{"id":421072,"date":"2026-01-21T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/421072\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:59:07","slug":"the-opener-mets-red-sox-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/421072\/","title":{"rendered":"The Opener: Mets, Red Sox, Dodgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the heels of an early morning trade<\/a>, here are three things we\u2019ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world today:<\/p>\n

1. Mets press conference later today:<\/p>\n

The Mets are holding a press conference at 1pm local time to introduce star infielder Bo Bichette<\/a> after his three-year deal with the club became official yesterday. Bichette himself and president of baseball operations David Stearns are both slated to be in attendance for today\u2019s presser. Stearns surely will also wind up fielding questions regarding yesterday\u2019s late-night acquisition of Luis Robert Jr.<\/a> from the White Sox in exchange for a package headlined by former top infield prospect Luisangel Acu\u00f1a<\/a>. With Bichette and Robert both in the fold, it will be interesting to hear from Stearns regarding whether he sees the team adding more to the lineup or if he now plans to turn his attention towards a starting rotation the club has been looking to upgrade with a front-end arm.<\/p>\n

2. Red Sox presser later today:<\/p>\n

In addition to the Mets, the Red Sox will also be hosting a press conference later today. The reason for the presser has not yet been stated, but after this morning\u2019s Tristan Gray<\/a> trade cleared a 40-man roster spot for Boston it seems likely that the club is poised to make the signing of southpaw Ranger Suarez<\/a> official. The press conference is scheduled for 11am local time and could also provide an opportunity for chief baseball officer Craig Breslow<\/a> to offer some insight into the team\u2019s plans for the rest of the offseason. Presumably, the club\u2019s top priority at this point is replacing Alex Bregman<\/a> on the infield, though Marcelo Mayer<\/a> and Kristian Campbell<\/a> could at least theoretically be called upon to take up third base and second base, respectively, if the club relies exclusively on internal options.<\/p>\n

3. Dodgers 40-man move incoming:<\/p>\n

While Bichette\u2019s deal was made official last night and the Suarez deal figures to be made official later this morning, the Dodgers\u2019 deal with star outfielder Kyle Tucker<\/a> has not yet been finalized. That will surely happen in the coming days, but before then Los Angeles will need to make a 40-man roster move. That can be achieved by simply designating a player for assignment, but a minor trade similar to the Gray swap Boston made this morning is another possibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the heels of an early morning trade, here are three things we\u2019ll be keeping an eye on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-421072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}