It’s been less than 48 hours since the Mets announced their signing of J.D. Martinez, which seemed to end the discussion for Mark Vientos to be the Mets’ opening-day designated hitter. Still, even with the news breaking, the 24-year-old seemed locked in at the plate against the Yankees. On Friday afternoon, Vientos hit an opposite-field homer against Luis Gil. The blast drove in two of the...
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It feels like March just started, and yet the end of spring training is fast approaching. However, MLB has begun heavily enforcing the obstruction around the bases rule, and those around the game are less than thrilled about some of the most recent calls and developments that have come about in that regard. Obstruction, as MLB defines it, is imposed when a fielder hinders a baserunner’s...
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The New York Mets took a road trip to Jupiter on Wednesday for a matchup against the Miami Marlins, a fellow NL East foe. The Mets defeated the Marlins 6-3. The offense struck for eight hits, backing up the Mets’ pitching staff, which gave up just three runs. Right-handed pitcher Christian Scott took the mound for the Mets to start things off against the Marlins. This was Scott’s second...
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Good morning, Mets fans, and happy St. Patrick’s Day! The Mets defeated the Astros on Saturday night at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches 6-1. Half of the squad returns to Palm Beach Sunday to play the Washington Nationals at 1:05 p.m. ET while the other half will take on the Miami Marlins at home at Clover Park at 1:10 p.m. Tylor Megill (1-2, 1.50 ERA, 15 SO) will take the mound in West Palm Beach...
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The Mets got both sparkling and disastrous performances from their pitchers in Friday night’s game against the Nationals. On the positive end, Brooks Raley, Jórge Lopez, Junior Santos, and Phil Beckford gave up no run and just a combined two hits in the Mets’ 7-3 loss to the Nationals. Raley struck out six, Santos struck out one, and Phil Bickford fanned two to keep the Mets competitive....
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