Month: August 2025

Brett Baty Making His Case in Mets’ Lineup

2025 is proving to be Brett Baty’s most productive year so far in his young career. However, given his month-to-month performance, it hasn’t always looked that way. But has the real Brett Baty finally stood up?  First Half After pummeling the ball in spring training to a .353/.441/.745/1.186 slash line, Baty more than earned his spot on the opening day roster. However, the excitement was...

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Mendoza, Cairo Become First Venezuelan Managers to Face Off

The lineup cards from Tuesday night’s Mets-Nationals game are going to the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Valencia, which happens to be located between the hometowns of Carlos Mendoza and Miguel Cairo. Mendoza, 45, of Barquisimeto, and Cairo, 51, of Anaco, made history, becoming the first Venezuelan managers to match wits against each other in a major league game. The pair...

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Six Mets Prospects Crack ESPN’s Top 100

With the MLB draft and trade deadline both now passed, ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel has updated his 2025 in-season top 100 MLB prospects, and the list includes six Mets prospects: No. 18 – Jett Williams, SS After a great Double-A campaign in Binghamton, the Mets recently promoted Williams to Triple-A Syracuse earlier this month. Prior to his promotion, Williams was batting .281/.390/.477, with a .867...

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Dependable David Peterson Attacks, Strikes Out 10

David Peterson faced 27 batters Tuesday. He threw a first-pitch strike to 20 of them. The key to pitching late into games, apparently, is going after hitters early. “So I got out there and try to give the team a chance to win and try and be efficient,” he said after throwing 65 of 96 pitches for strikes and earning the win in the 8-1 victory over the Nationals. “Like I said,...

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Mets Minors Recap: Sproat Bounces Back

After giving up five earned runs in 3.1 innings his last time out, Brandon Sproat rebounded on Tuesday with six innings of one-run ball, striking out eight in Syracuse’s 6-5 loss to Indianapolis. His fastball touched 99 mph, generating 12 whiffs. Luisangel Acuña also made an impact in his Triple-A return, reaching base four times and swiping his fifth bag of the season. Triple-A Syracuse Mets...

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