Mets Roster Central 2024

[Edgy MD]

Welcome to your first peek at the 2024 Mets — a looksee at how they kind of project on opening day, but clearly won't be at all.

A few notes.

1. Traditionally, a guy out of options gets favoritism over a guy who ain't, even if the guy who ain't has the higher profile, at least until the former guy gets shed from the roster. But it takes too much suspension of disbelief to suggest that Michael Perez is ahead of Francisco Álvarez on any depth chart in the multiverse, so we'll save time on that. With bullpen backenders, though, the guys out of options, for now, get a bump over guys with a modestly higher profile.

2. The profile is calculated based on a proprietary formula measuring their performance to date.

3. Peyton Battenfield, calculations show, has the higher profile over Tylor Megill. Obviously, the Mets depth chart since Batty joined the organization has not reflected that. But with a new president and new manager, the choice between the two may revert to what the data says. So we're giving the edge to Peyton until (a) he's removed from the roster, or (b) somebody new joins the team that bumps him, and would have bumped Megill. Either way, it's likely the most temporary of assignments.

4. The Mets have a very small free agency group this year. And Ottavino could exit it at any time by triggering his player option — something we believed was extremely unlikely until this past week.

5. The team is over their roster limit due to 60-Man Injured List assignments. That's gonna be an ugly crunch when the off-season officially begins and there is no Injured List.

6. All injured folk are assumped to be healthy on April 1 until otherwise noted. For now, the only guy explicitly reported as being unlikely to be ready to open the season is Bryce Montes de Oca. Quit chasing that velocity, kids. It'll lead you to a dark place.


YOUR Projected 2024 Mets Coaching Staff

Position Group	Projected Manager	Projected Bench Coach	Pitching Coach	Batting Coach	Third Base Coach	First Base Coach	Bullpen Coach	Catching Coach
Name	Eric Chávez	Dick Scott	Jeremy Hefner	Jeremy Barnes	Joey Cora	Wayne Kirby	Dom Chiti	Glenn Sherlock
DoB	12/7/77	7/19/62	3/11/86	4/13/87	5/14/65	1/22/64	12/10/58	circa 1973
Originally Acquired	Hired away from NYY as Batting Coach, 1/6/2022.	Hired away from MIA as coordinator, coaching development and instruction, 2/23/2021.	Hired away from MIN as MLB pitching coach, 12/8/2019.	Hired away from HOU as director of player development initiatives, circa 1/25/2021.	Hired away from PIT as third base coach, circa 1/5/2022.	Hired away from SDP circa, 1/6/2022.	Hired away from CAL as bullpen coach, 12/20/2022.	Hired away from PIT and announced as Mets bench 1/29/22.
Status Notes					Also serving as infield instructor.	Also serving as outfield instructor and baserunning coordinator.
Year in Org.	3	4	5	4	3	3	1	3
Position Group	Assistant Coach	Head Trainer	Assistant Trainer	Str. & Cond. Coach	Physical Therapist	Equipment Manager	Bullpen Catcher	Bullpen Catcher
Name	Danny Barnes	Brian Chicklo	Joseph Golia	Dustin Clarke	Sean Bardanett	Kevin Kierst	Eric Langill	Dave Racaniello
DoB	10/21/89	7/17/72	Circa 1978	circa 1987	6/23/88	7/9/64	4/9/79	6/3/78
Originally Acquired	Hired away from Long Island (Atlantic League) as MLB assistant coach, 2/18/2022.	Hired as SS A+ trainer, 1998.	Hired as SS A+ trainer, 2005.	Hired, 2010.	Hired, 2019.	Hired away from Cincinnati as Norfolk equipment manager, 1989.	Hired as MLB bullpen catcher, 6/2011.	Hired as MLB bullpen catcher, spring, 2001.
Status Notes
Year in Org.	3	27	20	15	6	35	14	25

YOUR Projected 2024 New York Mets

Position Group		Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
Name		Peyton Battenfield	Joey Lucchesi	David Peterson	José Quintana	Kodai Senga
DoB		8/10/97	6/6/93	9/3/95	1/24/89	1/30/93
B/T		R/R	L/L	R/R	R/L	L/R
Primary Position		Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
Other Positions		rp	rp	rp		rp
Originally Acquired		Claimed off waivers from CLE, 9/2/2023.	Acquired from SDP in a three-way trade in which the Mets sent Endy Rodridguez to PIT, 1/19/21.	Signed as first-round draft pick (20th overall) out of The University of Oregon, 7/7/2017.	Signed away from STL as free agent, 12/7/2022.	Signed away from Softbank (NPB) for five years, $75 million, 12/11/2022.
Earliest FA		2024	2024	2024	2024	2027
Status Notes		Has two minor league option years remaining.	Has one minor league option year remaining.	Has one minor league option year remaining.		Has three minor league option years remaining.
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Name	Phil Bickford	Edwin Díaz	Reed Garrett	Trevor Gott	Anthony Kay	Brooks Raley	Sean Reid-Foley
DoB	7/10/95	3/22/94	1/2/93	4/9/85	1/2/93	6/29/88	8/30/95
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	L/L	L/L	R/R
Primary Position	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Other Positions	sp		sp		sp	sp	sp
Originally Acquired	Traded from LAD for cash, 8/1/2003.	Acquired from SEA with Robinson Cano and cash for Jarred Kelenic, Gerson Bautista, Jay Bruce, Justin Dunn, and Anthony Swarzak, 12/3/18.	Claimed off waivers from BAL, 6/25/2023.	Traded from Seattle with Chris Flexen for Zach Muckenhirn, 7/3/2023.	Selected from UConn in first round (31st overall) of 2016 amateur draft, 6/9/2016. Signed, 7/13/2016.	Acquired from TBR for Keyshawn Askew, 12/7/2022.	Acquired from TOR, with Yennsy Diaz and Josh Winckowski, for Steven Matz, 1/27/2021.
Earliest FA	2023	2027	2023	2023	2023	2023	2026
Status Notes			Has one minor league option year remaining.
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Catcher	Infielder	Infielder	Infielder	Infielder
Name	Drew Smith	Francisco Alvarez	Omar Narváez	Pete Alonso	Luís Guillorme	Francisco Lindor	Ronny Mauricio
DoB	9/24/93	11/1/01	2/10/92	12/7/94	9/27/94	11/14/93	4/4/01
B/T	R/R	R/R	L/R	R/R	L/R	S/R	S/R
Primary Position	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Catcher	First Base	Second Base	Shortstop	Shortstop
Other Positions	sp		1b, lf, 2b		ss, 3b, rp		3b, 2b
Originally Acquired	Acquired from TBR for Lucas Duda, 7/27/17.	Signed as international amateur free agent out of Venezuela, 7/2/18	Signed away from MIL, 12/16/2022.	Signed 7/7/16 as second-round draft pick out of Florida.	Signed as 10th-round draft pick out of Coral Springs Charter HS (FL), 6/14/13.	Acquired with Carlos Carrasco from CLE for Amed Rosario, Andres Giménez, Josh Wolf, and Isaiah Greene, 1/7/21.	Signed as international amateur free agent, 7/2/2017.
Earliest FA	2024	2028	2024	2024	2025	2031	2028
Status Notes	Has two minor league option years remaining.	Has two minor league option years remaining.		Has three minor league option years remaining.			Has two option years remaining.
Position Group	Infielder	Infielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder
Name	Mark Vientos	Daniel Vogelbach	Starling Marte	Jeff McNeil	Brandon Nimmo	Rafael Ortega	D.J. Stewart
DoB	12/11/99	12/17/92	10/9/88	4/8/92	3/27/93	5/15/91	11/30/93
B/T	R/R	L/R	R/R	L/R	R/L	L/R	L/R
Primary Position	Third Base	First Base	Right Field	Left field	Center Field	Center Field	Left Field
Other Positions	1b, lf, ss		lf, cf	2b, rf, 3b	lf, rf	lf, rf	rf, cf, 1b
Originally Acquired	Signed as second-round draft pick out of American Heritage HS (FL), 6/26/2017.	Acquired from PIT for Colin Holderman, 7/22/2022.	Signed away from OAK, 11/26/2021.	Signed as 12th-round draft pick out of Long Beach St., 6/19/13.	Signed as first-round draft pick (13th overall) out of East HS (WY), 8/15/11.	Signed away from BAL to minor league contract, 2/2/2023.	Signed away from BAL to minor league contract, 2/2/2023.
Earliest FA	2029	2024	2025	2024	2030	2024	2023
Status Notes	Has one minor league option year remaining.			Has three minor league option years remaining.			Has one minor league option year remaining.

