Pat Ragazzo

1 week ago | yardbarker.com | Pat Ragazzo

McNeil, who has been sidelined with an oblique injury since spring training, started to ramp up his baseball activities last weekend. The expectation was that McNeil would go through several rounds of live BP before being deemed ready to begin his rehab assignment. It's unknown how long McNeil will need on his rehab assignment before rejoining the Mets' major league club that is in desperate need of production out of the second base position.

2 weeks ago | yardbarker.com | Pat Ragazzo

"Yes, the Mets talked about Guerrero last offseason when Alonso seemed to be on the way out, but that was for one year and then let's see," SNY insider Andy Martino wrote on X. "Once it became clear he was looking at ~$500MM from Toronto, it also became clear that the price would never fit Mets' valuation at 1B."At a certain point in January, the Alonso free agency saga seemed like the Polar Bear was headed for another team.

2 weeks ago | si.com | Pat Ragazzo

What could have possibly been no longer will be. First baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached a 14-year, $500 million contract extension to remain with the Toronto Blue Jays beyond 2025. Guerrero and the Blue Jays had been in negotiations on a new deal for several months and finally got to the finish line on Sunday. As it turns out, the New York Mets discussed a trade for Guerrero in the offseason prior to them bringing back franchise cornerstone first baseman Pete Alonso.

2 weeks ago | si.com | Pat Ragazzo

The New York Mets' offense could get a significant reinforcement as the season progresses should this slugger make it back healthy. It has been quite some time since Ronny Mauricio appeared in game for the Mets with his last big-league game coming in September of 2023. Mauricio of course tore his ACL in the 2023-2024 offseason while playing winter ball and has been rehabbing ever since undergoing surgery last year. The Mets have been taking it slow with Mauricio, who is still in Florida rehabbing.

3 weeks ago | si.com | Pat Ragazzo

This would be a cream of the crop type of deal for the New York Mets who will likely be looking for starting pitching at this year's trade deadline. Sandy Alcantara, the 2022 NL Cy Young winner who the Mets just faced on Tuesday, could become available on the trade market as the season progresses. The righty ace is coming off Tommy John surgery but looks like the pitcher he once was early on in his first two starts back.