Monthly Archives: February 2024

There are so many firsts when it comes to the start of the baseball season. There’s the first day players arrive to camp, the official first day of pitchers and catchers, the first address from the manager, the first whole … Continue reading →

For a third spring training in a row, the Mets have invited Hayden Senger to major league camp. The 26-year old was drafted by the Mets round 24 during the 2018 draft out of Miami University of Ohio. Since being … Continue reading →

Kevin Parada was the Mets first round pick in 2022 and immediately made noise in the minor leagues, causing him to sky rocket up prospect lists. Before the start of the season last year Kevin Parada was listed as the … Continue reading →

I’ve previewed non-roster invitees to camp for the better part of a decade, and writing one for Tomás Nido is one of the strangest experiences I’ve ever had. I know Nido! You know Nido! Francisco Lindor listed him as the … Continue reading →

The Mets invited four non-roster catchers to camp last year (Nick Meyer, Kevin Parada, Michael Pérez and Hayden Senger). Last season they had five different players play behind the dish, with Pérez being the non-roster spring player seeing playing time … Continue reading →

Today’s non-roster invitee profile was still on the Mets roster when we started this series a couple of weeks ago. Adams signed a major league contract with the Mets at the end of November and was outrighted to make room … Continue reading →

Travis d’Arnaud. Luis Guillorme. Jarred Kelenic. All three are former Mets on the Atlanta Braves active roster. There are few things guaranteed in the universe, but one of them is excellent performance by former Mets, currently with the Braves, playing … Continue reading →

The Mets invited three big starting pitching prospects to camp this year: Dominic Hamel, Christian Scott and Mike Vasil. Similar to Scott, Vasil is another pitcher who saw his stock rise considerably last season. At the end of the 2022 … Continue reading →

Cole Sulser is one of the more interesting veteran non-roster invitees in camp as a couple of years ago he had a dominant season. Since then he’s been mired by injuries. Sulser was drafted in 2013 out of Dartmouth by … Continue reading →

As part of their 2024 bullpen and depth chart make-over, the Mets signed Chad Smith to a minor league deal back in December. Chad Smith was drafted twice, first in 2015 by Cleveland and then in 2016 by Miami. When … Continue reading →