Today's NY Back Pages and Mets Headlines: 3/26/2026






Good Morning. Happy Birthday Jose Vizcaino and Robert Zastryzny.

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Mets Links: 

3/25/26 Mets Roster Moves - Opening Day Roster Announced "LHP A.J. Minter placed on the 15-Day Injured List, retroactive to 3/22, due to left lat surgery, INF Vidal Brujan, LHP Bryan Hudson and C Ben Rortvedt have been designated for assignment."

Opening Day News:

 

David Stearns News:

 

Carson Benge News:

 

Other Mets News:




New York Post

Freddy Peralta’s Mets Opening Day start comes with future still to be determined

Mets sitting in advantageous position from NL East rivals as season of urgency begins

New-look Mets get Paul Skenes-sized first test — and they’re ‘hungry to win’

Carson Benge isn’t going to let his Mets arrival — or anything else —worry him

Everything to know about MLB’s new ABS robot challenge system — and the potential for humiliation

Gary Cohen opens up on the ‘worst part of the job’ as voice of the Mets

Mets decide on last two spots to finalize Opening Day roster


Metsmerized Online

Morning Briefing: Opening Day is Here!

Evaluating the 2026 MLB Betting Market

Fan Shot: Meet The Mets, The 2026 Edition

Mets Pre-Opening Day Press Conference

Mets Top 50 Prospects for 2026: 10-6 Features Young Infielders, Right-Handed Starters

2026 Mets Opening Day Roster

One Data Point for Each Pitcher This Spring

One Interesting Data Point for Each Mets Hitter This Spring

Morning Briefing: Cubs Extend Pete Crow-Armstrong

It’s Time for Francisco Alvarez to Put it All Together


Amazin' Avenue

How to tune in to the Mets’ Opening Day game against the Pirates

Mets announce Opening Day roster

2026 Mets King of Spring Training, final poll

Mets Madness: Championship

A final grade on the Mets’ offseason

Juan Soto is our superstar

Mets Morning News: Gazing into crystal balls

Brooks Raley returns for another year in Queens

Who is Devin Williams?

Mets Madness: Final Four + Championship Preview


Rising Apple Feed

3 NY Mets players who’ll challenge to take Jared Young’s roster spot early in 2026

5 former NY Mets players who made the most of spring training this year

NY Mets rumors: Opening Day roster finalized, interest in a familiar free agent

There’s a NY Mets player not named Mark Vientos who could get pushed aside

Wax on or wax off? Filmmaker makes 6 bold NY Mets predictions for 2026

MLB insider breaks NY Mets World Series drought, but the roster screams otherwise

As if the NY Mets aren't relying on Brett Baty enough, here's another goal for him

3 NY Mets players on the Opening Day roster who feel like midseason trade bait

Service time never should’ve been the question with NY Mets rookie Carson Benge


Faith and Fear in Flushing

One Met Left After Another

First Time in a Very Long Time


Mets360

Predictions for the 2026 Mets

Wednesday catch-all thread (3/25/26)


kinerskorner.com

The Day Before Opening Day: Three Mets Voices, and 162 Reasons to Believe

The 2026 Mets Prediction Series: Carson Benge


Mack's Mets

Paul Articulates - how is the strategy holding?

RVH – THE 2026 SEASON: Where the Mets Win (and Where It Gets Dangerous)


MLB and NL East Links:

MLB.com:

Baseball – Winnipeg Free Press

“Born Ready” Guerrero Jr. bobblehead giveaway sure to be a hit with Blue Jays fans

Roberto Perez, 2-time Gold Glove-winning catcher for Cleveland, retires after 10 MLB seasons

Field at Dodger Stadium gets a sponsor name for first time in history of MLB’s third-oldest ballpark

Two-time reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge goes hitless for first time in career on opening day for Yanks

Judge goes hitless on opening day for first time, Yankees top Giants 7-0 as robot umpire debuts

Yankees’ José Caballero loses first robot challenge of ball/strike call

Cleveland Guardians add 1B Rhys Hoskins to active roster ahead of season opener against Mariners

Giants manager Tony Vitello makes debut at last in jump from college ranks to big leagues

Paul Skenes thinking playoffs for Pirates on eve of opener vs. Freddy Peralta and new-look Mets

Reliever Cade Winquest becomes rare Yankees’ Rule 5 draft selection to make opening day roster

MLB Trade Rumors

MLB Mailbag: Braves Extensions, Injury Concerns, Rangers, Pirates

Nick Anderson Has Upward Mobility Clause In Athletics Deal

Roberto Perez Announces Retirement

Red Sox Release Brendan Rodgers

Mets Release Austin Barnes

Marlins Sign Austin Slater To Major League Deal

Padres Place Yu Darvish On Restricted List

Offseason In Review: Minnesota Twins

2025-26 Offseason In Review Series

Rockies Outright Keegan Thompson

Twins Outright Alex Jackson, Re-Sign Matt Bowman

Poll: Who Will Win The NL Central?

Joe La Sorsa To Stay With Pirates

Blue Jays DFA Leo Jimenez; Rule 5 Pick Spencer Miles To Break Camp

Offseason In Review: Atlanta Braves

www.espn.com - MLB

Takeaways from Yankees' rout of Giants and what to know for every Opening Day game

Fried's gem lifts Yanks despite Judge's 4-K opener

Padres' Darvish to restricted list amid elbow rehab

Impact of overturned ABS calls worries ex-ump

Yanks' Cole to start season on 15-day IL, not 60


CBS Sports Headlines

Tigers vs. Padres: Skubal takes bump in potential final opener for Detroit, McGonigle begins AL ROY chase

The biggest question facing each MLB team as the 2026 season begins

Barry Bonds shares how close he was to signing with Yankees and how a George Steinbrenner call pushed him away

Yankees vs. Giants: Prediction, odds, where to watch and everything to know about MLB Opening Night

What could be MLB's next rule change? Check swings, pitch clock tweaks and more possibilities


FanGraphs Baseball

2026 Positional Power Rankings: Summary

Sent Down but Not Out: Five Players Who Will Start the Season in Triple-A

First- And 99th-Percentile Projections: American League Edition

FanGraphs Power Rankings: Opening Day 2026 (No. 1–18)

Today in Mets History: 

Born Today -

Transactions:

New York Mets sold Buzz Capra to the Atlanta Braves on March 26, 1974.

New York Mets sold Mike Vail to the Cleveland Indians on March 26, 1978.

New York Mets released Bobby Valentine on March 26, 1979.

New York Mets traded Randy Milligan and Scott Henion to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mackey Sasser and Tim Drummond on March 26, 1988.

New York Mets signed free agent D. J. Dozier on March 26, 1990.

New York Mets purchased Joe Crawford from the Boston Red Sox on March 26, 1996.

New York Mets released Alvaro Espinoza on March 26, 1997.

Howard Johnson announced his retirement on March 26, 1997.

New York Mets released Hideo Nomo on March 26, 1999.

New York Mets released Tobi Stoner on March 26, 2012.

Baseball Reference:

2001 - In a trade of pitchers, the Colorado Rockies send Brian Rose to the New York Mets in exchange for Mark Leiter. Rose will make three appearances for the Mets before being waived to the Florida Marlins.

2019 - This spring's trend of major league teams locking up key players with long-term deals continues. Following recent extensions granted to Mike TroutChris Sale and Justin Verlander, among others, today the Mets agree to a five-year extension with ace P Jacob deGrom for $137.5 million.



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