What a very, very, very special weekend at Citi Field. Not only was one of the best players in franchise history honored, but the New York Mets also clinched the series against the Kansas City Royals on Doc Gooden Day. It is worth repeating that the Royals were red hot coming into Queens. They were winners of seven straight, with the bats causing plenty of damage. However, the Mets again got...
The Mets’ offense came to life in a huge way on Friday night against the Royals, who came into Citi Field on a seven-game win streak. The Mets struck for six runs on 14 hits and won the game 6-1. Two of those runs came from Brett Baty, who hit a scorching double (104.2 mph) with two outs in the fifth to extend the Mets’ lead over the Royals to 5-1. He also hit a single in the fourth inning that...
That was more like it from the New York Mets. Considering that Atlanta is normally a house of horrors for the Mets, a split of what was originally a four-game set with the Braves would have been considered a nice bonus. Instead, the Mets got a timely explosion from their offense that enabled them to absolutely beat the tar out of their NL East rivals as they took two out of three to improve to...
Overall, the New York Mets have played a competitive series so far against the Atlanta Braves, but their starting pitchers have still not been able to go past five innings. That continued Tuesday when Adrian Houser only went five innings in his second start with the club, with the Braves scoring runs in three of the first four innings. The Braves’ top three were a thorn in Houser’s...
It only took a week, but the New York Mets finally have their first series win of the 2024 MLB season after taking two out of three from the Cincinnati Reds over the weekend. I’d be underselling the point if I said the first week of the season has been disappointing for the Mets. And, despite improving to 3-6 over a good Reds team, there remains a lot of concern in Queens as far as the...
The Mets went into their 2024 season with expectations not nearly as high as they were one year ago. Despite tampered expectations, Steve Cohen remained optimistic about this year’s squad. “I think the goal is to make the playoffs… If we don’t make the playoffs I’d be disappointed.” The Mets (3-6) currently sit in third place in the National League East, tied...
José Quintana took the mound for the sixth inning on Friday, holding on to a 1-1 lead with the Reds in the seventh game of the Mets 2024 season. The lefty had escaped a jam in the fifth with the help of third baseman Brett Baty, and started the sixth strong by striking out Stuart Fairchild and inducing a ground out from Elly De La Cruz. Unfortunately, Quintana was unable to complete the sixth,...
The Mets entered Monday night in desperate need of length and good performance from their starting pitcher. They had just gotten swept by the Brewers in their opening series, and José Quintana, Luis Severino, and Tylor Megill were imperfect, allowing nine earned runs in 13 2/3 innings. Donning a new uniform, and taking the ball as a solidified member of the rotation, Sean Manaea began what would...
The Mets are 0-4 for the first time in two decades, and their offense validates those results. There’s been a bit of a gap between the team’s expected statistics (average, slugging), and they’ve hit some really hard balls directly at defenders. Those defenders have seemed to make every play, too. But the results are the results so far: Scoring just one run in three of four...
Welcome to the first 3 Up, 3 Down of the 2024 regular season! I wish I were starting things off on a far more positive note as far as the New York Mets are concerned. Instead, I don’t think even the most negative of fans/pundits could have predicted just how much of a stinking dumpster fire the opening weekend of the 2024 season would be for the Mets. It was bad. Period. There were very...
Rhys Hoskins is not exactly looked upon fondly in New York right now. The former Phillie has been in the middle of two separate controversies in the Mets’ opening series of the 2024 season. The first of which unfolded in the eighth inning of Friday’s home opener. After the said first incident, Hoskins found himself in controversy again in the top of the seventh of Saturday’s...
Starling Marte was the only player to produce anything offensively on Friday in the Mets’ 3-1 home opening loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. He hit a second-inning solo home run that represented the Mets’ only hit of the afternoon as they were one-hit for the first time in franchise history in their home opener. Marte was on and off the injured list several times between July and October during the...