Also on 40-Man Roster

Position Group	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Name	José Butto	Tylor Megill	Denyi Reyes	Jeff Brigham	Sam Coonrod	John Curtiss	Grant Hartwig
DoB	3/19/98	7/28/95	11/2/96	2/16/92	9/22/92	4/5/93	12/18/97
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Other Positions	rp	rp	rp	sp	sp	sp	sp, ss, 1b
Originally Acquired	Signed as international amateur free agent out of Venezuela, 6/2/2017.	Signed as eighth-round draft pick out of Arizona, 6/15/18.	Signed away from BAL to minor league contract and Invited to camp, 11/23/2022	Acquired along with Elieser Hernández via trade from MIA for Franklin Sanchez a player to be named later, 11/18/2022. Mets completed the trade by sending Jake Mangum to MIA, 12/22/2023.	Claimed off waivers from PHI, 2/7/2023.	Signed away from MIL as free agent, 4/6/2022.	Signed as undrafted amateur free agent out of Miami of Ohio, 7/22/2021.
Earliest FA	2028	2024	2023	2026	2023	2025	2025
Status Notes	Has one minor league option year remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Has two minor league option years remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Out of options.	Has one minor league option year remaining.	Out of options.	Out of options.	Has two minor leauge option years remaining.
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Infielder	Infielder
Name	Elieser Hernández	Bryce Montes de Oca	Vinny Nittoli	Josh Walker	Michael Perez	Luisangel Acuña	Jonathan Araúz
DoB	8/14/95	4/23/96	11/11/90	12/1/94	8/7/92	3/12/02	8/3/98
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	L/L	L/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Shortstop	Shortstop
Other Positions	sp	sp	sp, lf, rf	sp, lf	1b	2b, cf	2b, 3b, rp
Originally Acquired	Acquired along with Jeff Brigham via trade from MIA for Franklin Sanchez and PtBNL, 11/18/2022. Mets completed the trade by sending Jake Mangum to MIA, 12/22/2023.	Signed as ninth-round draft pick out of Missouri, 6/15/18.	Signed as 37th-round draft pick out of University of New Hampshire, 6/18/2017.	Signed as 37th-round draft pick out of University of New Hampshire, 6/18/2017.	Acquired from PIT for cash, 7/23/2022	Traded from TEX for Max Scherzer and $35 million, 7/30/2023.	Selected from BAL in Round Three of Minor League Phase of Rule V Draft, 12/7/2022.
Earliest FA	2025	2028	2023	2023	2023	2025	2023
Status Notes	Has one minor leauge option year remaining.	Expected to open season on Injured List. Has three minor league option years remaining.	Out of options.	Has two minor league option years remaining.	Out of options.	Has three minor league option years remaining.	Out of options.
Position Group	Infielder	Infielder	Outfielder
Name	Brett Baty	Danny Mendick	Tim Locastro
DoB	11/13/99	9/28/93	7/14/92
B/T	L/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	Third Base	Shortstop	Center Field
Other Positions	lf	2b, 3b, lf, rp	lf, rf, ss, 2b, 1b
Originally Acquired	Signed as first-round draft pick (12th overall) out of Lake Travis HS (TX), 6/15/19.	Signed away from CHW, 12/21/2022.	Signed away from NYY to minor league contract, 1/9/2022.
Earliest FA	2029	2023	2023
Status Notes	Has two option years remaining.	Has one minor league option year remaining.	Out of options.

[MFS62]

After I read your rules for inclusion in the intro, I didn't read the actual roster. I fact, I covered my eyes lest I accidentally see it before lunch.
But I promise to follow changes avidly as updates occur.
A CPF tradition continues.
Thanks

Later

[Edgy MD]

Shorthand: It's a perfectly defensible squad that looks a lot like the 24–31 team they've had the last two months, plus Edwin Diaz.

But we can be sure they have greater ambitions.

[MFS62]

According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, LHP Anthony Kay, RHP Vinny Nittoli, C Michael Perez, OF Rafael Ortega, INF Jonathan Arauz and INF Danny Mendick were all waived from the 40-man roster.
Later

[MFS62]

Trautman: Company leader to identify Scrum Team - Rambo, Kay, Nittoli, Perez, Ortega, Arauz, Mendick confirm! This is Colonel Trautman. Talk to me, Johnny.

Rambo: They're all gone Sir.

Trautman: Rambo! Are you all right?

Rambo: The players. They're all gone, sir.

Trautman: Not Kay, he made it.

Rambo: Key is gone too, sir.

Trautman: How?

Rambo: Got himself traded for Stroman, didn't even know it. He came back but the batters ate him down to the bone.

Trautman: I'm sorry, I didn't know.

Rambo: I'm the last one Sir.

Later

[Cowtipper]

Ortega, at least, might be worth bringing back on a minor league deal.

[Edgy MD]

It may not be necessary, as yesterday, all but Kay cleared waivers and were assigned to Syracuse.

Some or most will have the option to decline that assignment and become free agents, but none have yet.

[Edgy MD]

Clearing this much roster space is pretty nice. The only guy the team has lost from this purging so far is Anthony Kay, but I imagine there'll be a handful of new free agents by the end of the day.


Transactions, 10/20/2023

Direction	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING
Transaction	Removed from 40-Player Roster	Removed from 40-Player Roster	Removed from 40-Player Roster	Removed from 40-Player Roster	Removed from 40-Player Roster
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Infielder	Infielder
Name	Anthony Kay	Vinny Nittoli	Michael Perez	Jonathan Araúz	Danny Mendick
DoB	1/2/93	11/11/90	8/7/92	8/3/98	9/28/93
B/T	L/L	R/R	L/R	R/R	R/R
High Level	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)
Direction	GOING	COMING	COMING
Transaction	Removed from 40-Player Roster	Added to Projected Roster	Added to Projected Roster
Position Group	Outfielder	Relief Pitcher	Outfielder
Name	Rafael Ortega	John Curtiss	Tim Locastro
DoB	5/15/91	4/5/93	7/14/92
B/T	L/R	R/R	R/R
High Level	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)

The Mets have had bad luck with designated-speed guys. Some haven't worked out, some have gotten hurt, and some of them have failed and gotten hurt. It's good to see there's room for a second shot with Locastro, at least for the time being.


Transactions, 10/24/2023 \

Direction	GOING	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL
Transaction	Claimed off Waivers by OAK	Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse	Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse	Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse	Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Infielder	Infielder
Name	Anthony Kay	Vinny Nittoli	Michael Perez	Jonathan Araúz	Danny Mendick
DoB	1/2/93	11/11/90	8/7/92	8/3/98	9/28/93
B/T	L/L	R/R	L/R	R/R	R/R
High Level	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)
Direction	NEUTRAL
Transaction	Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse
Position Group	Outfielder
Name	Rafael Ortega
DoB	5/15/91
B/T	L/R
High Level	MLB (2023)

YOUR Projected 2024 Mets Coaching Staff
Staff Staff

Position Group	Projected Manager	Projected Bench Coach	Pitching Coach	Batting Coach	Third Base Coach	First Base Coach	Bullpen Coach	Catching Coach
Name	Eric Chávez	Dick Scott	Jeremy Hefner	Jeremy Barnes	Joey Cora	Wayne Kirby	Dom Chiti	Glenn Sherlock
DoB	12/7/77	7/19/62	3/11/86	4/13/87	5/14/65	1/22/64	12/10/58	circa 1973
Originally Acquired	Hired away from NYY as Batting Coach, 1/6/2022.	Hired away from MIA as coordinator, coaching development and instruction, 2/23/2021.	Hired away from MIN as MLB pitching coach, 12/8/2019.	Hired away from HOU as director of player development initiatives, circa 1/25/2021.	Hired away from PIT as third base coach, circa 1/5/2022.	Hired away from SDP circa, 1/6/2022.	Hired away from CAL as bullpen coach, 12/20/2022.	Hired away from PIT and announced as Mets bench 1/29/22.
Status Notes					Also serving as infield instructor.	Also serving as outfield instructor and baserunning coordinator.
Year in Org.	3	4	5	4	3	3	1	3
Position Group	Assistant Coach	Head Trainer	Assistant Trainer	Str. & Cond. Coach	Physical Therapist	Equipment Manager	Bullpen Catcher	Bullpen Catcher
Name	Danny Barnes	Brian Chicklo	Joseph Golia	Dustin Clarke	Sean Bardanett	Kevin Kierst	Eric Langill	Dave Racaniello
DoB	10/21/89	7/17/72	Circa 1978	circa 1987	6/23/88	7/9/64	4/9/79	6/3/78
Originally Acquired	Hired away from Long Island (Atlantic League) as MLB assistant coach, 2/18/2022.	Hired as SS A+ trainer, 1998.	Hired as SS A+ trainer, 2005.	Hired, 2010.	Hired, 2019.	Hired away from Cincinnati as Norfolk equipment manager, 1989.	Hired as MLB bullpen catcher, 6/2011.	Hired as MLB bullpen catcher, spring, 2001.
Status Notes
Year in Org.	3	27	20	15	6	35	14	25

