It feels like every week another familiar name lands in San Francisco, and this offseason has quietly turned into a bit of a reunion tour. The New York Mets connection keeps growing, with another former piece of a major deal popping back onto the radar and giving fans a reason to look back at a trade that still gets talked about years later.
The latest addition is not exactly a headline grabber, but it fits the theme the Giants have built all winter. A former Mets prospect from an all-time move is now in the mix, joining a small wave of ex-Mets already headed west. At this point, the Giants might want to start forwarding their mail through Queens.
Former Mets prospect Michael Fulmer is the Giants’ newest reunion piece
After landing former Mets Adrian Houser and Harrison Bader earlier this offseason, the Giants added another familiar name by signing Michael Fulmer to a minor league deal with a spring training invite. It is not a blockbuster move, but it keeps the reunion theme going in San Francisco. For Mets fans, the name carries a little extra history, especially tied to one of the franchise’s most memorable trade deadlines.
Fulmer will always be linked to the deal that sent him, along with Luis Cessa, to Detroit in exchange for Yoenis Céspedes and that unforgettable neon yellow arm band. The numbers from that second half still live rent-free in Queens, and there is no need to rehash how 17 homers and 44 RBI changed the energy around the club. Some trades age differently, but that one remains easy to revisit.
At the time, Fulmer was ranked as the Mets’ No. 7 prospect and viewed as one of their better young arms. Trades like that always spark debate, yet this deal often gets used as proof that parting with prospects can work out just fine. The Amazins got their spark, the fanbase got its moment, and Fulmer carved out a good big-league path that eventually brought him back into the news cycle.
Now he arrives in San Francisco looking for a reset after a brief 2025 season split between the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox. He logged only 5.2 innings in the majors while working his way back from a lost 2024 following his second Tommy John surgery. The minor league contract gives him a chance to show there is still something left in the tank, even if expectations stay measured.
