Good morning, Mets fans! Happy Dwight Gooden day, fans. This afternoon the Mets will retire Gooden’s No. 16 in a pregame ceremony taking place at 1:00 p.m. ET. After dropping Friday night’s game to the Reds, Jose Buttó will take the mound, looking to lead the Mets to a series victory. Latest Mets News Will Sammon of The Athletic noted a few Mets injury updates on Saturday: Kodai Senga is now...
Good morning, Mets fans! Mets manager Carlos Mendoza told SNY and reporters that Tylor Megill will be re-evaluated in the coming days and could potentially start a throwing progression in a couple days if all goes well. After dropping Saturday’s game 9-6 to the Reds on Saturday evening, the Mets will look to get back on track Sunday with Sean Manaea on the mound for the first series finale with...
Good morning, Mets fans! Jeff McNeil has left biceps soreness. He will be shut down from hitting for a few days and reassessed on Tuesday. Joey Wendle is dealing with soreness too, in his shoulder. For more on these reports, read here. Latest MLB News Per Mark Bowman of MLB.com, Ronald Acuña Jr. had an MRI on Friday that showed irritation around his meniscus. He will receive further evaluation...
Good morning, Mets fans! Bad news leads off on the eve of Grapefruit League Opening Day. Kodai Senga is hurt. “Very honorable to be a part of this rotation and that’s what I strive for,” Senga told reporters through a Japanese interpreter in Port St. Lucie. “And I guess it is regretful that I’m not able to be a part of it in the beginning of the season. But I think...
For the first time in his young Mets career, David Stearns has arrived in Port St. Lucie, Florida, for the start of spring training. The 38-year-old was hired in October as the club’s new president of baseball operations after a year working in European football. The experience, he said, opened his eyes to how other sports tackle similar situations that they face in baseball. Now,...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, Mets star closer Edwin Díaz spoke with reporters in Port St. Lucie ahead of the team’s spring training. When asked about his expectations for 2024, Díaz explained that he expects to “stay healthy all year and help the team to win a championship.” Díaz also spoke about his injury recovery, saying that the last 12 months have been tough but...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, Jeff Wilson of Rangers Today reported that former Met Max Scherzer had surgery on Thursday for a herniated disc. The recovery is expected to sideline Scherzer until June or July. Scherzer, who was with the Mets for 2022 and the first half of 2023, was traded to the Rangers and won a World Series with the club despite allowing seven earned runs in 9 2/3...
Over the coming weeks, we’ll look back at the 50th anniversary of the Mets’ 1973 National League pennant-winning team by examining the most inspirational figures of that remarkable run. We continue with a young left-handed pitcher who overcame a potentially disastrous injury to be the team’s top performer down the stretch. On a dreary and drizzly evening in front of a paltry...
Updated Post, 9/20/2023 Mets’ medical director Dr. David W. Altchek spoke to Jason Coskrey of the Japan Times about the biggest baseball star in the world, Shohei Ohtani. Altchek, also the co-chief emeritus of the HSS Sports Medicine Institute, touched on the recent news that Ohtani underwent an unspecified elbow surgery on Tuesday. Ohtani played with the below injury until the Angels fell...
Good morning, Mets fans! Outfielder Starling Marte participated in batting practice on Monday and “looks really good,” according to manager Buck Showalter. He’s now in Port St. Lucie where he’ll potentially participate in simulation games. After winning the opening contest of a three-game set against the Miami Marlins on Monday, the Mets fell 4-3 on Tuesday via a Jake Burger walk-off single....
The rumors that Mets closer Edwin Díaz might return to pitch in a game this season have been officially put to rest. As Anthony DiComo of MLB reported on Monday, the team is opting not to risk anything or rush a return with the Mets so far out in the standings. Díaz has made clear his wish to return all year, hoping he’d get into at least a game or two before season’s end. He’s...
Good morning, Mets fans! MLB teams are closely monitoring Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and this Saturday, at least two general managers or heads of baseball operations will be in attendance to watch him pitch for the Orix Buffaloes. Among those in the crowd will be Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, an unidentified GM, and Yankees vice president Tim Naehring, who is highly regarded by GM...
