{"id":472890,"date":"2025-12-26T13:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/472890\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:40:11","slug":"mets-morning-news-for-december-26-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/472890\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Morning News for December 26, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Mets<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Mets <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hgomez27\/status\/2004227105673171230\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:released;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">released<\/a> 19-year-old Vladi Guerrero, son of Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Yahoo Sports\u2019 Andres Chavez <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/4-areas-mets-urgently-address-173509949.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:highlighted;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highlighted<\/a> four areas where the Mets\u2019 current roster needs to improve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">MLB.com\u2019s Anthony DiComo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/top-moments-in-mets-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:selected;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">selected<\/a> the ten best moments in Mets history, from the 1969 World Series to the 2024 postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Around Major League Baseball<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Three days after trading for Jeff McNeil, the Athletics agreed to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/tyler-soderstrom-extension-with-a-s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:seven-year, $86M extension;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">seven-year, $86M extension<\/a> with their own homegrown left-handed hitter Tyler Soderstrom. The contract is the largest in Athletics history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">MLB.com\u2019s Manny Randhawa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/rickey-henderson-ultimate-christmas-gift\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:explored;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">explored<\/a> why Rickey Henderson, born on Christmas Day in 1958, is the ultimate Christmas gift to baseball fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Athletic\u2019s Tyler Kepner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6912583\/2025\/12\/25\/baseball-trivia-quiz-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:released;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">released<\/a> his annual 50-question baseball trivia quiz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The New York Post\u2019s Jon Heyman <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/25\/sports\/ranking-the-15-clear-winners-halfway-through-mlb-free-agency\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ranked;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ranked<\/a> 15 winners thus far from this offseason\u2019s free agent market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bleacher Report\u2019s Joel Reuter retroactively <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25337485-grading-every-mlb-teams-2019-draft-haul-6-years-later\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:graded;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">graded<\/a> every team\u2019s haul from the 2019 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">MLB.com\u2019s Shanthi Sepe-Chepuru <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/every-team-s-longest-home-run-of-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:recapped;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">recapped<\/a> each team\u2019s longest home run of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday at Amazin\u2019 Avenue<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Steve Sypa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazinavenue.com\/new-york-mets-analysis\/88136\/mets-rookies-homegrown-degrom-harvey-wright-nimmo-alonso\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:looked back;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">looked back<\/a> at every Mets rookie of the past quarter-century.<\/p>\n<p>This Date in Mets History<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Al Jackson, a member of the 1962 Mets who spent six years with the club, was born <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYMhistory\/status\/1210228360930058240\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:on this date in 1935;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">on this date in 1935<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meet the Mets The Mets released 19-year-old Vladi Guerrero, son of Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero. 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