It was the battle of the Cy-Young Award Winners at Citi Field on Friday night as Blake Snell and the Padres came to New York to take Jacob deGrom and the Mets. DeGrom was strong in the opening inning of the game. He collected two strike outs and pop out to retire the Padres in order. As the Mets came to the plate in the bottom of the first, Jonathan Villar led off with a lead-off single to open...
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Jacob deGrom appeared to be sailing through a strong outing on Friday night with 10 strikeouts over six innings pitched, but did not return for the seventh inning. It was later reported that deGrom left Friday night’s game against the Padres with right flexor tendonitis. DeGrom was replaced on the mound by Miguel Castro. Castro left the game with a stiff neck after allowing a two-run homer. The...
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As reported by Michael Mayer of Metsmerized, it was announced on Friday afternoon that the Mets have claimed right-handed pitcher Nick Tropeano off of waivers from the San Francisco Giants and was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse. To make room on the 40-man roster for Tropeano, the Mets moved right-handed pitcher Tommy Hunter to the 60-day injured list. This won’t be Tropeano’s first stint with the...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Mets president Sandy Alderson announced that the Mets expect Carlos Carrasco to rejoin the team in July and Noah Syndergaard to return in September, as tweeted by Prospects 365. Alderson also discussed the Mets’ 2021 season to this point on Thursday with “High Heat.” The full video can be found on the MLB.com Film Room. The Mets return home to Citi Field tonight to take...
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MLB Pipeline released their latest MLB mock draft on Wednesday. In their latest breakdown of most possible scenarios for round one on July 11, they have the New York Mets selecting right-handed pitcher Ty Madden from Texas with the No. 10 overall draft pick. Madden is MLB’s No. 9 prospect in this year’s draft. He was drafted previously by the Kansas City Royals in the 34th round of the 2018 MLB...
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