Mets News

Morning Briefing: David Peterson Has Another Strong Rehab Start

Good morning Mets fans! David Peterson continues to have a strong rehab assignment as he returns from offseason hip surgery. The 28-year-old threw 5 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball and struck out eight batters on Tuesday with Double-A Binghamton in a game against the Bowie Baysox, the Baltimore Orioles affiliate. Peterson gave up five hits and did not walk a batter as the Rumble Ponies won...

Mets Thoughts

Time For Mark Vientos to Give Mets a Boost

The New York Mets offense needs a little extra boost after a rough homestand. In their last six games, the team went 1-5 and scored a total of 11 runs. The icing on the cake came on Tuesday afternoon when the offense had four hits (two by Starling Marte) as they were at the hands of a complete game shutout by Aaron Nola. This month, the team has the lowest OPS in the National League (.619), 44...

Mets Minors

Mike Brosseau Hits Three Home Runs

David Peterson was outstanding in his rehab start for the Rumble Ponies and Syracuse won the game behind three Mike Brosseau home runs. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (22-15) 8, Iowa Cubs (19-20) 7 BOX SCORE SS Luisangel Acuña 1-for-5, R, K (.622 OPS) RF Ben Gamel 2-for-4, R, BB (1.043 OPS) 3B Luke Ritter 1-for-4, 2 RBI (20), 3 K (.872 OPS) 1B Mike Brosseau 3-for-3, 3 R, 3 HR (3), 3 RBI (9), SB (1), BB...

Interviews

MMO Exclusive: Former Mets Manager, Terry Collins

What Terry Collins lacked in size on the baseball field, he made up for with a fiery intensity and desire to compete. Regularly the smallest player on every organized team he played on, Collins realized that he could stand out by routinely playing harder than the rest. Collins, 74, has spent over five decades in professional baseball. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 19th round of the...

Fan Shot

Fan Shot: Mets Should Still Consider 6-Man Rotation

This fan-shot is by Tom Sokol Baseball’s starting pitchers are throwing harder and getting injured at a higher rate than ever before. Starting pitcher innings and pitch counts are decreasing year after year. Something needs to change in baseball around the starting pitcher, and one possibility is the idea of a six-man rotation. We already see six-man rotations in Japan, and we saw it in...

MLB News

Hall of Fame Manager Whitey Herzog Dies at 92

Whitey Herzog, a Hall of Fame manager who led the St. Louis Cardinals to three World Series and the 1982 championship and worked for the Mets as a coach and director of player development from 1966-1972, has died. He was 92. “Whitey spent his last few days surrounded by his family,” the Herzog family said in a statement released through the Cardinals. “We have so appreciated...

Podcasts

MMO Weekly Episode 77: Tim Britton Talks Mets Early Struggles

The Mets have started the 2024 season 0-4, followed by multiple postponements, and fans are understandably restless. Tim Britton of The Athletic joined MMO Weekly to talk about the Mets’ early-season struggles. Britton also discusses the state of the Mets starting rotation after the signing of Julio Teheran to a major league deal. Make sure to subscribe to the show on YouTube and follow us...

Mets History

2024 Topps Heritage Returns to 1975

One of Topps’ most anticipated releases of the year, 2024 Topps Heritage, is in stores now. This year’s release takes collectors back to a classic set and the most imaginative design from a decade of simple designs that ranged from iconic to downright boring. The first half of the decade featured iconic single-color designs in 1970 (gray), 1971 (black), and 1973 (white), as well as the...