On the eve of his final start of the season after returning from Tommy John surgery, Joey Lucchesi and his family were involved in a car accident outside of Citi Field. All parties were okay, albeit shaken up. Lucchesi complained of minor back pain the next day but was determined to start and delivered another gem against the Marlins, pitching six innings while allowing seven hits, two earned...
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A little more than a decade later, Anthony Kay’s Mets career has finally come full circle. He made his debut in orange and blue against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 24, pitching in relief for a struggling José Butto. The lefty pitched 1 2/3 innings without allowing a hit or a run and struck out Brandon Marsh and Jake Cave. When asked about his return to the Mets organization after...
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With the 2023 season winding down, there’s the good, the bad, and the ugly to reflect on. While some may see more bad than good because of where the Mets currently sit in the standings, plenty of positives came out of the year. It was a revolving door year of rookies galore, with the core four of Brett Baty, Francisco Alvarez, Ronny Mauricio, and Mark Vientos finally taking the field together....
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After months of speculation and years of pining, the Mets hired David Stearns to be their first President of Baseball Operations, according to Andy Martino of SNY. The five-year, $50 million contract ties him with the Dodgers’ Andrew Friedman for the highest-paid candidate in this role at $10 million a year. In Stearns, the Mets get one of the best baseball minds of the century who led the...
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The age-old question in baseball has always been what the correct way is to assemble a championship roster. Is it to accumulate a slew of top draft picks like the Baltimore Orioles have in recent years? They’ve produced the likes of Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson with Jackson Holliday not far behind. Then there are teams like the Dodgers and Braves that rarely have the luxury of high...
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