YOUR Projected 2024 New York Mets
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Position Group		Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
Name		Peyton Battenfield	Joey Lucchesi	David Peterson	José Quintana	Kodai Senga
DoB		8/10/97	6/6/93	9/3/95	1/24/89	1/30/93
B/T		R/R	L/L	R/R	R/L	L/R
Primary Position		Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
Other Positions		rp	rp	rp		rp
Originally Acquired		Claimed off waivers from CLE, 9/2/2023.	Acquired from SDP in a three-way trade in which the Mets sent Endy Rodridguez to PIT, 1/19/21.	Signed as first-round draft pick (20th overall) out of The University of Oregon, 7/7/2017.	Signed away from STL as free agent, 12/7/2022.	Signed away from Softbank (NPB) for five years, $75 million, 12/11/2022.
Earliest FA		2024	2024	2024	2024	2027
Status Notes		Has two minor league option years remaining.	Has one minor league option year remaining.	Has one minor league option year remaining.		Has three minor league option years remaining.
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Name	Phil Bickford	John Curtiss	Edwin Díaz	Reed Garrett	Trevor Gott	Brooks Raley	Sean Reid-Foley
DoB	7/10/95	4/5/93	3/22/94	1/2/93	4/9/85	6/29/88	8/30/95
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	L/L	R/R
Primary Position	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Other Positions	sp	sp		sp		sp	sp
Originally Acquired	Traded from LAD for cash, 8/1/2003.	Signed away from MIL as free agent, 4/6/2022.	Acquired from SEA with Robinson Cano and cash for Jarred Kelenic, Gerson Bautista, Jay Bruce, Justin Dunn, and Anthony Swarzak, 12/3/18.	Claimed off waivers from BAL, 6/25/2023.	Traded from Seattle with Chris Flexen for Zach Muckenhirn, 7/3/2023.	Acquired from TBR for Keyshawn Askew, 12/7/2022.	Acquired from TOR, with Yennsy Diaz and Josh Winckowski, for Steven Matz, 1/27/2021.
Earliest FA	2023	2025	2027	2023	2023	2023	2026
Status Notes		Out of options.		Has one minor league option year remaining.
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Catcher	Infielder	Infielder	Infielder	Infielder
Name	Drew Smith	Francisco Alvarez	Omar Narváez	Pete Alonso	Luís Guillorme	Francisco Lindor	Ronny Mauricio
DoB	9/24/93	11/1/01	2/10/92	12/7/94	9/27/94	11/14/93	4/4/01
B/T	R/R	R/R	L/R	R/R	L/R	S/R	S/R
Primary Position	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Catcher	First Base	Second Base	Shortstop	Shortstop
Other Positions	sp		1b, lf, 2b		ss, 3b, rp		3b, 2b
Originally Acquired	Acquired from TBR for Lucas Duda, 7/27/17.	Signed as international amateur free agent out of Venezuela, 7/2/18	Signed away from MIL, 12/16/2022.	Signed 7/7/16 as second-round draft pick out of Florida.	Signed as 10th-round draft pick out of Coral Springs Charter HS (FL), 6/14/13.	Acquired with Carlos Carrasco from CLE for Amed Rosario, Andres Giménez, Josh Wolf, and Isaiah Greene, 1/7/21.	Signed as international amateur free agent, 7/2/2017.
Earliest FA	2024	2028	2024	2024	2025	2031	2028
Status Notes	Has two minor league option years remaining.	Has two minor league option years remaining.		Has three minor league option years remaining.			Has two option years remaining.
Position Group	Infielder	Infielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder
Name	Mark Vientos	Daniel Vogelbach	Starling Marte	Tim Locastro	Jeff McNeil	Brandon Nimmo	D.J. Stewart
DoB	12/11/99	12/17/92	10/9/88	7/14/92	4/8/92	3/27/93	11/30/93
B/T	R/R	L/R	R/R	R/R	L/R	R/L	L/R
Primary Position	Third Base	First Base	Right Field	Center Field	Left field	Center Field	Left Field
Other Positions	1b, lf, ss		lf, cf	lf, rf, ss, 2b, 1b	2b, rf, 3b	lf, rf	rf, cf, 1b
Originally Acquired	Signed as second-round draft pick out of American Heritage HS (FL), 6/26/2017.	Acquired from PIT for Colin Holderman, 7/22/2022.	Signed away from OAK, 11/26/2021.	Signed away from NYY to minor league contract, 1/9/2022.	Signed as 12th-round draft pick out of Long Beach St., 6/19/13.	Signed as first-round draft pick (13th overall) out of East HS (WY), 8/15/11.	Signed away from BAL to minor league contract, 2/2/2023.
Earliest FA	2029	2024	2025	2023	2024	2030	2023
Status Notes	Has one minor league option year remaining.			Out of options.	Has three minor league option years remaining.		Has one minor league option year remaining.

Also on 40-Man Roster
Also on 40-Man Roster Also on 40-Man Roster

Position Group	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Name	José Butto	Tylor Megill	Denyi Reyes	Jeff Brigham	Sam Coonrod	Grant Hartwig	Elieser Hernández
DoB	3/19/98	7/28/95	11/2/96	2/16/92	9/22/92	12/18/97	8/14/95
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Other Positions	rp	rp	rp	sp	sp	sp, ss, 1b	sp
Originally Acquired	Signed as international amateur free agent out of Venezuela, 6/2/2017.	Signed as eighth-round draft pick out of Arizona, 6/15/18.	Signed away from BAL to minor league contract and Invited to camp, 11/23/2022	Acquired along with Elieser Hernández via trade from MIA for Franklin Sanchez a player to be named later, 11/18/2022. Mets completed the trade by sending Jake Mangum to MIA, 12/22/2023.	Claimed off waivers from PHI, 2/7/2023.	Signed as undrafted amateur free agent out of Miami of Ohio, 7/22/2021.	Acquired along with Jeff Brigham via trade from MIA for Franklin Sanchez and PtBNL, 11/18/2022. Mets completed the trade by sending Jake Mangum to MIA, 12/22/2023.
Earliest FA	2028	2024	2023	2026	2023	2025	2025
Status Notes	Has one minor league option year remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Has two minor league option years remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Out of options.	Has one minor league option year remaining.	Out of options.	Has two minor leauge option years remaining.	Has one minor leauge option year remaining.
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Infielder	Infielder
Name	Bryce Montes de Oca	Josh Walker	Luisangel Acuña	Brett Baty
DoB	4/23/96	12/1/94	3/12/02	11/13/99
B/T	R/R	L/L	R/R	L/R
Primary Position	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Shortstop	Third Base
Other Positions	sp	sp, lf	2b, cf	lf
Originally Acquired	Signed as ninth-round draft pick out of Missouri, 6/15/18.	Signed as 37th-round draft pick out of University of New Hampshire, 6/18/2017.	Traded from TEX for Max Scherzer and $35 million, 7/30/2023.	Signed as first-round draft pick (12th overall) out of Lake Travis HS (TX), 6/15/19.
Earliest FA	2028	2023	2025	2029
Status Notes	Expected to open season on Injured List. Has three minor league option years remaining.	Has two minor league option years remaining.	Has three minor league option years remaining.	Has two option years remaining.

Major League Free Agents
Major League Free Agents

#REF!	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Outfielder	Outfielder
Name	Carlos Carrasco	Tommy Hunter	Adam Ottavino	Dennis Santana	Abraham Almonte	Terrance Gore
DoB	3/21/87	7/3/86	11/22/85	4/12/96	6/27/89	6/8/91
B/T	R/R	R/R	S/R	R/R	S/R	R/R
Primary Position	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Left Field	Left Field
Other Positions	rp		sp	sp	cf, rf	cf, rf
Originally Acquired	Acquired, along with Francisco Lindor, from CLE for Andrés Gimenz, Amed Rosario, Josh Wolf, and Isaiah Greene, 1/7/2021.	Signed away from PHA to minor league contract, 2/14/21.	Signed away from Boston as free agent, 3/13/2022.	Claimed off waivers from MIN, 3/17/2023.	Signed away from BOS to minor league contract, 12/16/2022.	Signed away from ATL as Minor League free agent, 6/8/2022.
Earliest FA	2023	0	2024	2023	2023	2025
Status Notes	Free agent.	Free agent.	Holds $7.5 million player option for 2024.	Free agent.	Free agent.	Free agent.

