Tag: Jeurys Familia

Morning Briefing: The Ronny Mauricio Era Set to Begin

Good morning, Mets fans! The long awaited arrival of one of the Mets’ top prospects, Ronny Mauricio, will finally be coming to fruition as he is going to be promoted to the major league roster in the coming days. The initial news came from Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extrabase, who reported that the Mets third-ranked prospect will be promoted when the rosters expand to 28 on Friday,...

Mets Worst Free-Agent Signing No. 9: Jeurys Familia

This offseason, we’ve been looking at the Mets’ history with free agency. We began with the team’s best signings. Now we’re saving the worst for last. We started with Roger Cedeño and we continue with another failed second go-around in New York. For two seasons, Jeurys Familia was one of the best closers the Mets ever had. From 2015 to 2016, he gave the team a reliable...

Morning Briefing: Lindor, Díaz Want Beltran Back with Mets

Good morning, Mets fans! Carlos Beltran returned to Citi Field on Thursday. Following the visit, Francisco Lindor and Edwin Díaz spoke with members of various media outlets and discussed how Beltran should be brought back to the Mets and how they would welcome him back with history aside. The Mets won their second straight game against the Pirates Friday, righting the ship after suffering a...

Clutch Hit Eludes Mets in 4-1 Loss to Phillies

Taijuan Walker returned to the mound for the Mets (15-7) Saturday night at Citi Field against the Phillies (11-11). This was his first start since hitting the injured list with shoulder bursitis. Having five pitchers make history last night tossing the Mets’ second ever no-hitter gave Walker a tough act to follow, but he rose to the occasion. Unfortunately, the bats and bullpen faltered behind...

MMO’s Great Eight Mets Teams: Team 8

People have been asking us all winter what we’ve been doing to pass the time during the MLB lockout. I’ll tell you what we do here at MMO — we come up with ideas that not only help us stay busy, but will help you all stay busy, too. Talking about the best teams and/or players in New York Mets history is always a good debate to have — especially during the cold winter months — but what if we...

Red Sox Interested in Jeurys Familia

Jeurys Familia feels like a forgotten free agent from the 2021 Mets team. Familia has spent nearly his entire 10-year major league career with the Mets. He’s been pitching in blue and orange since 2012, except for the two months in 2018 when they traded him to Oakland. He’d later sign a three-year deal to return that offseason. The former Mets closer is now receiving interest from...

It’s Time For Jeurys Familia, Mets to Part Ways Once Again

Over the next few months, the New York Mets are expected to face plenty of roster turnover, which could include moving on from a very familiar bullpen arm – and no, it’s not closer Edwin Diaz. Sticking with the backend of the bullpen, however, reliever Jeurys Familia is coming off his three-year, $30 million contract and was recently granted free agency for just the second time in...

OTD 2015: Mets Clinch NL East in Cincinnati

It’s hard to believe this was six years ago. In a way, it feels like sixty. Yes, there was a time when the Mets averaged 5.4 runs over the final two months of the season, winning 36 of 53 and solidifying themselves a team no one else wanted to face. There was a time when a trade deadline acquisition not only made an impact on the offense but was the central part of a team-wide resurgence....

OTD 2016: Cabrera Flips Bat, Walks Off Phillies

The 2016 New York Mets made an exciting run at a wildcard spot in the final six weeks of the season. On September 22, 2016, they had their most thrilling win of that run, when Asdrubal Cabrera won the game with a walk-off home run against the Phillies and celebrated with an epic bat flip. Setting the scene, the Mets were 80-72 and in second place in the National League’s eastern division...

Mets Take Subway Series in Heated Finale

As a transplanted New Yorker, it was a bittersweet weekend of baseball in light of the September 11th tributes from Citi Field, Ground Zero, and across the pond to Buckingham Palace. Watching the subway series in the borough where I broke my baseball cherry, made me nostalgic, and neurotic – because the worst feeling for a Mets fan – is losing to the rivaled Yankees. After blowing a...

Mets Get to Dodger Pitching and Avoid Second Sweep

Sometimes it’s difficult to know when to throw in the towel. I’ve spent way too long at the fair with boyfriends, jobs, and multiple seasons of Netflix shows. Why? Because I wanted to believe it would get better. On Sunday, Javier Baez made some of his new Mets fans believe just that. On his return from 12 days on the injured list, in his first at-bat, the former Cub laced an RBI double off the...

Mets Heed to Steve Cohen’s Tweet and Beat the Giants

On the same day the Mets received a tongue-lashing tweet from team owner Steve Cohen, the Amazins’ lived up to their nickname on Wednesday, getting out of Frisco with some desperate dignity. The digs from Cohen left the uninspired offense dormant until the top of the ninth when J.D. Davis hit a sacrifice fly to even the score 1-1. Edwin Diaz clearly got the memo in the bottom frame with two...

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