arnaud, Ernesto Mercedes, Gregori Louis, Austin Troesser
Key Off-Season Dates 📅
Free agency begins - November 3
Deadline for qualifying offer to free agents - November 3
GM/Industry Meetings, Las Vegas - November 9-12
Owners meetings, New York - November 17-19
Non-tender deadline - November 20
December 1 - expiration of current collective bargaining agreement
MLB Winter Meetings, Orlando - December 7-9
MLB Draft Lottery - December 8
Rule 5 draft - December 9
The Just Mets Podcast 🎙️
On the latest edition of the Just Mets Podcast, Rich flew solo to discuss Bo Bichette opting into his $42 million contract for the 2027 season.
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The Mets have one less problem to solve for their roster this winter ✍️
As I said yesterday, we were close to finding out if the Mets needed to potentially fill three holes on the infield, or two.