[Cowtipper]

Ryley Gilliam, the club's 5th round pick in 2018, has been released. Also Nittoli, Mendick, Ortega, Arauz and Perez elected free agency.

[Edgy MD]

Gilliam's had it rough. He's missed the last two seasons, plus a good chunk of 2021, and of course 2020 was canceled.

[MFS62]

What has Battenfield done to earn a spot in the rotation over Megill or even Butto?
Later

[Edgy MD]

He hasn't, as discussed above. It's just a projection, but he's put up a modestly stronger profile to this point, depending on how one measures such things. Things will change as the offseason progresses.

Please feel free to root for somebody else in there.

[MFS62]

He hasn't, as discussed above. It's just a projection, but he's put up a modestly stronger profile to this point, depending on how one measures such things. Things will change as the offseason progresses.

Please feel free to root for somebody else in there.

Since my kid Vasil won't be ready to step into the rotation from Spring Training, I will cast my troth with Butto.
Later

[Edgy MD]

The October purge was necessary to bring the Mets roster down to 40 before the 60-Day Injured List period ended. It currently sits at 39.

Some (Elieser Hernandez? Daniel Vogelbach??) still might get bumped at the November 17 non-tender deadline.

Transactions, 10/24/2023

Direction	GOING	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL
Transaction	Claimed off Waivers by OAK	Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse	Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse	Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse	Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Infielder	Infielder
Name	Anthony Kay	Vinny Nittoli	Michael Perez	Jonathan Araúz	Danny Mendick
DoB	1/2/93	11/11/90	8/7/92	8/3/98	9/28/93
B/T	L/L	R/R	L/R	R/R	R/R
High Level	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)
Direction	NEUTRAL
Transaction	Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse
Position Group	Outfielder
Name	Rafael Ortega
DoB	5/15/91
B/T	L/R
High Level	MLB (2023)

Some actual contributors here. Danny Mendick's bat and Jonathan Araúz' glove might have actually added up to a decent use of a roster spot between them, but neither was going to approach Luis Guillorme's value on his own. Rafael Ortega's value was largely eclipsed by the late-season explosion of DJ Stewart, and then he faded as Tim Locastro returned and he didn't have much of a role anymore.


Transactions, 10/25/2023

Direction	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING
Transaction	Refused Minor League Assignment and Opted for Free Agency	Refused Minor League Assignment and Opted for Free Agency	Refused Minor League Assignment and Opted for Free Agency	Refused Minor League Assignment and Opted for Free Agency	Refused Minor League Assignment and Opted for Free Agency
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Infielder	Infielder	Outfielder
Name	Vinny Nittoli	Michael Perez	Jonathan Araúz	Danny Mendick	Rafael Ortega
DoB	11/11/90	8/7/92	8/3/98	9/28/93	5/15/91
B/T	R/R	L/R	R/R	R/R	L/R
High Level	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)

All opted to explore the market, which is par for the course, but some might re-sign. It certainly seems like somebody in the Mets brass digs Michael Peréz.

Transactions, 10/27/2023

Direction	GOING
Transaction	Signed away by OAK to Minor League Contract
Position Group	Relief Pitcher
Name	Vinny Nittoli
DoB	11/11/90
B/T	R/R
High Level	MLB (2023)

Vinny is an East Coast guy, but he quickly calculated that sticking in the bigs as a reliever is more likely with a team that went 50-112 last season.


Transactions, 10/29/2023

Direction	GOING
Transaction	Released
Position Group	Relief Pitcher
Name	Ryley Gilliam
DoB	8/11/96
B/T	R/R
High Level	AA (2021)

Gilly was a star ACC reliever and a fifth-round pick in 2018 who quickly transitioned in the lower minors. But bad luck has eaten up most of his last four seasons. At 5'10", he was gonna have to fight to get noticed, and that's hard to do when you can't get back on the mound.


YOUR Projected 2024 Mets Coaching Staff

Position Group	Projected Manager	Projected Bench Coach	Pitching Coach	Batting Coach	Third Base Coach	First Base Coach	Bullpen Coach	Catching Coach
Name	Eric Chávez	Dick Scott	Jeremy Hefner	Jeremy Barnes	Joey Cora	Wayne Kirby	Dom Chiti	Glenn Sherlock
DoB	12/7/77	7/19/62	3/11/86	4/13/87	5/14/65	1/22/64	12/10/58	circa 1973
Originally Acquired	Hired away from NYY as Batting Coach, 1/6/2022.	Hired away from MIA as coordinator, coaching development and instruction, 2/23/2021.	Hired away from MIN as MLB pitching coach, 12/8/2019.	Hired away from HOU as director of player development initiatives, circa 1/25/2021.	Hired away from PIT as third base coach, circa 1/5/2022.	Hired away from SDP circa, 1/6/2022.	Hired away from CAL as bullpen coach, 12/20/2022.	Hired away from PIT and announced as Mets bench 1/29/22.
Status Notes					Also serving as infield instructor.	Also serving as outfield instructor and baserunning coordinator.
Year in Org.	3	4	5	4	3	3	1	3
Position Group	Assistant Coach	Head Trainer	Assistant Trainer	Str. & Cond. Coach	Physical Therapist	Equipment Manager	Bullpen Catcher	Bullpen Catcher
Name	Danny Barnes	Brian Chicklo	Joseph Golia	Dustin Clarke	Sean Bardanett	Kevin Kierst	Eric Langill	Dave Racaniello
DoB	10/21/89	7/17/72	Circa 1978	circa 1987	6/23/88	7/9/64	4/9/79	6/3/78
Originally Acquired	Hired away from Long Island (Atlantic League) as MLB assistant coach, 2/18/2022.	Hired as SS A+ trainer, 1998.	Hired as SS A+ trainer, 2005.	Hired, 2010.	Hired, 2019.	Hired away from Cincinnati as Norfolk equipment manager, 1989.	Hired as MLB bullpen catcher, 6/2011.	Hired as MLB bullpen catcher, spring, 2001.
Status Notes
Year in Org.	3	27	20	15	6	35	14	25

YOUR Projected 2024 New York Mets

Position Group		Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
Name		Peyton Battenfield	Joey Lucchesi	David Peterson	José Quintana	Kodai Senga
DoB		8/10/97	6/6/93	9/3/95	1/24/89	1/30/93
B/T		R/R	L/L	R/R	R/L	L/R
Primary Position		Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
Other Positions		rp	rp	rp		rp
Originally Acquired		Claimed off waivers from CLE, 9/2/2023.	Acquired from SDP in a three-way trade in which the Mets sent Endy Rodridguez to PIT, 1/19/21.	Signed as first-round draft pick (20th overall) out of The University of Oregon, 7/7/2017.	Signed away from STL as free agent, 12/7/2022.	Signed away from Softbank (NPB) for five years, $75 million, 12/11/2022.
Earliest FA		2024	2024	2024	2024	2027
Status Notes		Has two minor league option years remaining.	Has one minor league option year remaining.	Has one minor league option year remaining.		Has three minor league option years remaining.
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Name	Phil Bickford	John Curtiss	Edwin Díaz	Reed Garrett	Trevor Gott	Brooks Raley	Sean Reid-Foley
DoB	7/10/95	4/5/93	3/22/94	1/2/93	4/9/85	6/29/88	8/30/95
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	L/L	R/R
Primary Position	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Other Positions	sp	sp		sp		sp	sp
Originally Acquired	Traded from LAD for cash, 8/1/2003.	Signed away from MIL as free agent, 4/6/2022.	Acquired from SEA with Robinson Cano and cash for Jarred Kelenic, Gerson Bautista, Jay Bruce, Justin Dunn, and Anthony Swarzak, 12/3/18.	Claimed off waivers from BAL, 6/25/2023.	Traded from Seattle with Chris Flexen for Zach Muckenhirn, 7/3/2023.	Acquired from TBR for Keyshawn Askew, 12/7/2022.	Acquired from TOR, with Yennsy Diaz and Josh Winckowski, for Steven Matz, 1/27/2021.
Earliest FA	2023	2025	2027	2023	2023	2023	2026
Status Notes		Out of options.		Has one minor league option year remaining.
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Catcher	Infielder	Infielder	Infielder	Infielder
Name	Drew Smith	Francisco Alvarez	Omar Narváez	Pete Alonso	Luís Guillorme	Francisco Lindor	Ronny Mauricio
DoB	9/24/93	11/1/01	2/10/92	12/7/94	9/27/94	11/14/93	4/4/01
B/T	R/R	R/R	L/R	R/R	L/R	S/R	S/R
Primary Position	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Catcher	First Base	Second Base	Shortstop	Shortstop
Other Positions	sp		1b, lf, 2b		ss, 3b, rp		3b, 2b
Originally Acquired	Acquired from TBR for Lucas Duda, 7/27/17.	Signed as international amateur free agent out of Venezuela, 7/2/18	Signed away from MIL, 12/16/2022.	Signed 7/7/16 as second-round draft pick out of Florida.	Signed as 10th-round draft pick out of Coral Springs Charter HS (FL), 6/14/13.	Acquired with Carlos Carrasco from CLE for Amed Rosario, Andres Giménez, Josh Wolf, and Isaiah Greene, 1/7/21.	Signed as international amateur free agent, 7/2/2017.
Earliest FA	2024	2028	2024	2024	2025	2031	2028
Status Notes	Has two minor league option years remaining.	Has two minor league option years remaining.		Has three minor league option years remaining.			Has two option years remaining.
Position Group	Infielder	Infielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder
Name	Mark Vientos	Daniel Vogelbach	Starling Marte	Tim Locastro	Jeff McNeil	Brandon Nimmo	D.J. Stewart
DoB	12/11/99	12/17/92	10/9/88	7/14/92	4/8/92	3/27/93	11/30/93
B/T	R/R	L/R	R/R	R/R	L/R	R/L	L/R
Primary Position	Third Base	First Base	Right Field	Center Field	Left field	Center Field	Left Field
Other Positions	1b, lf, ss		lf, cf	lf, rf, ss, 2b, 1b	2b, rf, 3b	lf, rf	rf, cf, 1b
Originally Acquired	Signed as second-round draft pick out of American Heritage HS (FL), 6/26/2017.	Acquired from PIT for Colin Holderman, 7/22/2022.	Signed away from OAK, 11/26/2021.	Signed away from NYY to minor league contract, 1/9/2022.	Signed as 12th-round draft pick out of Long Beach St., 6/19/13.	Signed as first-round draft pick (13th overall) out of East HS (WY), 8/15/11.	Signed away from BAL to minor league contract, 2/2/2023.
Earliest FA	2029	2024	2025	2023	2024	2030	2023
Status Notes	Has one minor league option year remaining.			Out of options.	Has three minor league option years remaining.		Has one minor league option year remaining.

