The Mets took on the Marlins in the rubber match on Wednesday night at loanDepot park in a battle between two rookie starting pitchers. The Mets sent 30-year-old Kodai Senga to the mound against the Marlins’ 20-year-old starter Eury Pérez. While neither of the two rookies were on the top of their games, Senga was able to hold the Marlins to just two runs over six innings. Mark Vientos led...
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Going into the 2023 season, the Mets appeared to have plenty of pitching depth. For several reasons, that pitching depth did not hold up, leading the Mets to spend the second half of their season trying out all of their options rather than fighting for a postseason birth. Joey Lucchesi, who was largely a forgotten option after missing all of 2022 after undergoing Tommy John surgery, has stepped...
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With the Mets facing Zac Gallen and the Diamondbacks, the Citi Field crowd could have expected to see a strong pitching performance. Gallen has been amongst the game’s best pitchers in 2023, earning him the starting nod for the National League in this year’s All-Star Game, but it was the Mets’ starter who was making just his seventh start of the season who dazzled on the mound...
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With Carlos Carrasco on the injured list, the Mets have an opening in the back of their starting rotation. On Wednesday night, José Butto made his first start since being called up when the rosters expanded on September 1. The Mets’ no. 28 prospect according to MMO, took a shutout into the seventh inning in the 3-2 loss to the Nationals. Butto had the best start of his MLB career on...
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Though the Mets still have a month to play in the 2023 season, the focus has shifted to 2024. They are currently 61-73 and sit 8.5 games back of the final Wild Card spot. The Mets have given a number of veteran players opportunities to showcase themselves in August, but nobody has capitalized on the opportunity quite like DJ Stewart. Stewart had another big night in Wednesday’s 6-5 win...
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