{"id":30628,"date":"2025-02-02T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=30628"},"modified":"2025-02-02T00:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T00:00:59","slug":"breaking-news-mets-show-interest-in-rays-first-baseman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=30628","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Mets Show Interest in Rays First Baseman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/USATSI_24159396-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The New York Mets rumors continue as Pat Ragazzo has reported that the Mets are interested in Tampa Bay Rays infielder\u00a0Yandy Diaz.\u00a0Diaz\u00a0is a first baseman but also plays third base. The Cuban-born player has also played for the Cleveland Indians.\u00a0While the Mets have agreed to a deal with infielder\u00a0Nick Madrigal he will be utilized as a bench bat for the Mets while also providing depth.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets\u00a0have options for first base with\u00a0Mark Vientos,\u00a0Brett Baty, and plenty of prospects they could turn to. But Diaz would provide veteran experience who has been in the big leagues for eight seasons. Diaz was also an All-Star for the Rays in 2023 while winning the American League Silver Slugger Award for first base. While the Mets are still pushing to resign\u00a0Pete Alonso, Diaz is a suitable option to explore. He also resembles similar characteristics to Alonso.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mets have checked in on Rays 1B Yandy Diaz, sources tell Mets On SI<\/p>\n<p>Plus a minor Pete Alonso update, Ryan Brasier interest, Mountcastle, Torkelson, Blue Jays details<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8SqSUmiPdd\">https:\/\/t.co\/8SqSUmiPdd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pat Ragazzo (@ragazzoreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ragazzoreport\/status\/1885388357489893614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Mets Show Interest in Rays First Baseman<\/h2>\n<h3>Comparing Diaz to Alonso<\/h3>\n<p>Even though Diaz\u2019s numbers were down last season, he still had stood out offensively. This makes him a suitable candidate for the Mets. According to\u00a0Baseball Savant, Diaz had an impressive 2024 season with a solid average exit velocity of 92.2, a hard-hit rate of 48.7 %, a squared-up rate of 31.9 %, a chase of 22.8 %, a whiff rate of 14.2 %, a strikeout rate of 15.3 %. The 33-year-old also sported a solid batting average of .281, 14 home runs, 158 hits, and 65 RBIs. Diaz\u2019s career wRC+ is reminiscent of Alonso (130 vs. 131).<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the past three seasons with both players,\u00a0Diaz\u00a0has sported a 143 wRC+ compared to Alonso\u2019s 128 wRC+. In addition, Alonso played his best baseball when he established himself in the big leagues. But with Diaz, he has refined himself over the years. Diaz is a player that has been overlooked and underrated in terms of his hitting. In addition to his solid bat speed and caliber exit velocity, he has showcased excellent plate discipline. Even with 2024 being a down year for Diaz, he could still record a 120 wRC+, which was quite similar to Alonso\u2019s wRC+ of 121.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable cookies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS: Mets Show Interest in Rays First Baseman - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=30628\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS: Mets Show Interest in Rays First Baseman - 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