It was a signature move for club president David Stearns, but this wasn't a team that was in the position of being one player away -- even though Soto is one of the biggest needle-movers in Major League Baseball.

New York Mets free agent pitcher Jose Quintana could head out of Queens and land with the Washington Nationals in free agency.

Sean Manaea, who emerged as the Mets’ ace down the stretch last season and shed tears as his time with the Mets came to an end in October, has reached an agreement to return, a source confirmed to the.