Your Friday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
Jeff McNeil has been activated from the injured list. To make room for him on the roster, Brett Baty was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse. Catcher Hayden Senger was also optioned to Triple-A to make room for Francisco Alvarez, who has not yet been officially activated from the injured list per the Mets’ transaction page, but likely will be ahead of tonight’s game.
Mark Zuckerman of MASN tweeted out the pitching probables for this weekend’s four-game series in DC: Kodai Senga will face off against Jake Irvin in the series opener, followed by Clay Holmes vs. Brad Lord, then Tylor Megill vs. Mitchell Parker, and finally Griffin Canning vs. Trevor Williams in the last game of the series on Monday.
Tim Healey of Newsday gave us three takeaways from the Mets’ 7-0 homestand.
This seven-game homestand was the highest attended in Citi Field history.
No one in the National League has been more valuable in the month of April than Pete Alonso.
SNY’s Steve Gelbs will make his Simpsons debut on Sunday at 8pm on FOX.
Around the National League East
The Nationals fell in a pitchers’ duel to the Orioles by a score of 2-1. MacKenzie Gore took the loss despite his strong performance.
The Phillies designated Kody Clemens for assignment on Wednesday to make room on the roster for Weston Wilson, who was activated from the injured list after dealing with an oblique strain to start the season. The team also said that Cristopher Sánchez will not be sent for imaging after leaving Tuesday’s game against the Mets due to forearm tightness. Instead, he will likely just get pushed back in the rotation or have his turned skipped.
Patrick Monteverde passed through waivers unclaimed, so the Marlins have outrighted him to Triple-A.
The Braves did the same with lefty José Suarez.
Around Major League Baseball
Jim Callis of MLB.com went over every team’s 2025 Draft bonus pool and all of the pick values.
Seth Lugo will pitch for Team Puerto Rico in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
Paul Skenes sits atop the latest Starting Pitcher Power Rankings from MLB.com.
The Rangers have placed Kumar Rocker on the injured list with a right shoulder impingement.
The Mets are among five teams to see their playoff odds rise sharply in the month of April. Five other teams, including the Braves, have seen their odds decline drastically.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 2012, David Wright passed Darryl Strawberry to become the Mets’ all-time RBI leader.