Mets News

Phillies Hire Carlos Mendoza As Third Base Coach

At his end-of-year press conference, Philadelphia Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski announced that the team hired former Mets manager Carlos Mendoza as its new infield and third base coach for the 2027 season under manager Don Mattingly. The Mets dismissed Mendoza from their managerial position during the 2026 season, ending a two-and-a-half-year tenure that was...

Mets Thoughts

2026 Report Card: Carson Benge, OF

Player Data: Age: 23 (1/20/2003) B/T: L/R Primary Stats: 156 G, 654 PA, .282/.346/.430/.776, 168 H, 22 2B, 20 HR, 65 RBI, 86 R, 22 SB, 50 BB, 142 SO Advanced Stats: 118 OPS+, 118 wRC+, 21.7% K%, 7.6% BB%, .341 BABIP, .341 xwOBA, 4.3 fWAR, 4.3 bWAR 2026 Salary: $780,000 GRADE: A 2026 REVIEW Throughout the offseason leading into the 2026 season, fans and media alike wondered if Carson Benge would...

Mets Minors

Mets’ Luke Gabrysh Listed With Best Minor League Slider, Per BA

Baseball America listed new Mets prospect Luke Gabrysh with the best slider in the minor leagues, according to their stuff+ model in a recent breakdown of all minor league breaking balls. They gave him a 132 stuff+ on the pitch, just over Peyton Olejnik at 130. Mets prospect Cristofer Gomez came in at No. 16 with a 119 stuff+ slider. On Gabrysh’s slider, they wrote that it is “a...

Interviews

Exclusive: Mets’ 2025 Third-Round Pick Antonio Jimenez

Antonio Jimenez is one of a kind. The Mets had never drafted a player from the University of Central Florida before the fifth round. That changed in 2025 when the opportunity to add Jimenez to their organization came along. The club poached the draft-eligible sophomore with their third-round pick, 102nd overall, in the 2025 MLB Draft, inking him to a bonus worth $564,000. Jimenez joined UCF...

Fan Shot

Fan Shot: A 2026 Mets Postmortem

This is a Fan Shot by Billy Heller There are certainly a lot of negatives that can be said about the Mets’ 2026 season. But I’ll start my look back with a positive note: It’s over. And we can move on with our lives. We all know that last off-season’s work by President of Baseball Operations David Stearns to remake the Amazin’s turned out to be less than amazing. So let’s go back to the...

MLB News

ALCS Game Thread: Guardians vs. Rays, 1 PM

Rays (1-1) vs. Guardians (1-1) Griffin Jax (0-0, 4.50 ERA) vs. Gavin Williams (1-0, 1.54 ERA) 1 P.M., Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH · TBS/HBO MAX Thursday, October 15, 2026 After splitting two games in St. Petersburg, the ALCS has shifted to Cleveland. Griffin Jax will take the ball for Tampa Bay, while Cleveland will send Gavin Williams to the mound, hoping to get similar results to the...

Podcasts

MMO Weekly 2026 Ep. 153: Pete Alonso Returns To Citi Field

On this episode of MMO Weekly, Sal, Mathias Altman-Kurosaki, and Chris Bello discuss the return of Pete Alonso to Citi Field, the reaction, the result, and more! Check out the latest episode above, subscribe to our YouTube channel, and find us on any listening platform, like Apple...

Mets History

OTD in 1999: Todd Pratt’s Unlikely Walk-Off Sends Mets to NLCS

It was no surprise a Mets catcher delivered the big hit which propelled his team into the League Championship Series. As for which catcher — that was about as improbable as any in postseason history. Todd Pratt lasted four pedestrian seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies. After no major league team would sign him, he spent 1996 as an instructor at Bucky Dent’s baseball camp and managed a...