ICYMI in Mets Land: Mets to hire new GM, plus more details on MLB’s investigation

Here's what happened in Mets Land on Friday, in case you missed it...

• A letter the commissioner’s office received in the past two weeks about Billy Eppler, who resigned as general manager Thursday, included other accusations against him. The investigation over improper use of the IL possibly began with a tip from a Mets trainer.

• MLB has informed the team that owner Steve Cohen is not the target of the investigation.

• SNY MLB Insider Andy Martino reported the Mets do expect to hire a new GM to work under president of baseball operations David Stearns, but "team brass has not yet decided when to replace Eppler."

• SNY's Danny Abriano fired up the hot stove to rank the top 10 free agent targets this offseason.

• The Mets have 16 players eligible for salary arbitration this offseason, including key pieces, and here's what those players are projected to make in 2024.

• If Shohei Ohtani played for the Mets, how high would his value would be in New York? This is the question for The Mets Pod to answer.

• On Baseball Night in NY, they looked at what starters the Mets could target besides Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

• Also, Todd Zeile gave his reaction to the Eppler investigation.