Mets signed Ji-Man Choi to one-year, split contract

Feb 17, 2024

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FRIDAY

The Mets signed Ji-Man Choi to a $3.5 million split contract for 2024 (YonHap News)
Jeff McNeil (partially torn UCL, left elbow) told reporters he is swinging a bat pain free
Tylor Megill has been deemed, “elite” according to the Mets analytics department (New York Post)
The Mets plan to have top prospects Jett Williams play center field and Luisangel Acuña at second base this spring (New York Post)

THURSDAY

The Mets held their 2nd official workout for pitchers and catchers in Port St. Lucie on Thursday
Brett Baty is putting an emphasis on hitting more balls in the air this spring (Newsday)
Edwin Diaz threw live BP for the first time since last March (Newsday)
A look at some of the positional battles in Mets camp this spring (The Record)
Recently, our own Michael Baron sat down with Taylor Tarter to discuss the 2024 season in the latest episode of Fastball Podcast (Link)

WEDNESDAY

The Mets held their official first workout for pitchers and catchers in Port St. Lucie on Wednesday
The Mets officially announced their one-year contract with RHP Shintaro Fujinami - they placed INF Ronny Mauricio (ACL tear) on the 60-day IL to make room on the roster
LHP David Peterson has suffered no setbacks from off-season hip surgery - he expects to return mid-year
RHP Luis Severino believes his pitch-tipping issue stemmed from the use of his breaking pitches (New York Post)
Former Met Lenny Dykstra recently suffered a stroke and has been hospitalized in Los Angeles (New York Post)

TUESDAY

INF/DH Mark Vientos spoke about the opportunity he has to breakthrough at the DH position this season (MLB.com)
Carlos Mendoza is settling in for his first spring as Mets manager (Newsday)

MONDAY

The Mets signed OF Ben Gamel to a minor league contract with an invite to major league spring training
Daniel Murphy will join the Mets telecast to help broadcast games on February 27-28
Edwin Díaz is confident he can be the same pitcher he was during his dominant 2022 campaign (Newsday)

SUNDAY

As pitchers and catchers report to camp the team is counting on a few of their pitchers on staff to have a bounce back season (New York Post)
After being DFA-ed, reliever Austin Adams cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Syracuse
DJ Stewart helped give back to the community during the Mets Spring Training 5k (MLB.com)

Five storylines to follow as camp opened this week (Surovich)
All we can do is trust the process with Pete Alonso (Baron)
Happy Valentin’s Day! (MacLeod)
Hope is indeed springing eternal (Baron)
Christian Scott is emerging as the pitcher to know in the Mets system (Mears)

Daniel Vogelbach signed a minor league deal with the Blue Jays (FanSided)
Eduardo Escobar signed a minor league deal with the Blue Jays, too (New York Post)
Keston Hiura signed a minor league deal with the Tigers (Detroit Free Press)
Whit Merrifield agreed to a one-year, $8 million deal with the Phillies (MLB Network)
The Padres are moving Xander Bogaerts to second base (Athletic)