Mets Rank No. 1 In Strength of Schedule
The New York Mets have had the hardest schedule in baseball through the first six series of the year.
The New York Mets have had the hardest schedule in baseball through the first six series of the year.
On the day the New York Mets’ paid tribute to Dwight Gooden, pitching dominated the scene at Citi Field on Sunday afternoon, with Jose Buttó and Cole Ragans engaged in a fierce duel. When it was all said and done, the Mets (7-8) secured their third series victory of the season by defeating the Kansas City Royals (10-6), 2-1. The Mets have won seven out of their last ten games after...
Sunday, April 14, 2024 • 1:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Cole Ragans (0-1, 2.60) vs. RHP Jose Buttó (0-0, 1.50) SNY The New York Mets offense looks to keep rolling for one more game against the Kansas City Royals as the Mets seek to clinch a series win. Yesterday, the Mets were able to score seven runs, fueled by Pete Alonso’s two home run and three-hit day, but everything else fell apart...
Saturday’s game did end in an 11-7 loss for the New York Mets, but it did provide another impressive set of at-bats from Pete Alonso. The first baseman went on a four-game stretch in Cincinnati and Atlanta where he failed to collect a single hit, but it appears the he is well beyond that now. Alonso is the power threat in the Mets lineup, but his willingness to take singles and the...
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...
Baby steps for Francisco Lindor. Giant leaps for Brett Baty. Baty started one two-run rally and finished another while Luis Severino tossed five innings of one-run ball as the New York Mets (6-7) snapped the Kansas City Royals’ (9-5) seven-game winning streak with a 6-1 victory at Citi Field. The Mets have now won six out of eight after starting the season 0-5. Baty, who extended his...
Friday, April 12, 2024 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Michael Wacha (1-0, 2.25) vs. RHP Luis Severino (0-1, 3.60) SNY The Mets have won five of their last seven games and now hold a 5-7 record after wrapping up a 4-2 road trip that included series wins over the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves. On Thursday afternoon, the Mets trounced the Braves 16-4, reducing their season run...
The New York Mets (5-7) entered this season with an offense that was expected to carry most of the team’s weight. It certainly did not start that way, as they scored three runs or less in five of their first six games. It was only a matter of time, however, as the lineup came alive in their road series against the Atlanta Braves. The Mets’ offense scored a remarkable 9.66 runs per...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday, it was reported that Justin Verlander will be making his first rehab start of the season as he works his way back to the big league roster. Just like in 2023, Verlander started the season on the shelf. This time, it was due to shoulder inflammation that he was feeling early on in spring training. However, Verlander’s return seems to be right around...
Good morning, Mets fans! Edwin Díaz is going to be leaving Port St. Lucie for a couple of days as he is going back to New York for the birth of his third child. Díaz made his long-awaited return this week as he struck out the side in the top of fifth on Monday, after walking in to his infamous trumpet entrance song. Along with that came a video of Díaz’s wife Nashaly and their two children...
Good morning Mets fans! Rintaro Sasaki, a Japanese high school phenom and the potential No. 1 pick in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft, officially decided to forego the NPB on Tuesday, signing a national letter of intent to play college baseball with Stanford, the university announced. Sasaki will graduate from Hanmaki-Higashi High School, the same school Shohei Ohtani attended, in...
Jeff Passan of ESPN reported Monday that the Kansas City Royals and star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. are in agreement on an 11-year, $288.7 million extension. The deal, which includes opt-outs after the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth years, is the largest contract in franchise history. Witt’s contract also includes a club option after the eleventh year that would add on an additional three...