Edgy MD

Ten years of them! Right here in this space!!

I would keep Nimmo too, and let him be Nimmo. Maybe Eric Chavez and Jeremy Barnes take free-swinging Nimmo with them. I like that you made a verb out of Marte.

That is a lot of moving pieces you are anticipating. But what of McNeil?

Worth noting that there has been publicity in the last week or so suggesting Brandon was something of a clubhouse crank. Rather than be purely anonymous, this largely came from the Adam Ottavino story. It was lost in the reportage focusing on Otto's complaints about bullpen use, but he reported Nimmo as (1) being "very proud," (2) taking issue with a filler story matching up the Yankees head to head against the Mets and giving Alex Verdugo the edge over him, and (3) being grouchy about talk of Lindor being named captain. Numbers (2) and (3) were meant to be examples of (1), of course, and both sound pretty small of Nimmo, if not weighty in the grand scheme of things —sort of simultaneously making Brandon look petty and Ottavino kinda petty too for spilling on it now. Now, all of that could be exaggerated (it likely is), or even pulled wholly from Ottavino's imagination. It certainly doesn't read like the Nimmo I have watched, but what do I know? What it likely is not is scuttlebutt leaked by the Mets to soften a planned Nimmo deal, as it came from an independent, named source that was ****-talking the organization at the same time. Oh, also, I hate trades.

Luisangel just took a smashing pitch to the forearm in winter ball a couple of days ago. I do not know if he has been definitively diagnosed, but I think he hasn't played since.

That's what she said ... about Robinson Canó, Roberto Alomar, Carlos Berga, and Juan Samuel. Giving up perfectly good flesh-and-blood dudes along with high-ticket buckz in order to get a declining secondbaseman that blocks a whole cluster of developing infielders is frequently a game they play. It can be described as a win-now mindset, but I tend to think who are the players of now and who are the players of tomorrow turns over a lot faster than teams realize in November.

It has been a dozen days since the hire, but John Gibbons is now the bench coach for The Angels. The ones in Anaheim, not the ones in The Great Beyond.

bWAR is unreliable for defense. That does not mean it is useless, but most defensive metrics only give you part of the picture. That said, it makes some sense that you have to be superlative to get credit for a net positive defensive contribution at a position that pretty much every one on the roster can play at some degree of effectiveness. Whether that truly means the average first basemen should get a clearly negative score for (d)WAR is certainly arguable, but it is hard to debate openly when bWAR and fWAR are hidden, proprietary metrics. I am not even sure if it changes from year to year to make it more sophisticated as new information becomes available. I suspect ... maybe?

