Edgy MD Site Manager Posted June 22 Posted June 22 It's a loaded word — rehab. It's certainly conceived as a promising step for all who need to get back to where they were, but it's become associated with chemical dependency and criminal deviation. When all you're trying to put behind you is a strained calf (The Official Injury of the 2026 Mets!), the word may sound more dramatic than necessary, but when a team is still trying to find themselves on June 21, the hint that they may be able to soon reassemble their best roster can't help but resonate — at least a little.. Transactions, 6/16/2026 GOING COMING Released Signed away from Lancaster (Atlantic League) to Minor-League Contract, Assigned to Binghamton Infielders Outfielders TT Bowens Nick Lucky R/R DoB: 1998-05-27 High Level: MLB (2026) L/R DoB: 1995-12-25 High Level: MLB (2026) Dropping a curtain the TT Bowens act — coming only 49 days after the Mets signed him out of The Mexican League — has to be considered a disappointment. You can't not root for a guy with the name of an '80s action star, but after a few laps around the track, a guy needs more than a cool name to justify himself, and a .135 batting average isn't going to cut it in any league. The Mets have recently added a few more journeymen to Binghamton to take his place and frankly, Bingo fans have recently gotten Lucky. More specifically, they're getting a chance to root for organizational newcomer Nick Lucky. Nick doesn't tend to arrive like a comet, but he's the sort of guy who makes patience pay off. He went to school at Coastal Carolina, in The Sun Belt Conference, and wouldn't you know it, but he got better every year. YEAR PA BA OBP SLG OPS 2019 82 .234 .346 .344 .690 2020 65 .271 .431 .333 .764 2021 234 .279 .368 .500 .868 2022 268 .297 .422 .455 .877 2023 292 .307 .441 .570 1.012 That's a sweet pattern, but it didn't get him drafted, as he had originally been out of high school. After a brief run in indy ball, he joined the Twins organization, but was released (they felt no need for Luckyness) after only 60 games. It was back to indy ball, and over three seasons in The Atlantic League, the old pattern of progressive improvement re-asserted itself. YEAR PA BA OBP SLG OPS 2024 131 .281 .359 .421 .780 2025 500 .293 .380 .512 .891 2026 213 .339 .441 .548 .989 Nick Lucky is now 26. And affiliated ball, of course, does not afford a player the luxury of repeating a level several years in a row in order to master it (unless/until he reaches MLB, of course) — but the pattern is intriguing, and with three hits in his first 11 at-bats for Bingo, he may have already outproduced TT Bowens. Transactions, 6/18/2026 COMING COMING Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse Sent to St. Lucie on Rehab Assignment Infielders Infielders Vidal Brujan Ronny Mauricio S/R DoB: 1998-02-09 High Level: MLB (2026) S/R DoB: 2001-04-04 High Level: MLB (2026) Two Dominican infielders. One arrives in Syracuse having been exiled in favor of Zack Short, while the other arrives in Syracuse to get in shape in order to avenge his countryman's honor and take out Zack Short. We suspect there is a lot of talk about Zack Short in the Syracuse clubhouse Transactions, 6/21/2026 COMING COMING Sent to Syracuse on Rehab Assignment Sent to Syracuse on Rehab Assignment Infielders Outfielders Francisco Lindor Tyrone Taylor S/R DoB: 1993-11-14 High Level: MLB (2026) R/R DoB: 1994-01-22 High Level: MLB (2026) And really, if a rehabbing Ronny Maurcio can't un-Short-ify the Mets roster in the near future, a rehabbing Francisco Lindor certainly can. If a healthy Francisco returns to his familiar everyday shortstop role, Bo Bichette returns to third, Brett Baty returns to the utility role he was supposed to take on this year, and Zack — barring an unexpected