Also on 40-Man Roster

Position Group	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Name	José Butto	Tylor Megill	Denyi Reyes	Jeff Brigham	Sam Coonrod	Grant Hartwig	Elieser Hernández
DoB	3/19/98	7/28/95	11/2/96	2/16/92	9/22/92	12/18/97	8/14/95
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Other Positions	rp	rp	rp	sp	sp	sp, ss, 1b	sp
Originally Acquired	Signed as international amateur free agent out of Venezuela, 6/2/2017.	Signed as eighth-round draft pick out of Arizona, 6/15/18.	Signed away from BAL to minor league contract and Invited to camp, 11/23/2022	Acquired along with Elieser Hernández via trade from MIA for Franklin Sanchez a player to be named later, 11/18/2022. Mets completed the trade by sending Jake Mangum to MIA, 12/22/2023.	Claimed off waivers from PHI, 2/7/2023.	Signed as undrafted amateur free agent out of Miami of Ohio, 7/22/2021.	Acquired along with Jeff Brigham via trade from MIA for Franklin Sanchez and PtBNL, 11/18/2022. Mets completed the trade by sending Jake Mangum to MIA, 12/22/2023.
Earliest FA	2028	2024	2023	2026	2023	2025	2025
Status Notes	Has one minor league option year remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Has two minor league option years remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Out of options.	Has one minor league option year remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Out of options.	Has two minor leauge option years remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Has one minor leauge option year remaining. Projected for Syracuse.
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Infielder	Infielder
Name	Bryce Montes de Oca	Josh Walker	Luisangel Acuña	Brett Baty
DoB	4/23/96	12/1/94	3/12/02	11/13/99
B/T	R/R	L/L	R/R	L/R
Primary Position	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Shortstop	Third Base
Other Positions	sp	sp, lf	2b, cf	lf
Originally Acquired	Signed as ninth-round draft pick out of Missouri, 6/15/18.	Signed as 37th-round draft pick out of University of New Hampshire, 6/18/2017.	Traded from TEX for Max Scherzer and $35 million, 7/30/2023.	Signed as first-round draft pick (12th overall) out of Lake Travis HS (TX), 6/15/19.
Earliest FA	2028	2023	2025	2029
Status Notes	Expected to open season on Injured List. Has three minor league option years remaining.	Has two minor league option years remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Has three minor league option years remaining. Projected ffor Syracuse.	Has two option years remaining. Projected ffor Syracuse.

Major League Free Agents

#REF!	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Infielder
Name	Carlos Carrasco	Tommy Hunter	Adam Ottavino	Dennis Santana	Michael Perez	Jonathan Araúz
DoB	3/21/87	7/3/86	11/22/85	4/12/96	8/7/92	8/3/98
B/T	R/R	R/R	S/R	R/R	L/R	R/R
Primary Position	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Shortstop
Other Positions	rp		sp	sp	1b	2b, 3b, rp
Originally Acquired	Acquired, along with Francisco Lindor, from CLE for Andrés Gimenz, Amed Rosario, Josh Wolf, and Isaiah Greene, 1/7/2021.	Signed away from PHA to minor league contract, 2/14/21.	Signed away from Boston as free agent, 3/13/2022.	Claimed off waivers from MIN, 3/17/2023.	Acquired from PIT for cash, 7/23/2022	Selected from BAL in Round Three of Minor League Phase of Rule V Draft, 12/7/2022.
Earliest FA	2023	0	2024	2023	2023	2023
Status Notes	Free agent.	Free agent.	Holds $7.5 million player option for 2024.	Free agent.	Out of options.	On 40-Player Roster. Has one option year remaining.
#REF!	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder
Name	Abraham Almonte	Terrance Gore	Rafael Ortega
DoB	6/27/89	6/8/91	5/15/91
B/T	S/R	R/R	L/R
Primary Position	Left Field	Left Field	Center Field
Other Positions	cf, rf	cf, rf	lf, rf
Originally Acquired	Signed away from BOS to minor league contract, 12/16/2022.	Signed away from ATL as Minor League free agent, 6/8/2022.	Signed away from BAL to minor league contract, 2/2/2023.
Earliest FA	2023	2025	2024
Status Notes	Free agent.	Free agent.	Free agent.

[Edgy MD]

Transactions, 10/30/2023

Direction	GOING	GOING
Transaction	Released	Released
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Catcher
Name	Kolby Kubichek	Nick Meyer
DoB	1999-11-28	1997-02-18
B/T	R/R	R/R
High Level	AAA (2023)	AAA (2023)

Kolby Kubichek had been around since 2018, and had pitched at three levels this year, but along with Anthony Kay, he's been caught up in the Mets purging of K's from their AAA roster.

Nick Meyer is a good enough for AAA catcher who is probably no worse than Michael Peréz or even Tomás Nido, but has never been in the right place at the right time.


Transactions, 10/31/2023

Direction	COMING
Transaction	Claimed off Waivers from SEA, Expected to Open Season on Injured List
Position Group	Relief Pitcher
Name	Penn Murfee
DoB	1994-05-02
B/T	R/R
High Level	MLB (2023)

Like Ron Darling and Jacob deGrom, Penn Murfee converted from infielder in the middle of his college career. He went to Vanderbilt, and they call themselves The Commodores.


