Month: September 2023

Parada Highlights Nine Mets In 2023 Arizona Fall League

The Mets sent nine players to the Arizona Fall League, including four position players and five pitchers. While just one of these prospects is in the organization’s top 30 prospects, each has enough talent for intrigue. Some players may have been sent to Arizona to fill out the roster and provide depth, but we’ve seen many of these depth players in recent years still make it to the...

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Morning Briefing: Giants Fire Gabe Kapler

Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, the San Francisco Giants fired Gabe Kapler after four years as the team’s manager. The highlight of Kapler’s tenure was an out-of-nowhere 107-win season in 2021, but the results in his other three years as the team’s leader were underwhelming. The Giants are officially eliminated from playoff contention after having a dreadful second half of...

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Jett Williams Wants to Play in Majors in 2024

New York Mets prospect Jett Williams entered the 2023 season having just 10 games of pro experience with the Florida Complex League Mets after being drafted in the first round out of high school. Williams would also play the entire 2023 season at only 19 years old. All he did was finish the season with a Double-A team that made the league championship, posting a .425 on-base percentage and...

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Five Years Ago Today: David Wright Plays Final Game

He ran onto the Citi Field diamond with the same hustle and spring in his step when he entered the Shea grounds for his debut 14 years earlier. He still flashed that same smile fans were so accustomed to. On the penultimate day of the regular season, Wright said goodbye to a New York audience that watched him grow up before its eyes. With setbacks that likely would’ve forced a less determined...

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3 Up, 3 Down: Mets, Marlins Beat By Mother Nature

If there was a series that perhaps could best epitomize the weird ride that the 2023 season has been for the New York Mets, it would be this one against the Miami Marlins. After Mother Nature sent a deluge of rainfall on Citi Field on Tuesday, making conditions unplayable, the two teams were forced to contest a doubleheader on Wednesday. That was just the beginning, however. With the Marlins...

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