Mets News

Morning Briefing: Mets Return Home For Three-Game Set With Cardinals

Good morning, Mets fans! After going 3-3 against the Dodgers and Giants on the road, the Mets will be back at Citi Field on Friday for the first of three games against the St. Louis Cardinals. Jose Buttó will take his 1.65 ERA to the mound against Miles Mikolas (6.49) in Game 1 at 7:10 p.m. ET on Apple TV+. Now onto the morning briefing! Latest Mets News Pitching came out strong in the minor...

Mets Thoughts

Tyrone is Taylor-Made for Mets

He has more RBIs than Pete Alonso, more stolen bases than Francisco Lindor, as many doubles as Brandon Nimmo, and yet, he doesn’t even play every day. (Yes, it’s only April.) Tyrone Taylor, who leads the team in OPS at .869, has been all that a team could ask for in a fourth outfielder, a role the Mets have been struggling to fill for, well, awhile. The 30-year-old came to New York...

Mets Minors

Tong, Stuart Turn In Dominant Performances

The Mets’ affiliates as a whole struggled Thursday, though Jonah Tong and Tyler Stuart impressed with dominant performances on the mound in two of the best games of their respective professional careers up to this point. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (12-10) 1, Columbus Clippers (9-14) 9 BOX SCORE LF Ben Gamel 0-for-1, 3 BB, K (.918 OPS) DH Luke Ritter 0-for-4, 2 K (.830 OPS) 3B Mark Vientos...

Interviews

MMO Weekly Episode 72: Mets Pitching Prospect Paul Gervase

Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week I’m joined by Mets pitching prospect Paul Gervase! We had some great discussions about his 2023 season and experiencing a playoff run with Binghamton, how biomechanics and other training have taken him from a little-known division three player to LSU and eventually to the professionals, expectations for the 2024 season, and much more! What...

Fan Shot

Fan Shot: Mets Should Still Consider 6-Man Rotation

This fan-shot is by Tom Sokol Baseball’s starting pitchers are throwing harder and getting injured at a higher rate than ever before. Starting pitcher innings and pitch counts are decreasing year after year. Something needs to change in baseball around the starting pitcher, and one possibility is the idea of a six-man rotation. We already see six-man rotations in Japan, and we saw it in...

MLB News

Hall of Fame Manager Whitey Herzog Dies at 92

Whitey Herzog, a Hall of Fame manager who led the St. Louis Cardinals to three World Series and the 1982 championship and worked for the Mets as a coach and director of player development from 1966-1972, has died. He was 92. “Whitey spent his last few days surrounded by his family,” the Herzog family said in a statement released through the Cardinals. “We have so appreciated...

Podcasts

MMO Weekly Episode 77: Tim Britton Talks Mets Early Struggles

The Mets have started the 2024 season 0-4, followed by multiple postponements, and fans are understandably restless. Tim Britton of The Athletic joined MMO Weekly to talk about the Mets’ early-season struggles. Britton also discusses the state of the Mets starting rotation after the signing of Julio Teheran to a major league deal. Make sure to subscribe to the show on YouTube and follow us...

Mets History

60 Years Ago: First Game at Shea Stadium

In it’s 45-year history, Shea Stadium played host to baseball, football, boxing, soccer, the pope, The Who, and The Beatles. It started 60 years ago today with the team that called Shea home for its entire existence. The Mets and Pirates opened the multi-purpose facility on a Friday afternoon in conjunction with the nearby World’s Fair, despite the park not being fully complete. The...