YOUR Projected 2024 Mets Coaching Staff[/b]

Position Group	Projected Manager	Projected Bench Coach	Pitching Coach	Batting Coach	Third Base Coach	First Base Coach	Bullpen Coach	Catching Coach
Name	Eric Chávez	Dick Scott	Jeremy Hefner	Jeremy Barnes	Joey Cora	Wayne Kirby	Dom Chiti	Glenn Sherlock
DoB	12/7/77	7/19/62	3/11/86	4/13/87	5/14/65	1/22/64	12/10/58	circa 1973
Originally Acquired	Hired away from NYY as Batting Coach, 1/6/2022.	Hired away from MIA as coordinator, coaching development and instruction, 2/23/2021.	Hired away from MIN as MLB pitching coach, 12/8/2019.	Hired away from HOU as director of player development initiatives, circa 1/25/2021.	Hired away from PIT as third base coach, circa 1/5/2022.	Hired away from SDP circa, 1/6/2022.	Hired away from CAL as bullpen coach, 12/20/2022.	Hired away from PIT and announced as Mets bench 1/29/22.
Status Notes					Also serving as infield instructor.	Also serving as outfield instructor and baserunning coordinator.
Year in Org.	3	4	5	4	3	3	1	3
Position Group	Assistant Coach	Head Trainer	Assistant Trainer	Str. & Cond. Coach	Physical Therapist	Equipment Manager	Bullpen Catcher	Bullpen Catcher
Name	Danny Barnes	Brian Chicklo	Joseph Golia	Dustin Clarke	Sean Bardanett	Kevin Kierst	Eric Langill	Dave Racaniello
DoB	10/21/89	7/17/72	Circa 1978	circa 1987	6/23/88	7/9/64	4/9/79	6/3/78
Originally Acquired	Hired away from Long Island (Atlantic League) as MLB assistant coach, 2/18/2022.	Hired as SS A+ trainer, 1998.	Hired as SS A+ trainer, 2005.	Hired, 2010.	Hired, 2019.	Hired away from Cincinnati as Norfolk equipment manager, 1989.	Hired as MLB bullpen catcher, 6/2011.	Hired as MLB bullpen catcher, spring, 2001.
Status Notes
Year in Org.	3	27	20	15	6	35	14	25

YOUR Projected 2024 New York Mets

Position Group		Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
Name		Peyton Battenfield	Joey Lucchesi	David Peterson	José Quintana	Kodai Senga
DoB		8/10/97	6/6/93	9/3/95	1/24/89	1/30/93
B/T		R/R	L/L	R/R	R/L	L/R
Primary Position		Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
Other Positions		rp	rp	rp		rp
Originally Acquired		Claimed off waivers from CLE, 9/2/2023.	Acquired from SDP in a three-way trade in which the Mets sent Endy Rodridguez to PIT, 1/19/21.	Signed as first-round draft pick (20th overall) out of The University of Oregon, 7/7/2017.	Signed away from STL as free agent, 12/7/2022.	Signed away from Softbank (NPB) for five years, $75 million, 12/11/2022.
Earliest FA		2024	2024	2024	2024	2027
Status Notes		Has two minor league option years remaining.	Has one minor league option year remaining.	Has one minor league option year remaining.		Has three minor league option years remaining.
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Name	Phil Bickford	John Curtiss	Edwin Díaz	Reed Garrett	Trevor Gott	Brooks Raley	Sean Reid-Foley
DoB	7/10/95	4/5/93	3/22/94	1/2/93	4/9/85	6/29/88	8/30/95
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	L/L	R/R
Primary Position	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Other Positions	sp	sp		sp		sp	sp
Originally Acquired	Traded from LAD for cash, 8/1/2003.	Signed away from MIL as free agent, 4/6/2022.	Acquired from SEA with Robinson Cano and cash for Jarred Kelenic, Gerson Bautista, Jay Bruce, Justin Dunn, and Anthony Swarzak, 12/3/18.	Claimed off waivers from BAL, 6/25/2023.	Traded from Seattle with Chris Flexen for Zach Muckenhirn, 7/3/2023.	Acquired from TBR for Keyshawn Askew, 12/7/2022.	Acquired from TOR, with Yennsy Diaz and Josh Winckowski, for Steven Matz, 1/27/2021.
Earliest FA	2023	2025	2027	2023	2023	2023	2026
Status Notes		Out of options.		Has one minor league option year remaining.
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Catcher	Infielder	Infielder	Infielder	Infielder
Name	Drew Smith	Francisco Alvarez	Omar Narváez	Pete Alonso	Luís Guillorme	Francisco Lindor	Ronny Mauricio
DoB	9/24/93	11/1/01	2/10/92	12/7/94	9/27/94	11/14/93	4/4/01
B/T	R/R	R/R	L/R	R/R	L/R	S/R	S/R
Primary Position	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Catcher	First Base	Second Base	Shortstop	Shortstop
Other Positions	sp		1b, lf, 2b		ss, 3b, rp		3b, 2b
Originally Acquired	Acquired from TBR for Lucas Duda, 7/27/17.	Signed as international amateur free agent out of Venezuela, 7/2/18	Signed away from MIL, 12/16/2022.	Signed 7/7/16 as second-round draft pick out of Florida.	Signed as 10th-round draft pick out of Coral Springs Charter HS (FL), 6/14/13.	Acquired with Carlos Carrasco from CLE for Amed Rosario, Andres Giménez, Josh Wolf, and Isaiah Greene, 1/7/21.	Signed as international amateur free agent, 7/2/2017.
Earliest FA	2024	2028	2024	2024	2025	2031	2028
Status Notes	Has two minor league option years remaining.	Has two minor league option years remaining.		Has three minor league option years remaining.			Has two option years remaining.
Position Group	Infielder	Infielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder
Name	Mark Vientos	Daniel Vogelbach	Starling Marte	Tim Locastro	Jeff McNeil	Brandon Nimmo	D.J. Stewart
DoB	12/11/99	12/17/92	10/9/88	7/14/92	4/8/92	3/27/93	11/30/93
B/T	R/R	L/R	R/R	R/R	L/R	R/L	L/R
Primary Position	Third Base	First Base	Right Field	Center Field	Left field	Center Field	Left Field
Other Positions	1b, lf, ss		lf, cf	lf, rf, ss, 2b, 1b	2b, rf, 3b	lf, rf	rf, cf, 1b
Originally Acquired	Signed as second-round draft pick out of American Heritage HS (FL), 6/26/2017.	Acquired from PIT for Colin Holderman, 7/22/2022.	Signed away from OAK, 11/26/2021.	Signed away from NYY to minor league contract, 1/9/2022.	Signed as 12th-round draft pick out of Long Beach St., 6/19/13.	Signed as first-round draft pick (13th overall) out of East HS (WY), 8/15/11.	Signed away from BAL to minor league contract, 2/2/2023.
Earliest FA	2029	2024	2025	2023	2024	2030	2023
Status Notes	Has one minor league option year remaining.			Out of options.	Has three minor league option years remaining.		Has one minor league option year remaining.

Also on 40-Man Roster

Position Group	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Name	José Butto	Tylor Megill	Denyi Reyes	Jeff Brigham	Sam Coonrod	Grant Hartwig	Elieser Hernández
DoB	3/19/98	7/28/95	11/2/96	2/16/92	9/22/92	12/18/97	8/14/95
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
Primary Position	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Other Positions	rp	rp	rp	sp	sp	sp, ss, 1b	sp
Originally Acquired	Signed as international amateur free agent out of Venezuela, 6/2/2017.	Signed as eighth-round draft pick out of Arizona, 6/15/18.	Signed away from BAL to minor league contract and Invited to camp, 11/23/2022	Acquired along with Elieser Hernández via trade from MIA for Franklin Sanchez a player to be named later, 11/18/2022. Mets completed the trade by sending Jake Mangum to MIA, 12/22/2023.	Claimed off waivers from PHI, 2/7/2023.	Signed as undrafted amateur free agent out of Miami of Ohio, 7/22/2021.	Acquired along with Jeff Brigham via trade from MIA for Franklin Sanchez and PtBNL, 11/18/2022. Mets completed the trade by sending Jake Mangum to MIA, 12/22/2023.
Earliest FA	2028	2024	2023	2026	2023	2025	2025
Status Notes	Has one minor league option year remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Has two minor league option years remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Out of options.	Has one minor league option year remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Out of options.	Has two minor leauge option years remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Has one minor leauge option year remaining. Projected for Syracuse.
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Infielder	Infielder
Name	Bryce Montes de Oca	Penn Murfee	Josh Walker	Luisangel Acuña	Brett Baty
DoB	4/23/96	5/2/94	12/1/94	3/12/02	11/13/99
B/T	R/R	R/R	L/L	R/R	L/R
Primary Position	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Shortstop	Third Base
Other Positions	sp	sp, 1b, 2b, 3b, lf	sp, lf	2b, cf	lf
Originally Acquired	Signed as ninth-round draft pick out of Missouri, 6/15/18.	Claimed off waivers from SEA, 10/31/2023.	Signed as 37th-round draft pick out of University of New Hampshire, 6/18/2017.	Traded from TEX for Max Scherzer and $35 million, 7/30/2023.	Signed as first-round draft pick (12th overall) out of Lake Travis HS (TX), 6/15/19.
Earliest FA	2028	2023	2023	2025	2029
Status Notes	Expected to open season on Injured List. Has three minor league option years remaining.	Has two minor leauge option years remaining. Expected to Open Season on Injured List.	Has two minor league option years remaining. Projected for Syracuse.	Has three minor league option years remaining. Projected ffor Syracuse.	Has two option years remaining. Projected ffor Syracuse.

