MARCH 3, 2024 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM
Mets Could Look To Sign Orioles Superstar Next Offseason To Bolster Rotation The New York Mets could add a former Cy Young Award winner next offseason in free agency.
Brett Baty - Smacks first spring homer Baty went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Marlins.
Impact The 24-year-old third baseman took minor-league arm Roddery Munoz deep in the seventh inning for his first long ball of the spring. Baty established himself as one of the Mets' top prospects while coming up through the system but fell on his face in his first extended big-league action in 2023, stumbling to a .212/.275/.323 slash line over 386 plate appearances. A strong showing this spring would help reassure fantasy investors, but he'd likely need to be a complete disaster to lose the starting job at the hot corner for Opening Day.
MARCH 3, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Sean Manaea - Mixed results in spring debut Manaea gave up three runs on seven hits over 2.2 innings in Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Marlins. He struck out three without walking a batter and threw a wild pit...
Impact The veteran lefty got in plenty of work in his first game action of the spring, tossing 41 of 56 pitches for strikes, but the results were something of a mixed bag. Manaea did at least keep the ball in the park, although Jazz Chisholm, Avisail Garcia and Jon Berti all laced doubles off him. Manaea is locked into a rotation spot for the Mets this season after making only 10 starts for the Giants in 2023 among his 37 appearances, but New York is counting on him to show the form he flashed in the second half for San Francisco -- over his final 51.2 innings last year, he posted a 2.61 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and 48:15 K:BB.
MARCH 3, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Yacksel Ríos - Healthy for spring Rios (shoulder) is listed as one of the Mets' available relievers for Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Astros, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
Impact Rios' 2023 season came to an end last July after he required surgery to address an axillary branch aneurysm in his right shoulder, but he seems to have received a clean bill of health for spring training. He's made two appearances in the spring thus far, tossing two scoreless frames.
MARCH 3, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Jett Williams - Sent to minor-league camp The Mets reassigned Williams to minor-league spring training Sunday, Tim Britton of The Athletic reports.
Impact The 20-year-old has received reps at shortstop and in center field during the first couple weeks of big-league camp, but he'll shift to the minor-league side after the first round of roster cuts. Williams is the Mets' top prospect and should open 2024 at Double-A Binghampton after he split most of last season between the Single-A and High-A levels, where he had an .876 OPS in 410 at-bats.
MARCH 3, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Luisangel Acuña - Optioned to Triple-A Acuna was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday, TimTim Britton of The Athletic reports.
Impact The 21-year-old was with the Mets for the first couple weeks of big-league camp but will now move over to the minor-league side of spring training. Acuna immediately became one of the Mets' top prospects after being acquired from the Rangers in the Max Scherzer trade in July, and a strong showing at Syracuse this season could set up the young infielder's MLB debut later in the year.
MARCH 3, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
New York Mets' Shut Down All-Star Temporarily Due To Injury The New York Mets are hoping to get this All-Star back on track after a down season, but he is now dealing with a nagging injury.
MARCH 3, 2024 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
