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...
Updated Post – 3/30/24, 3:42 PM The drama between the Mets and Rhys Hoskins bled into Saturday’s game in the seventh inning. With a runner on first and one out, Hoskins stepped to the plate against Yohan Ramírez, who threw a 94-mile-per-hour fastball behind the Brewers DH on the first pitch of the at-bat. Ramírez charged toward the plate after the pitch as Francisco Álvarez retrieved...
It wasn’t a Good Friday for the Mets’ offense. Freddy Peralta fanned eight in six innings of one-hit ball to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 win over New York on Opening Day at Citi Field, spoiling the managerial debut of Carlos Mendoza. It was the fewest hits ever for the Mets on Opening Day, with the previous low being two in 1963. New York’s only hit and run came on a...
Friday, March 29, 2024 • 1:40 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Freddy Peralta (0-0, -.–) vs. LHP José Quintana (0-0, -.–) SNY The Mets are back! The 2024 season will finally start this afternoon as they welcome the Milwaukee Brewers to Queens for Opening Day. For the second year in a row, weather has interrupted the team’s plans for the home opener, causing them to push the...
Owner Steve Cohen told the media at a news conference ahead of Opening Day that he will continue to spend if the right opportunity presents itself despite the Mets being well over the luxury tax line. “I am competitive,” Cohen said before his fourth Opening Day as Mets owner. “If the right thing comes along at the right moment, we will explore it.” New York’s...
The 2024 Major League Baseball season has officially arrived! An offseason of changes, both on and off the field, makes this season an interesting one for the New York Mets. Led by first-time manager Carlos Mendoza, their first test will come against another team in transition, the Milwaukee Brewers. Craig Counsell managed the club for nine years but decided to take on a new challenge with the...
Good morning, Mets fans! We might have had to wait an extra day, but we can finally say happy Mets Opening Day! Today the Mets take on the Milwaukee Brewers in their first game of the season and their Citi Field opener. It will be left-handed pitcher Jose Quintana (0-2, 6.19 ERA in five spring training appearances) on the mound for the Mets against right-handed pitcher Freddy Peralta (0-1, 7.20...
The Mets have the best winning percentage in MLB history on Opening Day. Over the years, the team’s season openers have featured many big moments, from walk-offs to unsung players becoming heroes. 1985: Gary Carter Walks It Off in Mets Debut The Mets led for most of the game on Opening Day in 1985, but they left 15 men on base and went just 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position. The...
The bad news about having to order the Mets’ season-opening wins is there are so many to list. The good news is there are a lot of wins. With a Tom Seaver’s amount of “W”s in their history, and the MLB’s best winning percentage in this part of the schedule, here’s a rundown from 41 to 1. 41. 2020 If an Opening Day win occurs but no fans are there to see it,...
Good morning, Mets fans! The day has finally come! Major League Baseball Opening Day is officially upon us! Unfortunately, the Mets have to wait another day. But let’s take a look at some of the games on the slate for today. The first game on the docket is the Orioles who will be hosting the Angels while Corbin Burnes makes his Baltimore debut. The Mets’ crosstown rival Yankees go to...
With heavy rain in the forecast for Thursday, the New York Mets have announced that their 2024 Opening Day game hosting the Milwaukee Brewers will be postponed to Friday at 1:40 p.m. ET at Citi Field. Friday was a scheduled off day for the Mets and Brewers. Gates will open at 11:40 a.m., and parking lots will open at 10:40 a.m. The pitching matchup is lefty José Quintana for the Mets and righty...
For just the first time since the 2017 campaign, José Quintana will be a team’s Opening Day starter, this time for the New York Mets. That wasn’t necessarily planned or expected, but Kodai Senga beginning the season on the injured list with a shoulder injury forced the team to shift some pieces around. Quintana will get the nod against the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, coming off a...
