After a wildly disappointing 2025, David Stearns vowed to make vital changes to the staff, and the gamers and coaches who present as much as Port St. Lucie in just a few weeks will look quite a bit completely different than final yr.
As Stearns mentioned this week, “There’s gonna be a lot of guys in our clubhouse who really have no affiliation at all with what happened to us in ’25. And I think that’s healthy and I think that’s good for us.”
Here’s a glance at who’s right here — and who’s not.
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Bo Bichette
After dropping Pete Alonso, the Mets waited so as to add one other big right-handed bat. They obtained Bichette, one among the finest ball-to-bat hitters in the sport and thought-about a wonderful clubhouse presence. Can the longtime shortstop play third base? We’re about to search out out, however he solely turns 28 in March and is a wonderful athlete — though he’s had some accidents.
Freddy Peralta
Arrived in a commerce from Stearns’ outdated Brewers staff, together with right-hander Tobias Myers. Expected to pitch close to or at the prime of the rotation, the 29-year-old is because of be a free agent following this season, so the strain might be on each Peralta and the Mets, who gave up a pair of prime prospects in Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams for one yr of the starter.
New York Mets infielder Bo Bichette speaks at his introductory press convention at Citi Field, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Queens, NY. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST
Luis Robert Jr.
The Mets took an opportunity the heart fielder will have the ability to recapture what he confirmed in 2023, when he was amongst the finest gamers in the sport with the White Sox. He’s battled accidents and had too many strikeouts the previous two years.
Jorge Polanco
This one had loads of individuals scratching their heads when it first occurred, since Polanco has primarily performed in the center of the diamond and the Mets are set there with Francisco Lindor at shortstop and newly arrived Marcus Semien at second. But the Mets suppose the 32-year-old switch-hitter, coming off maybe his finest season at the plate, could make the transfer to first base.
Devin Williams
When the Mets signed Williams, Edwin Díaz was nonetheless on the market and there was an opportunity Williams could be organising for him. Instead, Díaz went to the Dodgers, leaving Williams to attempt to bounce again as a more in-depth in New York after failing in the position with the Yankees final season.
Marcus Semien
Semien’s arrival to play second base gave the Mets a big improve in their infield protection, which was one among Stearns’ acknowledged targets. At 35 and coming off back-to-back subpar years at the plate, there are definitely questions on different elements of his sport.
Luke Weaver #30 of the New York Yankees reacts after giving up a run throughout the seventh inning. Jason Szenes / New York Post
Luke Weaver
The right-hander has confirmed he can pitch in big spots in New York, having completed so with the Yankees once they reached the World Series in 2024. The 32-year-old was inconsistent final season, however nonetheless efficient.
Tobias Myers
Not only a throw-in as a part of the Peralta deal, the right-hander has the potential to start out and pitch out of the bullpen. He additionally blanked the Mets for 5 innings in a postseason begin in 2024.
Luis García
The 38-year-old journeyman offers the Mets one other right-hander in the bullpen.
Coaching workers
Justin Willard was employed as the new pitching coach after serving as the director of pitching with the Red Sox, and Troy Snitker, the former Houston hitting coach and son of former Braves supervisor Brian Snitker, was introduced in as hitting coach. Kai Correa (bench coach), Gilbert Gomez (first base), Tim Leiper (third base) and J.P. Arencibia (catchers) are amongst the different new faces on the teaching workers.
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Pete Alonso
Just just a few months after breaking Darryl Strawberry’s franchise file for residence runs, Alonso (proper) signed a five-year, $155 million contract to go to Baltimore. The Polar Bear will see what number of homers he can hit in Camden Yards, as the Mets let him go with no struggle.
Edwin Díaz
After seeing their nearer return to elite kind, the Mets tried to retain Díaz (left), however he took a barely greater deal to go to the Dodgers, leaving a gap in the bullpen.
Brandon Nimmo
The group’s 2011 first-round decide is throughout the top-10 lists in franchise historical past, from runs scored to plate appearances, however the Mets determined to maneuver on from the 32-year-old with 5 years and simply over $100 million remaining on his contract, buying and selling him to Texas.
Brandon Nimmo #9 of the New York Mets reacts after the closing out of the ninth inning. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
Jeff McNeil
Like Nimmo, McNeil spent his whole skilled profession with the Mets till they traded him to the A’s, as his manufacturing at the plate and defensive versatility dwindled.
Luisangel Acuña
The former prime prospect probably didn’t have a lot of a task on this Mets staff, with their infielder-heavy roster, and was despatched to Chicago in alternate for Robert.
Coaching workers
Perhaps the largest shock surrounding the shake-up of Carlos Mendoza’s workers, extremely revered pitching coach Jeremy Hefner was let go and shortly picked up in the identical position by the Mets’ divisional rivals in Atlanta. Hitting coaches Eric Chavez and Jeremy Barnes had been additionally fired and bench coach John Gibbons, third base coach Mike Sarbaugh and catching coordinator Glenn Sherlock additionally received’t be again.
