{"id":43694,"date":"2025-03-24T07:21:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T07:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=43694"},"modified":"2025-03-24T07:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T07:21:34","slug":"breaking-late-spring-training-ny-mets-rumors-sound-like-a-loud-warning-to-luisangel-acuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=43694","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Late spring training NY Mets rumors sound like a loud warning to Luisangel Acuna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">The latest Mets rumors show the team has a lack of belief in one of their young players.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4926,h_2770\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/3\/01jq257b36nr6xvn9rsr.jpg\" alt=\"Feb 25, 2025; West Palm Beach, Florida, USA; New York Mets shortstop Luisangel Acuna (2) throws a baseball into the stands after the second inning against the Houston Astros at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">It\u2019s never too late to improve your roster even if the final upgrades aren\u2019t necessarily the biggest. According to Joel Sherman of the NY Post, the season of New York Mets rumors aren\u2019t over quite yet. Much like last year\u2019s late spring pursuit of an upgrade over DJ Stewart, which they never found, the Mets are reportedly interested in adding a right-handed infielder to their Opening Day roster.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">A flood of immediate thoughts arise from these Mets rumors. Questions of why they didn\u2019t just sign Jose Iglesias as well. More than likely, if the Mets do add outside help, it\u2019ll be on a smaller scale. If they\u2019re not awarding an Opening Day roster spot to Donovan Walton or Luis De Los Santos, the hope is probably for someone a bit more reliable or proven at the major league level.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">The days leading up to Opening Day include plenty of players opting out of their contracts or getting cut. Someone the Mets could have an eye on might not even be available just yet. Above all else, these rumors send a warning to Luisangel Acuna that even if he does make the team, the Mets weren\u2019t buying into him 100%.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\">The latest Mets rumors suggest the team isn\u2019t ready for Luisangel Acuna to play a significant role in the major leagues<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">Acuna is no doubt talented and when at his best a strong role-player. At bare minimum he is a flashy multi-positional player whose speed can cause chaos. He was good enough in September of last season to be a strong consideration for this year\u2019s Opening Day roster. His work ethic, kindly called out by Francisco Lindor publicly, makes it no secret how his teammates view him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">It\u2019s mostly slim pickins as far as free agency goes. Any sort of last-minute trade wouldn\u2019t be earth shattering either. The Mets are essentially looking for a Nick Madrigal replacement rather than their next starting second baseman. That job, until Jeff McNeil comes back, looks like it belongs to Brett Baty as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">Rather than sign one of the handful of players who never did get a contract this offseason, the likeliest conclusion would be to pick up someone warmed up enough from spring training action. They\u2019d conceivably want to have any right-handed infielder ready for Opening Day when they face lefty Framber Valdez. It looks to be one of the rare times the Mets will face a left-handed starting pitcher at the start of the year with the Houston Astros throwing nothing but righties after and the same trajectory in both series versus the Miami Marlins and their homestand against the Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">The Mets would be wise to not force someone onto the roster unless they have realistic plans and a belief he\u2019ll be better than Acuna. These rumors at least help send yet another ticking alarm clock his way.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s never too late to improve your roster even if the final upgrades aren\u2019t necessarily the biggest. 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