Our laptop is dying here at Mets Roster Central, and while we transition to a new Lenovo, we are slowly working in between crashes. Here we are, quickly catching up on the photo-illustrated updates: Transactions, 11/6/2025 [table][tr][th]Direction[/th][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Transaction [/th][td90]Opted for Minor-League Free Agency[/td90][td90]Opted for Minor-League Free Agency[/td90][td90]Opted for Minor-League Free Agency[/td90][td90]Opted for Minor-League Free Agency[/td90][td90]Opted for Minor-League Free Agency[/td90][td90]Opted for Minor-League Free Agency[/td90][td90]Opted for Minor-League Free Agency[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Position Group [/th][th]Starting Pitchers[/th][th]Relief Pitchers[/th][th]Relief Pitchers[/th][th]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]Relief Pitchers[/th][th]Relief Pitchers[/th][th]Relief Pitchers[/th][/tr] 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[tr][th]Name [/th][td90]Matt Allan [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/dominican-republic-flag-small.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Ty Adcock [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/usa_m.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Jace Beck [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/usa_m.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Eduardo Herrera [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/venezuelan-flag-small.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Daniel Juarez [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/venezuelan-flag-small.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Joe La Sorsa [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/usa_m.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Bryce Montes de Oca [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/usa_m.png[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]DoB[/th][td90]2001-04-17[/td90][td90]1997-02-07[/td90][td90]2000-06-14[/td90][td90]2000-01-05[/td90][td90]2000-09-28[/td90][td90]1998-04-29[/td90][td90]1996-04-23[/td90][/tr] 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[tr][th]Name [/th][td90]Luis Moreno [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/dominican-republic-flag-small.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Oliver Ortega [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/dominican-republic-flag-small.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Yacksel Ríos [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/puerto_rico.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Alfred Vega [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/dominican-republic-flag-small.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Matt O'Neill [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/usa_m.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]William Lugo [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/dominican-republic-flag-small.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Alvaro Matos [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/dominican-republic-flag-small.png[/fimg][/td90][/tr] 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Azocar [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/venezuelan-flag-small.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Omar De Los Santos [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/dominican-republic-flag-small.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Fidel Piñango [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/venezuelan-flag-small.jpg[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]DoB[/th][td90]1992-05-06[/td90][td90]1997-02-15[/td90][td90]1996-05-11[/td90][td90]1999-08-08[/td90][td90]2007-07-13[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]B/T[/th][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]High Level[/th][td90]MLB (2022)[/td90][td90]AAA (2025)[/td90][td90]AAA (2025)[/td90][td90]AAA (2022)[/td90][td90]DSL (2025)[/td90][/tr][/table] Quickly working through these colorful characters: Matt Allan is, of course, already a legend in the rehabilitation world. Starting his career in 2019, he got on the field for all of 10 1/3 innings back in 2019. Somehow, that was enough of a sample size to launch him into the organizational top ten prospect lists everywhere. He proceeded to miss five straight seasons with injuries, giving the Mets just one more year of control to get him back on track. His 2025 could be considered a minor victory, as he did get back onto the mound and into competition. He was even modestly effective, striking out 23 batters (and walking 16) in 20 innings. But 20 innings was hardly going to turn his career around. The Mets or some other team or maybe the indy leagues might still have some interest, but the Mets know him best. Ty Adcock has come and gone from the organization twice now in two years, making brief MLB cameos during each of the last two seasons. He may or may not have put his history of shoulder impingement syndrome behind him, but he has not been particularly effective in AAA of late. Look for another team to sign him, DFA him in May, and the Mets