Starling Marte accepting his new reality

Starling Marte ready for new role as Mets DH with Juan Soto in lineup
Heading into the final year of his contract, Starling Marte will play a different role for the Mets as a platoon DH and a reserve outfielder.
Starling Marte accepting his new reality after Juan Soto signing, Mets’ desire for trade
Starling Marte appreciates the transparency he received from the Mets as they essentially recruited over him this offseason.
Starling Marte discusses trade talks, bench role
Reports surfaced back in December that the Mets were looking into the possibility of a Starling Marte trade, and were willing to eat some of Marte’s $19.5MM salary.
Mets notes: Starling Marte appreciates blunt trade talk, Juan Soto delivers and more
Manager Carlos Mendoza keeps Marte updated with refreshing transparency: “He wants to be here and we want him here.”
Mets' Starling Marte, pushed to the side by Juan Soto, will try to carve out some playing time
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — After the Mets signed Juan Soto in December, they told Starling Marte they would try to trade him, he said Sunday. But they didn’t find a match, so here he is at Mets camp, still on the roster but without his usual starting spot in rightfield, now occupied by Soto.
Inside the conversation Mets had with Starling Marte about role this season
He’s informed José Buttó, a natural starter, that he’ll be working out of the bullpen this season and told Tylor Megill, who’s in his fourth spring training with the team, that he’ll be fighting for the final spot in the rotation.
Carlos Mendoza confident Starling Marte will help Mets in new role: ‘We need him’
Carlos Mendoza and the Mets are confident that veteran outfielder Starling Marte is ready to help the team in his new role this season.
Why the New York Mets need to trade Starling Marte
The New York Mets added generational outfielder Juan Soto this offseason on the largest free agent contract in baseball history to play right field. They also
Starling Marte takes the opposite approach of Nolan Arenado with Mets trade rumors
Nolan Arenado and Starling Marte are in similar situations during spring training. However, the Mets outfielder has chosen a different approach than the Cardinals star regarding trade rumors.
MLB: Starling Marte Opens Up About His Relationship with the Mets Amid Trade Rumors
Veteran Starling Marte will have to get used to a new role, but it doesn't seem to bother him much as he continues to be a positive influence.
Mets’ Carlos Mendoza big advocate in keeping Starling Marte
New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza is a "major advocate" for veteran outfielder Starling Marte remaining with the team and not being included in a trade this spring. Marte, 36, has been reported to be offered in trade discussions ever since the club signed outfielder Juan Soto,
Don’t trade me! Mets veteran willingly accepts diminished role: ‘(We) want a championship’
Part of Marte’s willingness to accept this new role lies in how comfortable he is with the organization. Besides playing ...
Starling Marte enters 2025 with diminished role after offseason trade speculation swirled
Despite an uncertain future, Starling Marte said that he's doing his best to remain a positive influence in the Mets ...
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Mets’ Starling Marte offered to play center; wants to stay in Queens
Trade rumors and questions about his fit with the New York Mets have surrounded Starling Marte all winter ... though he has played there just three times in a Mets uniform. With two strong ...