Mets News

Lucchesi’s Debut an Unfortunate Walk in the Park

Oh, those base on balls. In his season debut Wednesday, Joey Lucchesi walked Edmundo Sosa to lead off the fifth inning. Then Cristian Pache. A batter later, with the bases loaded, he walked Kyle Schwarber to force in a run. This, maddeningly, has become a recurring theme for Met pitchers all season, the starters in particular. The New York pitching staff leads the majors in walks allowed with...

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

Mets Minors 2024 Top Prospects: No. 5 Christian Scott

No. 5: Christian Scott, RHP B/T: R/R Age: 6/15/1999 (24) Ht: 6’4″ Wt: 215 lb. Acquired: Drafted Fifth Round of 2021 MLB Draft from University Of Florida ETA: Now Stats (New York Mets 2024) – 2.84 ERA, 12 2/3 IP, 11 H, 3 BB, 14 K Disclaimer: All prospects rankings were made in the preseason and have not been adjusted for play in 2024. Christian Scott had an interesting route to his...

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...