to grab him off waivers. Some guys just come back. Jace Beck was on a good track before missing all of 2024 with injuries. All through his minor league career, he has experimenting with all sorts of weird, attention-grabbing mustache looks, ignoring Crash Davis' advice to focus on getting to the show, and then letting yourself be colorful. The Mets are the third organization for Eduardo Herrera. He spent most of the season with Brooklyn, pitched effectively, and briefly launched himself to Syracuse. He is a definite candidate for a re-signing, though probably not likely to find his way to the big leagues. He is wilder than the chicks on the cover of a 1950s pulp novel. Joe La Sorsa looks like a guy named Joe La Sorsa. The Mets signed him in early September as an emergency measure they never called on, after his late-season release by Cincy. He is a local guy (Mt. Kisko) that has already moved on, signing last week with Pittsburgh, as will be noted in a subsequent update. Bryce Montes de Oca reached the big leagues way back in 2022, so try and hang on to whatever memories you have of that season, because he appears to be coming soon to a Memories thread near you. A Tommy John victim back in high school, he is famed for his triple-digit fastball and his double-digit ERA. Luis Moreno has been hanging around, and mostly progressing steadily since 2019, but he has had his head handed to him at AA and AAA. If you see him again, it may be as a coach. Oliver Ortega is a veteran of 45 MLB games from 2021 to 2023. The Mets signed him as a rehab candidate before the 2024 season, knowing he would miss the whole year, but maybe show them something in 2025. He only got on the field for 14 2/3 innings, though, so the long-term investment has not yet paid off much. Whether they double down is an open question, but somebody definitely will go for him in 2026. Yacksel Rios is also an MLB vet who has not appeared in the bigs since 2023. Unfortunately for him, it is 2025 that was his disaster year, and so the suffering is not nearly as behind him. He is currently trying to pitch his way back in the Puerto Rican Winter League. Matt O'Neill was in spring training last season, a solid backstop trying for and losing the third-string catcher job that went to Hayden Senger. Matt ended up backing up in both Binghamton and Syracuse, getting into only 51 games, while brushing up his resumé for his future as a coach at a small Pennsylvania school. He has already been signed away, however, by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Monsters. William Lugo spent three years as a utility infielder for Brooklyn, so there is a good chance you have shared a subway with him at least once. A solid organizational player, his hitting has declined with each promotion, so his career probably has no further viability. A future in scouting, maybe. His middle name is Edwil. Unlike many of the guys leaving the system here after six years of so of minor-league service. Alvaro Matos is being proactively released after two punchless seasons in the DSL. He went 14-for-14 in stolen bases, though. It is too bad there isn't a big professional track-and-field league. It really is. Joey Meneses was signed for 2025 as Pete Alonso insurance, a policy the Mets blessedly never had to cash in. Sadly, he is one of the last of the diminishing population of Mexican natives in the Mets system, so it is a good time to start rooting like hell for 2025 Brooklyn Cyclone Kevin Villavicencio, the pride of Guerrero Negro. Luke Ritter climbed to the very top of the organizational ladder, one injury short of a big-league debut, playing a lot of second and third and the outfield for Syracuse the last two seasons, even appearing five times on the mound this past season. He will almost certainly continue his career in baseball this season, probably get an invite to camp. He is HIGHLY likely to have heard Fman sing and play guitar and mandolin at sometime in the past two years. You may remember José Azocar from a dozen games in 2025 as the Mets fifth outfielder/pinch-running guy. All speed and no punch, but he will get a memories thread before the year is out. Omar de los Santos has also been with the team since 2019, but his bat flamed out in Binghamton. Fidel Piñango is a really good place to finish. Another sad-sack story that never got out of the DSL and at least tasted stateside baseball? Yes, perhaps, but in addition to his two seasons of Mendoza Line outfield play, he also got on the mound for exactly one game. That is no big deal, you might think, as the guy on the end of the roster, most in danger of an unconditional release is the most likely to get thrown into emergency duty on the mound. But Fidel made his only career pitching appearance with the game on the line! Entering the ninth inning of a match against the DSL Bombers with a 20-16 lead in a save situation, he induced the first batter he faced into what appeared to be a game-ending flyout, only to see the ball misplayed by left-fielder Roni Garcia. He then walked the next two guys before striking out Eddinson Charles with the bags juiced and walking off with a 20-19 victory! A save in his only trip to the mound of his career!

