Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Your Friday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets The Mets brought back Jesse Winker on a one-year deal. The Mets offered Pete Alonso a three-year deal in the $68-70 million range, which included opt-outs, but Alonso rejected the deal. With that, the team is said to be pivoting away from bringing back the slugger. If the Mets are indeed done with Alonso, they could invest more heavily in their bullpen. Andy Martino says that the Mets think Alonso is destined to play elsewhere. The Mets told Starling Marte that they’d ..read more

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Here’s the latest on what’s transpired between the team and the first baseman. The Mets reportedly expect Pete Alonso to sign elsewhere after he rejected the team’s offer of a three-year contract in the neighborhood of $70 million with opt-outs, according to Joel Sherman. That reporting was corroborated by Will Sammon, and both pieces mention that the Mets don’t expect to sign Alonso. Yesterday, the team agreed to a one-year deal with Jesse Winker, who will presumably get the majority of reps at designated hitter for the Mets this year as the l ..read more

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Amidst heavy rumors about one former Met corner bat, the team brings back a different former Met corner bat. The Mets have re-signed OF/DH Jesse Winker to a one-year, $7.5 million contract with incentives that could bring the total to $9 million. Winker slots back into the Mets’ starting lineup as the long side of a DH platoon with Starling Marte, while also adding additional depth to hedge against injury concerns around Brandon Nimmo’s foot. Winker was acquired from the Nationals in exchange for Tyler Stuart at last year’s trade deadline. His overall line in Ne ..read more

Next up on our list is a right-handed pitcher. Name: Nate Dohm Position: RHP Born: 3/09/2003 Height: 6’4” Weight: 210 lbs. Bats/Throws: R/R Acquired: 2024 MLB Draft, 3rd Round (Mississippi State University) 2024 Stats: DNP A three-year varsity letterman at Zionsville High School in Zionsville, Indiana, Nate Dohm established himself as one of the best pitchers in Indiana and one of the best prospects in the state, period. In his senior season, he posted a miniscule 0.98 ERA in 42.0 innings with 19 hits allowed, 14 walks, and 90 strikeouts. He went undrafted in the 2021 MLB Draft and attended B ..read more

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Your Thursday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets According to Jon Heyman, David Stearns wants the Pete Alonso situation resolved quickly so he can plan out the rest of the offseason. Andy Martino reported that the team checked in with the Blue Jays about Vlad Guerrero Jr., but a trade is unlikely. The Mets are reportedly interested in lefty reliever Tim Hill, who pitched with the Yankees last season. The team agreed to a record $5 million bonus with 17-year-old Elian Peña from the Dominican Republic on th ..read more

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images The 28-year-old threw 10.2 innings at the major league level last year. The Mets have claimed right-handed relief pitcher Austin Warren off waivers from the Giants. The 28-year-old is coming off a 2024 season that saw him throw 10.2 innings in the big leagues with a 1.69 ERA and a 4.88 FIP. In 27.0 innings in the minors last year, Warren had a 4.67 ERA and a 4.32 FIP. Before joining the Giants last year, Warren had thrown some innings for the Angels at the major league level in each of the 2021 through 2023 seasons. In total, he’s logged 48.2 major league inn ..read more

Bill Streicher-Imagn Images The Little League Classic game against the Mariners is one of the three announced games. ESPN released its initial Sunday Night Baseball schedule for 2025 (through mid-July, plus the August 18 Little League Classic), and the Mets are featured four times thus far: May 18th vs the Yankees at Yankee Stadium, May 25th against the Dodgers at Citi Field, June 22nd against the Phillies, and the aforementioned Little League Classic against the Mariners in Williamsport, PA. All games are at 7pm Eastern. Both the early July 6th game and the remainder of the season are still t ..read more

Peña’s bonus shatters the previous record of $2.85 million, given to Venezuelan catcher Yovanny Rodriguez last January. The Mets have signed Elian Peña, a shortstop from the Dominican Republic who has been linked to the team for a handful of years. Aside from Roki Sasaki, Peña was considered by many scouts and evaluators to be the best player available in this current class; with Sasaki being the overwhelmingly better player due to his combination of youth, talent, and experience, Peña may have to take the consolation prize of just being the best position player available instead. The infield ..read more

Next up on our list is an infielder. Name: Marco Vargas Position: INF Born: 5/14/2005 Height: 5’11” Weight: 170 lbs. Bats/Throws: L/R Acquired: Trade (July 28, 2023: Traded by the Miami Marlins with Ronald Hernandez to the New York Mets for David Robertson) 2024 Stats: 37 G, 130 AB, .208/.369/.239, 27 H, 4 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 34 BB, 38 K, 13/15 SB, .284 BABIP (Single-A) Marco Vargas was signed by the Miami Marlins on May 25, 2022, the day before his 17th birthday, for $17,500. Three weeks later, the Chihuahua, Mexico native was assigned to the Dominican Summer League, where he appeared in 53 game ..read more

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Your Wednesday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets Five Mets prospects made the Baseball Prospectus list of the top 101 prospects in baseball. Some important spring training dates for the Mets have been revealed as the offseason creeps closer and closer to its end. Mike Vaccaro wrote about Carlos Beltran’s possible induction next week and how that might affect Mets fans. Around the National League East Matt Gelb of The Athletic did a rundown of the Phillies’ non-roster invitees for spring traini ..read more