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Call is back in there against Cristopher Sánchez, whom he faced in Game 1 before sitting against another lefty in Jesús Luzardo in Game 2 and a righty in Game 3. With Call in left and Max Muncy sitting for third time this series, Kiké Hernández is playing third base. Miguel Rojas is on the bench.

The Mets will also get Tobias Myers, The Athletic’s Will Sammon confirms. Coming off his fifth place finish in the NL Cy Young balloting, Peralta will join Nolan McLean, David Peterson, Clay Holmes and likely either Kodai Senga or Sean Manaea in the Mets rotation. Sproat could be a candidate to go right into Milwaukee’s rotation, though it seems more likely that he’ll open up in Triple-A. Williams is probably a year away, but he could be a starting shortstop or center fielder for the Brewers in 2027. The Mets will have Peralta for $8 million this year before he becomes eligible for free agency next winter.

Sherman says the Brewers have asked for both Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams, and it sounds like the Mets may have relented following the addition of Myers to the proposed deal.

Boras told the San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser that Lee was missing some paperwork as he traveled from South Korea to the U.S. in advance of the Giants’ FanFest this Saturday. Fortunately, the situation appeared to have been resolved favorably. Lee will begin his third season with the Giants when he reports to spring training. Presumably, he’ll be traveling back to Korea at least once before then.

Michael Marino reported earlier than the Brewers were asking for top prospects Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams in return for Peralta, but maybe they’ll be willing to settle for one of those two and another prospect the Mets don’t value as highly. The Yankees are also known to be among those interested in Peralta.

While his defense has declined after all of his injuries, Moncada showed a decent enough bat in 84 games for the Angels last season, hitting .234/.336/.448 in 289 plate appearances. Bringing him back might block Christian Moore in Anaheim, but it’s not like the Angels figure to have Moncada, Mike Trout, Jorge Soler and the rest of the gang healthy all at once very often.

Nola surely could have been a part of Team USA’s rotation last WBC, but he wasn’t interested then after a long 2022 season that saw the Phillies go to the World Series. Now he’ll be pitching for an Italian team whose starters last time around were a soon-to-be-retired Matt Harvey, Ryan Castellani and Michele Vassalotti. There’s also been some talk about Chase Burns, who was born in Naples, being part of Italy’s staff this year, though the Reds probably aren’t going to want that to happen.

The backloaded contract will then pay Suárez $15 million in 2027, $30 million in both 2028 and ’29 and $35 million in 2030. There’s a $35 million mutual option for 2031 that includes a $10 million buyout. The structure saves the Red Sox quite a bit in the short term and also protects Suárez in the event of a lengthy lockout in 2027; he’d be losing far less then than his AAV of $26 million.

That’s good news for Emmet Sheehan and Roki Sasaki, who would seem to be in the lead for the two spots behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Shohei Ohtani and Tyler Glasnow in the Dodgers rotation. The club also has Ben Casparius, Justin Wrobleski and Landon Knack as alternatives, as well as rehabbing righties River Ryan and Gavin Stone.

The deal is worth $1.75 million and includes $1.25 million in bonuses, says USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale. García, who is coming off his third stint with the Angels, will open his 14th big-league season with his eighth different club. He’s still throwing in the high-90s as he approaches his 39th birthday, and he had a 3.42 ERA, a 48/26 K/BB and a 50% groundball rate in 55 1/3 innings last year.

Chung’s third DFA of the winter comes nine days after the second, when the Rays put him on waivers to be claimed by the Mets. The former Pirates prospect is coming off a season in which he hit just .209/.307/.271 in Triple-A.