Major League Free Agents

#REF!	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Infielder
Name	Carlos Carrasco	Tommy Hunter	Adam Ottavino	Dennis Santana	Michael Perez	Jonathan Araúz
DoB	3/21/87	7/3/86	11/22/85	4/12/96	8/7/92	8/3/98
B/T	R/R	R/R	S/R	R/R	L/R	R/R
Primary Position	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Shortstop
Other Positions	rp		sp	sp	1b	2b, 3b, rp
Originally Acquired	Acquired, along with Francisco Lindor, from CLE for Andrés Gimenz, Amed Rosario, Josh Wolf, and Isaiah Greene, 1/7/2021.	Signed away from PHA to minor league contract, 2/14/21.	Signed away from Boston as free agent, 3/13/2022.	Claimed off waivers from MIN, 3/17/2023.	Acquired from PIT for cash, 7/23/2022	Selected from BAL in Round Three of Minor League Phase of Rule V Draft, 12/7/2022.
Earliest FA	2023	0	2024	2023	2023	2023
Status Notes	Free agent.	Free agent.	Holds $7.5 million player option for 2024.	Free agent.	Out of options.	On 40-Player Roster. Has one option year remaining.
#REF!	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder
Name	Abraham Almonte	Terrance Gore	Rafael Ortega
DoB	6/27/89	6/8/91	5/15/91
B/T	S/R	R/R	L/R
Primary Position	Left Field	Left Field	Center Field
Other Positions	cf, rf	cf, rf	lf, rf
Originally Acquired	Signed away from BOS to minor league contract, 12/16/2022.	Signed away from ATL as Minor League free agent, 6/8/2022.	Signed away from BAL to minor league contract, 2/2/2023.
Earliest FA	2023	2025	2024
Status Notes	Free agent.	Free agent.	Free agent.

[Cowtipper]

More releases:

Herlyn Pena and Gerald Mejia—in their system since 2021, but never advanced beyond rookie ball. Roger Cortez—joined their system in 2023 and was released after a year in rookie ball. Elliot Johnstone—New Zealand-born pitcher played in the Australian league for a few years before joining the Mets system this year. He played for their Single-A team. Pedro Mercedes—pitcher had a 1.86 ERA in 8 relief appearances at rookie ball this year, his first pro campaign, but was let go anyway. Ramon Henriquez—2023 was his first pro campaign and he was already 24, so despite his success (2.96 ERA at Single-A), he was let go.

[Edgy MD]

Thanks, we've been tracking some minor league releaserinos too — some of which are on that list of yours and some ain't — and we'll be posting that list later.

Henriquez isn't the only guy released after a solid season. I'm imagining that some older guys see leaving affiliated ball after a good season and catching on with the Mexican League or the like as the faster way to get some coin.

[MFS62]

More today:(from Metsmerized.com)

The New York Mets made more roster moves on Thursday when they placed six players on outright waivers to continue their 40-man roster reconfiguration. Right-handed pitchers Peyton Battenfield, John Curtiss, Elieser Hernández, Bryce Montes de Oca, and Denyi Reyes, and outfielder Tim Locastro are on waivers. Curtiss, Hernández, Reyes, and Locastro can all elect free agency if they clear waivers.

Later

[Cowtipper]

The Mets recently released Adrian Hernandez, who'd been in their system since 2018, though he peaked at High-A and had a career .216 average. They also released Manuel Guance, who'd been in their system since 2021, but hit for a low average and never played above rookie ball. Luis Castillo, a different one, was shown the door recently; he'd been in their organization since 2019, but hit just .196 ... he also had a .358 OBP, which is impressive considering the low BA. Dyron Campos was shown the door after playing in their system since 2019. He showed promise early on, but ended up peaking at High-A. Fernando Villalobos was given the boot ... he hit just .146 in four seasons in their system, including .110 in 118 ABs this year.

[Cowtipper]

More recent releases:

Dylan Hall - in system since 2021, peaked at Triple-A, released despite 3.10 ERA and 10 K/9 IP marks in '23; career marks of 3.61 and 9.9, respectively
Gregory Leal - in system since 2021, peaked at Double-A
Luis Montas - in system since 2021, peaked at High-A, released despite 3.38 ERA in '23
Jonaiker Palacios - in system since 2021, peaked at rookie ball
Yordis Perera - in system since 2023, peaked at rookie ball
Joe Joe Rodriguez - in system since 2022, peaked at High-A; averages nearly 11 K/9 IP for career
Luis Rodriguez - in system since 2021, peaked at High-A, released despite 3.69 mark and averaging nearly one K/IP in '23 and a 2.53 career mark
Eric Santana - in system since 2021, peaked at rookie ball
Sammy Tavarez - in system since 2021, peaked at Double-A, where he had 3.00 ERA in 2023; averages 13 K/9 IP for career
Christopher Vasquez - in system since 2021, peaked at Single-A

[MFS62]

"Peaked at Rookie Ball"
Very diplomatic.
LOL!

Later

[MFS62]

Mets claim utility player Zach Short from Detroit to fill the spot opened when Ottavino declined his option.
Bryce Montes de Oca (who’s recovering from Tommy John) and Peyton Battenfield both cleared waivers and were sent to Triple-A.
Later

[Cowtipper]

More releases:

Cesar Berbesi - in system since 2019, peaked at Triple-A. Owns .382 OBP in the minors.
Carlos Dominguez - in system since 2019, peaked at High-A. Had 20-20 season in 2022 (but also struck out 173 times).
Chase Estep - club's 9th round pick in 2022, peaked at Triple-A, playing their briefly in 2023 (where he hit .357). .224 career average.
Cole Gordon - club's 32nd round pick in 2019, peaked at Triple-A. Didn't play in 2023. Career 3.51 ERA, 9.8 K/9.
Yeudi Lora - in system since 2021, peaked at rookie ball.
Jose Marcano - in system since 2021, peaked at rookie ball. Hit .316 his first year.
Matt Minnick - in system since 2023, peaked at Triple-A (one game). Had 2.89 mark in 2023.
Ellian Nunez - in system since 2021, peaked at rookie ball.
Arlison Rodriguez - in system since 2022, peaked at rookie ball. Had 3.05 ERA in 2023.
Frelianderson Seijas - in system since 2022, peaked at rookie ball.

[MFS62]

From Metsmerized.com:

the Mets protected only Alex Ramírez from the Rule 5 draft by placing him on the 40-man roster. That leaves Justin Jarvis, Coleman Crow, Joander Suarez and others listed below to get picked to an MLB roster in the December 6 draft.

Later

[Edgy MD]

We'll let the roster sit for a day, but let's do some catching up on these transactions that haven't been graphically represented. Thanks to the posters who have noted them in word.


Transactions, 10/16/2023

Direction	GOING
Transaction	Released
Position Group	Relief Pitcher
Name	Herlyn Peña
DoB	2003-09-24
B/T	R/R
High Level	Rk (2023)

In his second season, Herlyn Peña's strikeouts dropped and his walks spiked, and that's not a formula for success. He had missed all of 2022 with surgery and the Mets weren't looking to be patient.


Transactions, 10/17/2023

Direction	GOING
Transaction	Released
Position Group	Outfielder
Name	Gerald Mejia
DoB	2003-06-14
B/T	S/R
High Level	Rk (2023)

Gerry Mejia had good speed, fantastic walk rates, and the ability to hit to all fields, but he kept getting hurt and put up low batting averages when healthy.


Transactions, 10/27/2023

Direction	GOING
Transaction	Released
Position Group	Relief Pitcher
Name	Rogert Cortez
DoB	2005-09-15
B/T	L/L
High Level	DSL (2023)

Rogert Cortez was mostly known for the extraneous T at the end of his first name. His career consisted of only eight games in the Dominican Summer League.

Transactions, 10/30/2023

Direction	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING
Transaction	Released	Released	Released	Released	Released	Released	Released
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Name	Dylan Hall	Ramón Henriquez	Elliot Johnstone	Matt Minnick	Luis Montas	Joe Joe Rodriguez	Luis A. Rodriguez
DoB	1997-09-07	6/29/99	1998-09-24	1996-03-11	2000-09-16	1999-10-12	2003-02-27
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/L	R/R	R/R	R/R
High Level	AAA (2023)	A (2023)	A (2023)	AAA (2023)	A+ (2023)	A+ (2023)	A+ (2023)
Direction	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING
Transaction	Released	Released	Released	Released	Released	Released	Released
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Infielder	Infielder	Outfielder	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Name	Sammy Tavarez	César Berbesi	Chase Estep	Carlos Dominguez	Pedro Mercedes	Jonaiker Palacios	Christopher Vasquez
DoB	1998-10-20	2000-04-13	2000-04-12	1999-10-11	2001-10-31	392003-05-07	2001-03-17
B/T	R/R	L/R	L/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
High Level	AA (2023)	AAA (2023)	AAA (2023)	A+ (2023)	Rk (2023)	Rk (2023)	A (2023)
Direction	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING
Transaction	Released	Released	Released	Released	Released	Released	Released
Position Group	Catcher	Catcher	Infielder	Infielder	Infielder	Outfielder	Outfielder
Name	Gregory Leal	Fernando Villalobs	Luis Castillo	Manuel Guance	Yordis Perera	Dyron Campos	Eric Santana
DoB	2003-02-14	2002-06-24	2001-11-13	2003-11-06	2002-05-24	2000-12-26	2002-11-02
B/T	R/R	L/R	L/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	S/R
High Level	AA (2022)	A+ (2022)	A (2023)	Rk (2023)	Rk (2023)	A+ (2023)	Rk (2023)

Cesar Berbesi and Chase Estep were near the top of the Mets system, and weren't quite out of time. But we guess they were in somebody's way.