offensive outburst or another (Heaven forfend) injury to a teammate — presumably returns to the waiver wire. With rehabbers rehabbing, it's about to get pretty tight for reserve Mets. Tyrone Taylor's expected return puts Eric Wagaman (and possibly Mark Vientos) on notice. And those that survive this purge might find themselves counting the days until Jorge Polanco and Luis Robert, Jr. return. Or — and this is our suggestion — they can start slugging the snot out of the ball and let the chips fall where they may. Rehabilitation — it is a word with a lot of varying connotations, but it is a mark of a healthy society. And the Mets could sure stand to start representing a healthy society. Your 2026 New York Mets Starting Pitchers Sean Manaea Tobias Myers Nolan McLean Freddy Peralta David Peterson R/L DoB: 1992-02-01 R/R DoB: 1998-08-05 R/R DoB: 2001-07-24 R/R DoB: 2996-06-04 L/L DoB: 1995-09-03 Relief Pitchers Huascar Brazobán A.J. Minter Cionel Pérez Jonathan Pintaro Brooks Raley Austin Warren Luke Weaver R/R DoB: 1989-10-15 L/L DoB: 1993-09-02 R/L DoB: 35176 R/R DoB: 1997-11-07 L/L DoB: 1988-06-29 R/R DoB: 1996-02-05 R/R DoB: 1993-08-21 Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders Devin Williams Francisco Alvarez Luís Torrens Bo Bichette Brett Baty Marcus Semien Zack Short R/R DoB: 1994-09-21 R/R DoB: 2001-11-01 R/R DoB: 1996-05-02 R/R DoB: 1998-03-05 L/R DoB: 1999-11-13 R/R DoB: 1990-09-17 R/R DoB: 34848 Infielders Outfielders Mark Vientos Eric Wagaman Carson Benge A.J. Ewing MJ Melendez Juan Soto Jared Young R/R DoB: 1993-12-11 R/R DoB: 1997-08-14 L/R DoB: 2003-01-20 L/R DoB: 2004-08-10 L/R DoB: 1993-11-29 L/L DoB: 1998-10-25 L/R DoB: 1995-07-09 Also on 40-Player Roster Starting Pitchers Starting Pitcher Clay Holmes Tylor Megill Christian Scott Zach Thornton Jonah Tong Alex Carrillo Daniel Duarte R/R DoB: 1993-03-27 R/R DoB: 1995-07-28 R/R DoB: 1999-06-15 L/L DoB: 2002-01-17 R/R DoB: 2003-06-19 R/R DoB: 1997-06-06 R/R DoB: 1996-12-04 Relief Pitchers Catchers Reed Garrett Joey Gerber Justin Hagenman Dedniel Núñez Jonathan Pintaro Dylan Ross Hayden Senger R/R DoB: 1993-01-02 R/R DoB: 1997-05-03 R/R DoB: 1996-10-07 R/R DoB: 1996-06-05 R/R DoB: 1997-11-07 R/R DoB: 2000-09-01 R/R DoB: 1997-04-03 Infielders Outfielders Francisco Lindor Ronny Mauricio Jorge Polanco Nick Morabito Luis Robert, Jr. Tyrone Taylor S/R DoB: 1993-11-14 S/R DoB: 2001-04-04 S/R DoB: 1999-11-13 R/R DoB: 2003-05-07 R/R DoB: 1997-08-03 R/R DoB: 1994-01-22 Your Mets Coaching Staff Manager Bench Coach Pitching Coach Hitting Coord. Third Base Coach First Base Coach Bullpen Coach Ass't Pitch. Coach Carlos Mendoza Kai Correa Justin Willard Jeff Albert Tim Leiper Gilbert Gomez José Rosado Dan McKinney DoB: 1979-11-27 DoB: 1989-07-14 DoB: 1990-09-09 DoB: 1992-08-16 DoB: 1996-07-19 DoB: 1992-03-08 DoB: 1974-11-09 DoB: 1989-06-06 Hitting Coach Strategy Coach Catching Coach Coaching Assistant Bat'g Pract. Pitcher Equip. Manager Bullpen Catcher Bullpen Catcher Troy Snitker Danny Barnes J.P. Arencibia Rafael Fernandez Kevin Mahoney Kevin Kierst Eric Langill Dave Racaniello DoB: 1988-12-05 DoB: 1989-10021 DoB: 1986-01-05 DoB: 1988-08-03 DoB: 1987-05-11 DoB: 1964-07-09 DoB: 1979-04-09 DoB: 1978-06-03 Your Mets Training Staff Director of Player Health Head Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Recond. Coordinator Recond. Therapist Head Performance Coach Assistant Performance Coach Performance Coordinator Soft Tissue Specialist Brian Chicklo Joseph Golia Bryan Baca Sean Bardanett Josh Bickel Dustin Clarke Tanner Miracle Jeremy Chiang Hiroto Kawamura DoB: 1972-07-17 DoB: 1978-??-?? DoB: Circa 1980 DoB: 1988-06-23 DoB: 1996-??-?? DoB: 1987-??-?? DoB: 1991-??-?? DoB: ????-??-?? DoB: 1962-07-19 View full article
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