Tag: National League

2024 NL East Position Rankings: Second Base Edition

The National League East features a solid batch of second basemen. They collectively hold several accolades, including seven All-Star selections, three league batting titles (two of which were Major League batting titles), and five Silver Slugger awards. Jeff McNeil, second baseman for the New York Mets, is one of those players who has accomplished plenty in his six-year career. 2023 was not...

Dansby Swanson Beats Out Francisco Lindor For The NL Shortstop Gold Glove

It’s award season in Major League Baseball, and today, the prestigious Gold Glove awards were being presented. For the New York Mets, their only finalist was shortstop Francisco Lindor. Lindor, in 2023, continued his success at shortstop by making tremendous defensive plays and turning in an overall very valuable season. Lindor led all shortstops in innings played this year with 1,366 and...

NLCS Game Thread: Phillies vs. D’Backs, 8:07 P.M.

The Snakes are alive. And they are well. After dropping the first two games of the National League Championship Series in Philadelphia, the Diamondbacks pulled off two late-inning victories to tie the series at 2-2 in Arizona. Ketel Marte was the hero in Game 3, walking off Craig Kimbrel in the bottom of the ninth for the D’Backs’ first postseason walk-off win since Luis...

Francisco Lindor, Kodai Senga Named Finalists For MLBPA Players’ Choice Awards

The Major League Baseball Players Association announced the finalists for their annual Players’ Choice Awards on Tuesday. Francisco Lindor and Kodai Senga were the two Mets chosen as finalists in their respective categories. Lindor is a finalist for the Marvin Miller Man of the Year award—the same award he won last year. The award is named after Marvin Miller, the MLBPA executive director...

Morning Briefing: League Division Series Games Begin Today

Good morning, Mets fans! Game 1 of each National League and American League Division Series will take place today. In the AL, the Rangers and Orioles will get underway at 1:00 p.m. ET before the Twins and Astros start their matchup at 4:45 p.m. ET. Both games will be broadcast on FS1. The NL will feature a pair of divisional matchups, with the Phillies and Braves playing at 6:00 p.m. ET before...

Morning Briefing: Pujols, Verlander Win Comeback Players of the Year

Good morning, Mets fans! MLB announced its 2022 Comeback Players of the Year Tuesday. Albert Pujols won in the NL after his magical career-ending season in his return to St. Louis, and Astros ace Justin Verlander won in the AL. Latest Mets News ESPN released its salary projections, and all seven writers predicted Jacob deGrom would leave the Mets. Most thought it would be for the Rangers. Latest...

Morning Briefing: Mets Throttled as Elimination Looms

Good morning, Mets fans. Friday night, the Mets fell to the San Diego Padres 7-1, dropping a crucial first game of the Wild Card Series. Max Scherzer gave up seven runs in 4 2/3 innings, conceding four home runs. Eduardo Escobar provided the lone Mets run with a solo home run in the fifth inning. This is the first time in New York Mets history that they have allowed four home runs in one playoff...

Mets Holding Strong Despite Braves Winning Streak

The Atlanta Braves are currently the hottest team in baseball, as they hold a 14-game winning streak going into Friday’s action. Since June 1st, while winning, they’ve also managed to grind down the Mets’ lead over the NL East from 10.5 to 4.5 games. In the midst of this 14-game streak by Atlanta, the Mets have shown some spurts of weakness, including a few blowout losses out...

MMO Fan Shot: A Mets Mom For The Ages

A Fan Shot by Gregg Hopps A Happy Mother’s Day to the original Mets Mom… Of course I’m talking about our New York Mets founder and the first female owner in Major League Baseball, Joan Whitney Payson. One SNY feature, the only one I consider to be worth watching, is Mets Yearbook. In one particular episode, the year was 1963, they showed the final game at the old Polo Grounds,...

OTD 2002: Leiter Becomes First to Beat All 30 Teams

It helps to be in the right places at the right time. It also helps be a very good pitcher. Al Leiter was both. Those circumstances helped him achieve a feat that, at the time, was unique only to him. The left-hander went seven strong innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Bank One Ballpark, only allowing one unearned run. Thanks to the Mets offense quickly building a significant lead,...

Mets Don’t Take Giants’ Gifts, Lose 3-2 to San Francisco

The Mets and Giants continued their series on Wednesday night. As the series stood heading into Wednesday night’s matchup, the Giants led the series 1-0. It was Taijuan Walker on the mound for the Mets against Johnny Cueto for the visiting Giants at Citi Field. It was an odd game, a comedy of errors in parts of it, but the results were familiar. The Mets lost to the Giants 3-2. The game was a...

Pleasant Good Evening Podcast Episode 4: The Search for a Winning Streak

  A fresh week means a fresh podcast, Mets fans! In this edition, myself (@SamLebo14 on Twitter) and Jack (@jackhendon_) try to get to the bottom of our lovable, frustrating baseball team. Things are starting to look bleak after a series loss against the Blue Jays in Buffalo. After we discuss the series and the week in general, we look at the National League playoff picture and if we can...

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