We have such a blurry picture of Jonaiker Palacios because the best we could find was a video capture of him pitching on a rainy day. But he got the save and accentuated it with a Jenrry Mejia stomp, so there's that. It's hard to say why the photo of Ramón Henriquez is so crappy.

Pedro Mercedes, Manuel Guance, and Eric Santana all failed the test of sustaining their professional careers long enough to leave behind photographic evidence that said careers happened at all. Santana hit .172, .151, and .143 over parts of three seasons, so you might say the statistical evidence was pretty scant also.


Transactions, 11/3/2023

Direction	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING
Transaction	Released	Released	Released	Released	Released	Released	Released
Position Group	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Name	Cole Gordon	Ellian Núñez	Connor Brandon	Yeudi Lora	Arlison Rodriguez	Frelianderson Seijas	Mathieu Voros
DoB	1995-10-02	2003-12-08	2001-03-26	2003-08-25	2003-03-05	2001-03-26	2003-05-24
B/T	L/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	L/L	R/R	L/R
High Level	AAA (2023)	DSL (2023)	Rk (2023)	DSL (2023)	DSL (2023)	DSL (2023)	None
Direction	GOING	GOING
Transaction	Released	Released
Position Group	Catcher	Infielder
Name	José Marcano	Kevin Kendall
DoB	2004-05-06	1999-06-25
B/T	R/R	L/R
High Level	DSL (2023)	A+ (2023)

Well, you may weep for this further batch of minor league releaserinos, but save your biggest tears for Greco-Canadian prospect Mathieu Voros, who somehow played out his career with no photos and no appearances. I hope the bonus translated well into Canadian dollars, but even if it didn't, he can always frame the check.

Frelianderson Seijas, similarly, had hoped for lasting fame as the Met with the longest name, but he walked 17 in 22 innings this season, and now that name is just another pain in the ass when he needs to fill out forms.


Transactions, 11/6/2023

Direction	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING
Transaction	Cleared Waivers and Sent to Syracuse	Opted for Minor League Free Agency	Opted for Minor League Free Agency	Cleared Waivers, Assigned to Syracuse, and Refused Assignment, Becoming Free Agent	Opted for Minor League Free Agency	Cleared Waivers, Assigned to Syracuse, and Refused Assignment, Becoming Free Agent	Cleared Waivers, Assigned to Syracuse, and Refused Assignment, Becoming Free Agent
Position Group	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher
Name	Peyton Battenfield	José Chacin	Connor Grey	Denyi Reyes	Oscar Rojas	John Curtiss	Elieser Hernández
DoB	8/10/97	3/25/97	5/6/94	11/2/96	5/5/99	4/5/93	8/14/95
B/T	R/R	R/R	L/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
High Level	MLB (2023)	MLB (2022)	MLB (2022)	MLB (2023)	AAA (2021)	MLB (2023)	AA (2022)
Direction	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING	GOING
Transaction	Cleared Waivers and Sent to Syracuse	Declines Option, Becoming Free Agent	Opted for Minor League Free Agency	Opted for Minor League Free Agency	Opted for Minor League Free Agency	Opted for Minor League Free Agency	Cleared Waivers, Assigned to Syracuse, and Refused Assignment, Becoming Free Agent
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	Infielder	Outfielder	Outfielder
Name	Bryce Montes de Oca	Adam Ottavino	Marcel Renteria	José Mena	José Peraza	Lorenzo Cedrola	Tim Locastro
DoB	4/23/96	11/22/85	9/27/94	12/22/96	4/30/94	1/12/98	7/14/92
B/T	R/R	S/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
High Level	MLB (2022)	MLB (2023)	AA (2023)	AAA (2023)	MLB (2021)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)
Direction	GOING	GOING	NEUTRAL	COMING	COMING
Transaction	Opted for Minor League Free Agency	Opted for Minor League Free Agency	Transferred from Infield	Added to Projected Roster	Claimed off Waivers from DET
Position Group	Outfielder	Outfielder	Outfielder	Starting Pitcher	Infielder
Name	Daniel Palka	Agustin Ruíz	Mark Vientos	Tylor Megill	Zack Short
DoB	10/28/91	9/23/89	12/11/99	7/28/95	1995-05-29
B/T	L/L	L/R	R/R	R/R	R/R
High Level	MLB (2019)	AA (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)

Among another merciless and bloody round of minor league exiles is some action with immediate MLB consequences as Tim Locastro cleared waivers and declared for the free-agent market. The Mets have had mostly bad luck in their efforts to keep one designated superspeed guy around each season in recent years, with most such figures running into injuries, limited roles, and or limited success, but Locastro played hard and decent before and after his long absence due to injury, absorbed some hit-by-pitches, and was a perfect six-for-six in steals. His departure leaves the Mets with only four MLB outfielders — and that's really three and a half when you count the always-roving Jeff McNeil — so we're forced for now to shoehorn Mark Vientos into the back end of the team's outfield picture. That's a picture that could change soon, but that's where we are.

Newly arrived Zach Short, in that scenario becomes the team's extra sixth infielder.


Transactions, 11/8/2023

Direction	GOING	COMING
Transaction	Removed from Projected Roster following Left Hip Surgery, Projected to Open Season on Injured List	Added to Projected Roster
Position Group	Starting Pitcher	Starting Pitcher
Name	David Peterson	José Butto
DoB	9/3/95	1998-03-19
B/T	R/R	R/R
High Level	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)

Nothing against the Buttman, but this is straight-up subtraction. There may or may not be that much difference between the two of them, but the rotation is thin enough that they kind of need both. Get back soon, DP.


Transactions, 11/9/2023

Direction	GOING	COMING
Transaction	Signed Away by DET	Added to Projected Staff from Binghamton
Position Group	Third Base Coach	Third Base Coach
Name	Joey Cora	Reid Brignac
DoB	5/14/65	1986-01-16

The Mets booth didn't let up this season on reminding us that Joey Cora was "the best in the biz" even though both his aggressiveness and success rate seemed down this season (to our eyeballs, anyhow). Reid Brignac is the manager of the Binghamton squad, but he has a Playboy playmate for a wife, so he clearly has ambitions to follow that MLB playing career with some big-time dugout work.

Transactions, 11/13/2023

Direction	GOING	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	COMING
Transaction	Removed from Projected Coaching Staff	Transferred from Projected Bench Coach	Transferred from Projected Manager	Hired Away from NYY
Position Group	Binghamton Manager	Projected Third Base Coach	Projected Bench Coach	Manager
Name	Reid Brignac	Dick Scott	Eric Chávez	Carlos Mendoza
DoB	1986-01-16	1962-07-19	1977-12-07	1979-11-27

It looks like Reid's ambitions will have to nonetheless be on hold for a bit, as the Mets here, as the Mets make Carlos Mendoza the third-(we think)-ever MLB manager from Venezuela.


Transactions, 11/14/2023

Direction	GOING	COMING	COMING
Transaction	Claimed off Waivers by ATL	Added to Projected Roster	Added to 40-Player Roster
Position Group	Relief Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Outfielder
Name	Penn Murfee	Sam Coonrod	Alex Ramirez
DoB	5/2/94	1992-09-22	2003-01-13
B/T	R/R	R/R	R/R
High Level	MLB (2023)	MLB (2023)	A+ (2023)

We're not scouts, but based on careers in review, we had Murfee ranked number four in the Mets bullpen, so we're as chagrined as any to see him lost on waivers. If the Mets felt compelled to waive somebody, we'd have suggested Coonrod, who has cleared waivers before, and here is added to the projected staff (over Jeff Brigham, Josh Walker, and Grant Hartwig) mainly because he is the one out of options. Someone in the front office likes him, or so it seems.