Today's NY Back Pages and Mets Headlines: 2/2/26

 

Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Leo Foster and Melvin Mora.

Mets News:

• Soto to rejoin star-studded Dominican squad in '26 Classic (MLB.com)
• Mets’ Juan Soto set to play for Dominican Republic in World Baseball Classic (New York Post)
• Mets Bullpen Sleeper, veteran Adbert Alzolay, Expected to be Full Go in Spring Training (SI.com)
• Freddy Peralta Trade Opens Door for This Highly Anticipated Prospect (SI.Com)

MLB Trade Rumors

• Reds Sign Eugenio Suarez
• Multiple Teams Interested In Ty France
• Orioles Acquire Bryan Ramos, Designate Weston Wilson
• Diamondbacks Interested In Carlos Santana
• MLBTR Chat Transcript
• Angels Sign Jose Siri To Minors Deal
• Latest On Derek Falvey’s Departure From Twins
• Dodgers Sign Cole Irvin To Minor League Deal
• White Sox Designate Drew Romo, Jairo Iriarte For Assignment
• White Sox Acquire Jordan Hicks
• Padres Notes: Sheets, DH, Preller
• Team Puerto Rico Considering Withdrawal From World Baseball Classic Amid Insurance Issues
• Giants, Luis Arraez Agree To One-Year Deal

Born on this date:

• Dale Murray (1950)
• Leo Foster (1951)
• Pat Tabler (1958)
• Scott Erickson (1968)
• Melvin Mora (1972)
• Jason Vargas (1983)
• Ronny Cedeno (1983)
• Chin-lung Hu (1984)
• Adrian Houser (1997)
• Hoss Brewer (2001)

Transactions:

New York Mets traded Carlos Gomez, Philip Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey to the Minnesota Twins for Johan Santana on February 2, 2008.

New York Mets sold Darrell Ceciliani to the Toronto Blue Jays on February 2, 2016.

Tampa Bay Rays signed Hunter Strickland of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 2, 2021.

National Pastime.com:

2020

The NFL names Patrick Mahomes the MVP of Super Bowl LIV, after the 24-year-old quarterback leads a fourth-quarter rally in the Chiefs' 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. The Kansas City QB's dad, Pat, compiled a 42-39 (.519) record pitching for five major league teams in 11 seasons, including posting an 8-0 record for 1999 Mets.