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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[News: New York Mets News & Analysis]]></title><link>https://grandcentralmets.com/news-rumors/new-york-mets/page/5/?d=1</link><description><![CDATA[News: New York Mets News & Analysis]]></description><language>en</language><item><title>Mets Roster Central: Of DFAs And Development Lists</title><link>https://grandcentralmets.com/news-rumors/new-york-mets/mets-roster-central-of-dfas-and-development-lists-r19957/</link><description>When three guys are DFA'd at the end of Spring Training, and two clear waivers and accept minor-league assignments, Mets Roster Central guesses that it is a good outcome in the whole.




	When two MLB vets accept assignments to the minor-league development list &#x2014; a designation specifically desi...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">19957</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:11:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Carson Benge&#x2019;s Floor Is Pretty High For a Rookie, But How High Is the Ceiling?</title><link>https://grandcentralmets.com/news-rumors/new-york-mets/carson-benges-floor-is-pretty-high-for-a-rookie-but-how-high-is-the-ceiling-r19950/</link><description>As confirmed by New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza,&#xA0;Carson Benge&#xA0;not only made the roster, but he also will be the starting right fielder against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Opening Day.




	The Mets are placing a lot of trust in the 23-year-old rookie to hold down the right field spot for the...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">19950</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:33:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>3 Bold Predictions on Opening Day for the 2026 Mets</title><link>https://grandcentralmets.com/news-rumors/new-york-mets/3-bold-predictions-on-opening-day-for-the-2026-mets-r19948/</link><description>In the style of Effectively Wild's annual preseason prediction game, we've come up with three bold predictions, or hot takes if you will, for the 2026 New York Mets. Presented here in order of confidence.




	3 Bold New York Mets Predictions for 2026 Season




	Kodai Senga will be the Mets' be...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">19948</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:50:02 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Fan Confidence In Mark Vientos Is Understandably Low, But There Is Reason For Optimism</title><link>https://grandcentralmets.com/news-rumors/new-york-mets/fan-confidence-in-mark-vientos-is-understandably-low-but-there-is-reason-for-optimism-r19941/</link><description>It is hard to argue that this spring has created a lot of optimism towards Mark Vientos. Fans continue to wonder where the 2024 version of the Mets' young star went. Coming off a disappointing 2025 campaign, Vientos has yet to prove this spring that the 2024 Vientos will be making a comeback thi...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">19941</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:32:54 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Mets Roster Central: And One Roster to Rule Them All</title><link>https://grandcentralmets.com/news-rumors/new-york-mets/mets-roster-central-and-one-roster-to-rule-them-all-r19952/</link><description>Little can be considered a surprise after perhaps the most aggressive year-to-year makeover in Mets history, so one has to place room for a little drama at the end of camp and the addition of Carson Benge makes that complete.

	

	More on that below as we spread the table for a new season.&#xA0; Get...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">19952</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:31:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Make-or-Break Players on the 2026 New York Mets: Mark Vientos</title><link>https://grandcentralmets.com/news-rumors/new-york-mets/make-or-break-players-on-the-2026-new-york-mets-mark-vientos-r19943/</link><description>It was not long ago that fans, pundits, and everyone in between were praising New York Mets third baseman Mark Vientos for his play during the 2024 campaign and the magical postseason run that followed. But,&#xA0;as the team enters a 2026 season&#xA0;that may be largely defined by new faces, the 26-year-o...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">19943</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:53:02 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>3 Reasons Why Marcus Semien Will Bounce Back With the Mets, and 3 Reasons Why He Won't</title><link>https://grandcentralmets.com/news-rumors/new-york-mets/3-reasons-why-marcus-semien-will-bounce-back-with-the-mets-and-3-reasons-why-he-wont-r19946/</link><description>As with most team developments, New York Mets fans were not happy last November when the club acquired second baseman Marcus Semien in a trade with the Texas Rangers in exchange for outfielder Brandon Nimmo. The doomscrolling denizens of Mets Twitter were highly perturbed that team president Dav...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">19946</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:02:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Mets Roster Central: Paring Down to Opening Day</title><link>https://grandcentralmets.com/news-rumors/new-york-mets/mets-roster-central-paring-down-to-opening-day-r19945/</link><description>A lot of the camp drama has been locked up. All that's left is to find out if Craig Kimbrell will make the Opening Day roster (hint: he won't) and who the fifth outfielder will be. 




	Mets Transactions, 3/20/2026


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	Manaea signed with the Mets ahead of the 2024 season and immediately transformed...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">19940</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:52:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Mets Roster Central: The Bloody End of Spring Training</title><link>https://grandcentralmets.com/news-rumors/new-york-mets/mets-roster-central-the-bloody-end-of-spring-training-r19949/</link><description>When spring training ends, the preparation for the regular season's start, and the roster accounting that entails, brings forth a spontaneous explosion of Injured List assignments. Many of these players had likely been injured for weeks or more, but as it all had gone largely unreported on, the...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">19949</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Mets Roster Central: Getting Caught Up in Our New Home</title><link>https://grandcentralmets.com/news-rumors/new-york-mets/mets-roster-central-getting-caught-up-in-our-new-home-r19934/</link><description>Long has our roster gone without updates while we sorted through the boxes and hauled the furniture over in moving vans from the old place to the new. This has necessitated reprogramming the Mets Roster Central database as well. We apologize if this means catching up, but we need not go into Ope...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">19934</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:36:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Francisco Alvarez Offers Mets A Perfect Template For Managing Francisco Lindor's Hamate Injury</title><link>https://grandcentralmets.com/news-rumors/new-york-mets/francisco-alvarez-offers-mets-a-perfect-template-for-managing-francisco-lindors-hamate-injury-r19937/</link><description>The story of Francisco Lindor in Queens has been one of high stakes and even higher production. Since arriving in 2021, he has evolved from a player meeting skeptical boos into the heartbeat of the Mets' roster.&#xA0;




	Over the last three seasons, he has turned into a statistical Swiss Army knife...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">19937</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:01:02 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
