It’s a snow day for the kids, which means I lose about 10% of my brain capacity today …
It seems someone REALLY wanted everyone to know that the Mets were still in on Edwin Diaz after the Devin Williams signing, because there were a dozen of these reports immediately after work broke on the deal:Source says this does not preclude the Mets from re-signing Edwin Diaz. t.co/opfAwLpnQX
— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) December 2, 2025The Mets are still interested in re-signing Edwin Díaz even after agreeing to terms with Devin Williams, per source. Williams is open to pitching in a setup role.
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) December 2, 2025This does not take the Mets out of the market for Edwin Diaz. It doesn't mean they’ll def sign him, but they’re still in. t.co/h0fwvvtXhd
— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) December 2, 2025 On the one hand, it could simply be true. The Mets could’ve wanted both all along, and by signing Williams first, they preserve a whole lot of leverage over Diaz. However, it’s also true that, if you’re Diaz and his camp, you’d want word out there right away that your highest and best suitor is still involved even after possibly signing your replacement. Otherwise, you might’ve, yourself, lost a lot of leverage not only with the Mets, but also with other bidders. If those teams think the Mets are now out, they can more confidently continue to hold the line. This is all relevant to the Cubs, I suspect, only insofar as it impacts the late-inning reliever market. I don’t foresee them being in on Edwin Diaz, and I think Robert Suarez is also a stretch. All the latest rumors have Pete Fairbanks attached to teams like the Tigers and Marlins. But I’m still interested in guys like Luke Weaver, Tyler Rogers, and Kyle Finnegan, to some degree, and of course there remains old friend Brad Keller out there. On balance, you’d hope to see Diaz sign elsewhere so that the Mets (a single team) aren’t taking two big relievers off the market. I expect more movement in this market this week, by the way, including probably a lot of solid relievers we haven’t discussed yet. It’s a pretty large group, and it historically always moves in clusters. And, to reiterate as always: the Cubs will also need to bring in a load of their customary reclamation/fringe options, and will need to once again hit on several of them throughout the season. It’s just baked into the model at this point. Patrick Mooney writes about what it would mean for the Cubs to try to replace Kyle Tucker internally with a combination of Moises Ballesteros and Owen Caissie – which, by the way, does seem like the most likely outcome of this offseason. At some point, you do want to see the Cubs give those two a shot to develop as big league bats, given their upside. It will probably never be close to Tucker-level, but it is completely realistic to think either or both could become above-average big league hitters over the next season or two. So long as the Cubs do what they need to do on the pitching side this offseason, I’d be comfortable with them planning that Ballesteros, Caissie, and Seiya Suzuki would, in concert, be their primary RF/DH options in 2026. Interesting that Cody Ponce is reportedly set to obliterate the previous record for a pitcher contract upon coming back from Korea. Erick Fedde’s $15 million, two-year deal was the high water mark, but Ponce might more than double it. It’d be a pretty big bet on the 31-year-old righty taking a huge step forward this past season in the KBO, after previously failing to make it in MLB and also struggling a bit at NPB’s highest level. I mention this all in part because I hadn’t previously noted that Ponce came up in the Brewers organization (2015-2019), when his time would’ve overlapped with Craig Counsell’s time in the organization. Ponce topped out at Double-A, though, so I don’t know how much overlap they actually would’ve had, or how valuable Counsell’s insights into Ponce as a younger player would be. Mets ownership is getting its massive development around Citi Field:Specs: Metropolitan Park, on 50 acres of Citi Field parking lots, will include a Hard Rock Hotel with a casino, sportsbook, restaurants, bars, a 5,650-seat music venue and a Taste of Queens Food Hall. It will also create 25 acres of public green space, 23,000 union jobs, $1B in…
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