Mets Roster Central: No Fools Quite Like April Fools

[Edgy MD]

You thought the purging and cleansing was over two days ago — or maybe you didn't — so maybe you were wrong and maybe you were right. Maybe you thought the next transactions you'd see were the Mets reloading bullpen arms for the series in San Francisco. But still assembling the lower-level rosters, the powers that be were left to give bad news to a handful of guys who thought they had made it out of Spring Training alive, only to see their seasons end before they began.

Transactions, 4/1/2026

 

GOING
Released	Released	Released	Released
Relief Pitchers	Relief Pitchers	Catcher	Infielders
Robinson Martinez	Trey McGough	José Aular	Nick Roselli
R/R DoB: 1998-03-20 High Level: AA (2025)	L/L DoB: 1998-03-29 High Level: AAA (2024)	R/R DoB: 2004-01-02 High Level: AA (2025)	L/R DoB: 2003-03-31 High Level: A+ (2025)

There is certainly a mixed bag here.  Trey McGough is certainly the big surprise.  The lefty had had an impressive minor-league career going through age 25, only to see things blow up in his face just as he was looking for his first big-league callup.  Things went so sideways that McGough announced his retirement last May, only to get offered a rare two-year minor-league deal by the Mets in January.

Presumably, they wanted to give him time in the lab to find himself again.  But time has a way of running out real fast, and I guess the Mets are on some kind of hook for a two years of minor-league salary, unless there is some kind of out if a guy doesn't make an Opening Day roster.

There's an out, isn't there?  There's always an out.

Nick Roselli is a tragedy of a different brand.  A homeboy out of Levittown, NY, Nick played his college ball for SUNY Binghamton, and after a season-plus in the Mets system, was looking to make the Binghamton Rumble Ponies roster this summer, and go back and stick it to all those professors who said he'd never amount to nothing.  That's the way we imagine things go at Mets Roster Central, anyhow.

Home cooking doesn't always work out the way you want, anyhow, as Nick showed when his defensible .233 batting average for St. Lucie plummeted to an eye-opening .136 for Brooklyn.  That was over the course of 139 plate appearances, and those are, sadly, the sort of numbers that get a dude released.

Adding to the Roselli-related challenges is that the bad news is reported the day after his birthday, and one imagines he got the news on the actual birthday.  In fact, three of our four releaserinos here have just recently celebrated the anniversary of their nativity.  (Two of them were born a day apart!)

Best wishes if you are reading, Nick.  There are always great things ahead for a Binghamton Bearcat.

Jose Aular is an organizational catcher.  In four seasons of backing up Christopher Suero (among others), he never appeared enough to garner as many as 10 RBI.  A great guy to have around for Spring Training, but too redundant as the start of the season reveals a glut of catchers at the upper levels.

Robinson Martinez had been a refugee from the Orioles system that the Mets picked up in December and have put down just as fast.  Martinez has a track record of holding his own against high-level competition in the Dominican Summer League, only to find his game still has rough spots when he comes back to stateside affiliated ball.

It is too bad winter has to end, sometimes.  That doesn't seemingly make sense, but the legacy April Fool's Day suggests it is nonetheless true.

Your Mets Coaching Staff

 

Manager	Bench Coach	Pitching Coach	Hitting Coordinator	Third Base Coach	First Base Coach	Bullpen Coach	Ass't Pitching 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 Practice Pitcher	Equipment Manager	Bullpen Catchers	Bullpen Catchers
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	Reconditioning Coordinator	Reconditioning Therapist	Head Performance Coach	Assistant Performance Coach	Performance Coordinator
Brian Chicklo	Joseph Golia	Bryan Baca	Sean Bardanett	Josh Bickel	Dustin Clarke	Tanner Miracle	Jeremy Chiang
DoB: 1972-07-17	DoB: 1978-??-??	DoB: Circa 1980	DoB: 1988-06-23	DoB: 1996-??-??	DoB: 1987-??-??	DoB: 1991-??-??	DoB: ????-??-??

 

Your 2026 New York Mets

 

	Starting Pitchers
	Clay Holmes	Nolan McLean	Freddy Peralta	David Peterson	Kodai Senga
	R/R DoB: 1993-03-27	R/R DoB: 2001-07-24	R/R DoB: 2996-06-04	L/L DoB: 1995-09-03	L/R DoB: 1993-01-30
Relief Pitchers
Huascar Brazobán	Luis Garcia	Richard Lovelady	Sean Manaea	Tobias Myers	Brooks Raley	Luke Weaver
R/R DoB: 1989-10-15	R/R DoB: 1987-01-30	L/L DoB: 1995-07-07	R/L DoB: 1992-02-01	R/R DoB: 1998-08-05	L/L DoB: 1988-06-29	R/R DoB: 1993-08-21
Relief Pitchers	Catchers		Infielders
Devin Williams	Francisco Alvarez	Luís Torrens	Brett Baty	Bo Bichette	Francisco Lindor	Jorge Polanco
R/R DoB: 1994-09-21	R/R DoB: 2001-11-01	R/R DoB: 1996-05-02	L/R DoB: 1999-11-13	R/R DoB: 1998-03-05	S/R DoB: 1993-11-14	S/R DoB: 1999-11-13
Infielders		Outfielders
Marcus Semien	Mark Vientos	Carson Benge	Luis Robert, Jr.	Juan Soto	Tyrone Taylor	Jared Young
R/R DoB: 1990-09-17	R/R DoB: 1993-12-11	L/R DoB: 2003-01-20	R/R DoB: 1997-08-03	L/L DoB: 36093	R/R DoB: 34356	L/R DoB: 1995-07-09

 

Also on 40-Player Roster

 

Starting Pitchers			Relief Pitchers
Tylor Megill	Christian Scott	Jonah Tong	Alex Carrillo	Reed Garrett	Joey Gerber	Justin Hagenman
R/R DoB: 1995-07-28	R/R DoB: 1999-06-15	R/R DoB: 2003-06-19	R/R DoB: 1997-06-06	R/R DoB: 1993-01-02	R/R DoB: 1997-05-03	R/R DoB: 1996-10-07
On 60-Day Injured List with torn right UCL.	In minor-league camp. Projected for Syracuse.	In minor-league camp. Projected for Syracuse.	In minor-league camp. Projected for St. Lucie.	On 60-Day Injured List — right UCL surgery and nerve relocation surgery.	With Syracuse	On 60 Day Injured List with fractured rib.
Relief Pitchers					Catchers	Infielders
A.J. Minter	Dedniel Núñez	Jonathan Pintaro	Dylan Ross	Austin Warren	Hayden Senger	Ronny Mauricio
L/L DoB: 1993-09-02	R/R DoB: 1996-06-05	R/R DoB: 1997-11-07	R/R DoB: 2000-09-01	R/R DoB: 1996-02-05	R/R DoB: 1997-04-03	S/R DoB: 2001-04-04
On 15-Day Injured List — Left Lat Surgery	On 60-Day Injured List — right UCL surgery.	In minor-league camp. Projected for Binghamton.	In minor-league camp. Projected for St. Lucie.	In minor-league camp. Projected for St. Lucie.	In minor-league camp. Projected for Binghamton.	In minor-league camp. Projected for Syracuse.
Outfielders
MJ Melendez	Nick Morabito
L/R DoB: 1993-11-29	R/R DoB: 2003-05-07
In minor-league camp. Projected for Syracuse.	In minor-league camp. Projected for Binghamton.

 

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