News Mets Team Notes

[New York Mets]

MLB Offseason Calendar for 2025-26: Important dates

With the World Series having ended last night, the offseason is officially upon us. Let’s take a look at the important dates coming up on the calendar as the Mets look to build a better team than the one that won just 83 games this season.

November 2 (today): Free agency officially begins for eligible players.

November 6: Free agents are free to sign with any team. Teams have until 5:00 PM EST to present eligible free agents with a qualifying offer.

November 10-13: General manager meetings

November 18: Players given qualifying offers have until 4:00 PM EST to decide whether or not to accept the QO. And teams must decide whether or not to protect eligible players from the Rule 5 draft by adding them to their 40-man rosters by this date.

November 21: Non-tender deadline

December 7-10: The Winter Meetings take place. During this stretch, the league holds its annual amateur draft lottery (December 9) and conducts the Rule 5 draft (December 10).

January 8: Teams and players who are eligible for arbitration exchange salary filings.

Early February: Arbitration hearings take place.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/mlb-news/87229/mets-mlb-offseason-calendare-dates-free-agency

 

[New York Mets]

Luis Torrens and David Peterson Don’t Win Gold Glove Awards

Luis Torrens and David Peterson, both of whom were previously named finalists for the 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards, will be spending the offseason without any extra hardware. The winners were announced live on ESPN this Sunday night, with a pair of Giants in Patrick Bailey and Logan Webb earning the National League awards for catcher and pitcher, respectively.

Torrens outpaced Bailey — and all other N.L. catchers, for that matter — with a 43% caught stealing rate. Bailey, however, was the more well-rounded defender. The Giants backstop’s 25 framing runs were by far the most in the majors, and his solid 5 blocks above average sparkled compared to Torrens’ -1. Despite Torrens’ ability to gun runners down, Bailey still managed to record the better pop time to second base by a margin of just .01 seconds. Webb, meanwhile, recorded 7 Defensive Runs Saved (the most among N.L. pitchers), while Peterson recorded 6.

The SABR Defensive Index (SDI), which accounts for 25% of the Award’s selection process, rated Webb as the best fielding pitcher in baseball, and rated Bailey as the best overall fielder. Statcast concurred, with Bailey’s MLB-best Fielding Run Value of 31 more than doubling Mets villain Jacob Young’s, which ranked ninth. According to his SDI grade of 9.4, Torrens was the best defender in the National League not to win a Gold Glove at their position.

The Mets have now gone eleven seasons without a Gold Glove Award winner, as the last to do it in orange and blue was Juan Lagares in 2014. It’s the second-longest drought in the majors behind the Washington Nationals, who haven’t had a winner since Adam LaRoche in 2012.

MLB’s awards season is just beginning, with the announcement of this year’s N.L. Silver Slugger winners set for Thursday night at 6 PM ET on The Baseball Insiders stream on YouTube. Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor, and Juan Soto were all named finalists. The winners of the most prestigious awards (Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, and MVP) will be announced the following week.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/new-yo...gold-glove-awards-david-peterson-luis-torrens