Mets News

Mets Minor League Game Chat: J.D. Martinez Rehabs, Scott Starts for Syracuse

With the Mets on the West Coast right now, we’ll follow along with the Mets’ minor league affiliates before the MLB team gets underway. Tonight, J.D. Martinez will continue his rehab with the Syracuse Mets with the intention of playing Tuesday and Wednesday. He’ll then have Thursday off with the intention of joining the team back in New York on Friday, though this general plan...

Mets Thoughts

Brett Baty’s Bat Is Cooling Off

Brett Baty was a pleasant surprise for the first two weeks of the season, but an injury and a mini-slump has seen his batting average dip 58 points in the last 10 days. It’s early, and for most players this isn’t something that would be notable, but after a disappointing rookie year for the top prospect any signs of struggle are a cause for concern. Baty, 24, was slashing...

Mets Minors

Mets Minors 2024 Prospects: No. 15 Brandon Sproat

No. 15: Brandon Sproat, RHP B/T: R/R Age: 9/17/2000 (23) Ht: 6’3″ Wt: 215 lb. Acquired: Drafted In The Second Round, 2023 MLB Draft ETA: 2025 Previous Rank: N/R Stats (Brooklyn Cyclones—2024) – 0.00 ERA 2 2/3 IP, 1 H, 5 BB, 5 K Brandon Sproat has had an interesting start to his Mets career before he even threw an inning. Sproat was drafted in the third round of the...

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...