Of course he does. And the bullpen coach. And various people in the front office. But Otto is indicting Mendoza. That does not make him wrong, of course, but if I am doing the interviewing, my first followup question is going to be about Jeremy Hefner, Desi Druschel, José Rosado, Jack Bredeson, Jono Armold, etc. — to find out where the culture is working and where it is breaking down, so we have a full picture of who we might want to exile and who we might want to bank on. Does he really want to see the whole pitching side of the organization burned or is his beef with Mendoza? If the latter, how much of that beef is about policy and how much about personality? It seems a little of both with Adam. And in a game where both teams want to win, and injuries fall like snow upon the living and the dead, good policies and good intentions can still produce bad outcomes. It is challenging to hear voices in 2025 decry onerous workload burdens, when I cry out that managers are working with neurotic obsession trying to spare pitchers the sort of workloads that could help them win. But as long as games still have nine innings, when you spare one guy, somebody at the other end has to pick up the slack. it all depends on what side of the golden handshake you live on. That said, I fully believe that bullpenning is a less onerous life if guys are called on for longer appearances less frequently. Two to three innings twice a week gets more out of a guy than one inning four times a week, while (to my thinking) taxes him less.

Adam does, it seems. I imagine he would cite more than those two cases, but even after factoring in the Kranicks and the Buttós, it still may be a tough case to make.

Great offseason fodder. I have no great respect for Carlos Mendoza and his running of the team, but I do not see the rash of bullpen injuries that Ottavino is referring to — at least, not greater a 'rash' than any team. I certainly do feel that lifting starters ever earlier is a recipe for failure, and when that failure comes to fruition, it is the bullpen guys left unfairly holding the bag. And I feel that the thinking that led them to use more pitchers than any team in history (?) this season was absolutely lazy-minded and counterproductive. Still, I didn't really see that as a cause or effect of a rash of injuries. Obviously, Minter and Young going down early was a damaging thing that they never seemed to recover from. Was that Mendoza's fault? Was that part of a disproportionate pattern? Dunno. Also, while I hardly have a front-row seat for what goes on in the clubhouse, Mendoza does not strike me as aloof from his players. But relating to guys in the bullpen is always a different animal, when you have no contact with them during the game, so for all I know, they may come and go, live and die, without an ounce of acknowledgment from Mendoza. So Mendoza makes for a soft target after a lousy second half, and Otto clearly has an axe to grind. Whether the dots all line up is another matter.

That Nancy Seaver candidacy isn't going to fuel itself.

Oh, ****. J.P. Arrencibia has also been promoted from Syracuse bench coach to take over as the Mets catching coach. A reward for any defensive improvements that they credit him to adding to Álvarez' game, one may guess. Recent announcements have not designated anybody as taking over Antoan Richardson's portforlio as baserunning coach. It may be assumed that assignment falls to Gomez along with the first base and outfield coaching duties he inherits from Richardson, or maybe that gig goes to new bench coach Kai Correa, or possibly quality assurance coach Danny Barnes. Arrencbia brings the Mets one step deeper into the Caucus of the Disgusting, being married to gross Fox commentator Tomi Lahren.

This is the nature of offseason storytelling on days when no other action is there to report. I hear the Mets might sign John Rocker. I have a source, and he is a totally sourcey source.

Cool. Brandon Nimmo.

I believe that image was released on social media by Los Tigres. Gilbert has both played for and managed the team.

2025 Championship Ring Recipient-to-Be Michael Conforto.

It looks like the Mets have the final additions to the coaching staff. The new first-base and outfield coach will be Gilbert Gomez. Gillie is still crazy young — he will turn 34 during spring training. He is mostly a Mets lifer, having played for the team from 2009-2015, peaking in AA. He had a brief indy ball phase in 2017 before returning to the organization on the instruction side. He spent the last two years managing The Brooklyn Cyclones, leading them to a 72–59 / .550 finish in 2025, and piloting them to the South Atlantic League championship. [FIMG=450]https://lasverdades.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/GilbertGomezCampeonCyclones.jpg[/FIMG] The new assistant pitching coach will be Dan McKinney. Dan, only somewhat older than Gillie, continues the organization's waxing trend of bringing in instructors and development personnel from increasingly obscure backgrounds, his highest level as a performer being 86 innings at Division II Southeast Oklahoma State. He also did some catching while suiting up for the Savage Storm. It is his fourth season in the organization, having spent the last two as pitching coach for Binghamton, where he developed a rapport working with some of the Mets' highest-profile prospects, including Jonah Tong, Nolan McLean, and Brandon Sproat. Bingo, lest it go un-noted, also won a championship. Mets Roster Central has not been able to find any information confirming or disproving any relationship to former Mets outfielder Billy McSkinny, or former softball star/current Mississippi State pitching coach Taryne Mowatt-McKinney, but there may be something there. Dan appears to be rather camera shy, but see here a great shot of him arriving late to practice.

Heff McNeil.

Or it is just a report citing anonymous sources, absent a ton of important context.

Dave Magadan.

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Hey, that is consecuguessing! Minus 50 points! Dock his per diems or something!