The Mets finished a 3-6 homestand with a 5-4 loss to the Nationals and Weaver, who gave up the go-ahead home run to CJ Abrams in the eighth inning, had a lot to say.

“I’ve been sitting here trying to think about honestly what to even say to you guys and what you’re even going to ask and trying to come up with something,” he told reporters. “And I think at the end of the day, this pursuit of perfection is an ultimate pressurized failure mindset.

“Everybody wants to be the hero because we care and we want to win really, really bad. And I just don’t think success lives in that realm. It truly doesn’t. And I think the freedom with which we play with day-to-day is kind of being suffocated a little bit. I want to just do my job, it’s that simple, there’s moments that feel really close, and then there’s just mistakes that magnify our situation.

“Of course I sit there and feel the weight of the world, and feel like I let the team down … we sit there and we just tell you guys, ‘It’ll come. This is the game. This is the law of averages.’ And all these things. But at the end of the day those words just don’t hold the same weight when you continue to (lose) day after day.

“The encouragement, the motivation to pursue just being the best person you can be and the best baseball player you can be is the only answer. Until we prove that, I understand the grievances from the outsiders.”

The Mets (10-21) have lost 17 of 20 and have the worst record in baseball. There are loads of negatives to focus on. It’s a small thing, but I like that Weaver shared his heartfelt thoughts on the season.

Christian Scott (0-0, 6.75 ERA) will make his 11th try at his first big-league victory Friday in Anaheim against rookie RHP Walbert Urena, (0-3, 4.76 ERA) who is also looking for his first MLB win. Game time is 9:38 p.m. ET and it will air on WPIX. The Mets will visit Anaheim, Colorado and Arizona on a nine-game road trip.

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Interesting historical note: The Mets fired Willie Randolph during a road trip in Anaheim in 2008. Under Randolph, the 2007 Mets missed the playoffs on the last day of the regular season and the 2006 Mets lost in the NLCS.

The Mets signed RHP Jack Weisenburger to a minor-league deal and he is expected to report to Double-A, a source told reporter Francys Romero. The 28-year-old was a 20th-round pick of the Athletics in 2019. He last pitched in the Athletics organization in 2024 in Double-A. Last year he pitched to a 5.66 ERA in 103 1/3 innings in the independent Atlantic League.

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Yordan Alvarez hit his 12th homer for the Astros Thursday, tying Aaron Judge and Munetaka Murakami for the major-league lead.

Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff left his start against Arizona in the second inning after experiencing a concerning dip in velocity. His average fastball was being clocked at 85 mph, down from his normal 92 mph. He is set to undergo tests. Manager Pat Murphy said it was too soon to say whether he would go on the injured list.

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Michael Simon recapped the loss to the Nats.

We, your MMOers, all put our heads together to figure out how to fix our favorite team. (Matthew Tutrone wondered about an exorcism.)

John Stocum riffs on the latest poor showing by David Peterson.

Robert Colonna has info on Andy Ibáñez, who was acquired from the Athletics.

Allison Waxman has details on Luis Robert Jr., the latest Met to hit the injured list.

On This Date in Mets History

2011: Ronny Paulino collected five hits, including the game-winning double in the 14th inning of a 2-1 victory over the Phillies. Chants of “USA” broke out in the ninth inning when news reports spread throughout Citizens Bank Park of the death of Osama bin Laden.

1984: Dwight Gooden struck out 10 Cubs to become the first teenager to fan double digits in a game since Bert Blyleven in 1970. He hurled seven innings of one-run ball and added a sacrifice fly in the 8-1 win. Keith Hernandez homered. Gooden would go on to lead the major leagues in strikeouts with 276, which also set the rookie record, and reach double-digit Ks 15 times for the season.

1974: Tom Seaver fanned 16 Dodgers over 12 innings, but the Mets lost 2-1 in 14. Andy Messersmith threw 11 innings of one-run ball. Wayne Garrett homered. Steve Garvey homered off Seaver and connected for the walk-off single off Harry Parker.

Born on This Date: Marcus Stroman (1991), Manny Acosta (1981), Joe Hietpas (1979), Armando Reynoso (1966), Charlie O’Brien (1960), Ray Searage (1955), Roy Lee Jackson (1954), M. Donald Grant (1904).

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Triple-A Syracuse’s home game with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs was postponed because of bad weather. It will be made up on Thursday as part of a single-admission doubleheader starting at 4:05 p.m. ET.

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Double-A

Binghamton Rumble Ponies (8-14) 2, New Hampshire Fisher Cats (12-8) 8

Game 1 Box Score

• 1B Nick Lorusso, 2-for-3, 2B, RBI (.708 OPS)
• 3B Jacob Reimer, 0-for-2, R, 2 BB (.609 OPS)
• DH Eli Serrano III, 0-for-3, R, BB (.796 OPS)

Reimer, 22, hit nine homers in 61 games for Binghamton last season, but has connected only once in 20 contests this year.

• RHP Will Watson (6.98 ERA) 3 IP, 7 R, (6 ER), 4 H, 4 BB, 3 K, L

A rough one for Watson, a 2024 seventh-round pick out of the University of Southern California. He has struck out 19 and walked 10 in 19 1/3 innings. He is the No. 10 Mets prospect on MLB Pipeline.

Double-A

Binghamton Rumble Ponies (8-15) 3, New Hampshire Fisher Cats (13-8) 5

Game 2 Box Score

• C Chris Suero, 0-for-4, 3 K (.783 OPS)
• DH Jacob Reimer, 2-for-4, 2B, R, K (.643 OPS)
• CF Eli Serrano III, 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, R, BB, 2 K (.813 OPS)

Suero, the No. 15 Mets prospect on MLB Pipeline, is 2-for-28 with one homer, 12 strikeouts and five walks over his last eight games.

• RHP Joander Suarez (3.52 ERA) 4 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 4 K
• RHP Saul Garcia (5.59 ERA) IP, K

High-A

Frederick Keys (12-10) 5, Brooklyn Cyclones (5-17) 0

Box Score 

• LF Corey Collins, 1-for-2, BB (.794 OPS)
• 2B Mitch Voit, 2-for-4, 2 SB (.696 OPS)
• SS Antonio Jimenez, 1-for-4, 2B (.437 OPS)

Voit has stolen 10 bases in 11 attempts. He swiped 20 in 21 tries in 22 games at St. Lucie last year after being drafted in the first round (38th) out of the University of Michigan. The last-place Cyclones were held to five hits.

• RHP Joel Díaz (8.68 ERA) 4 2/3 IP, 5 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 4 K, 2 HR, L

Low-A

St. Lucie Mets (10-12) 6, Tampa Tarpons (9-13) 7, 8 innings

Game 1 Box Score

• SS Elian Peña, 2-for-4, 2 K (.932 OPS)
• 1B Randy Guzman, 1-for-4, 2 R (.868 OPS)
• LF JT Benson, 1-for-3, HR (3), SF, 3 RBI, CS (.931 OPS)
• RF AJ Salgado, 2-for-4, 2 SB (.791 OPS)

Salgado has four homers and four steals in 23 games. He hit 12 homers and stole 14 bases in 64 games for UCLA last year.

• RHP Frank Camarillo (4.64 ERA) 5 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, BB, 7 K, HR

Low-A

St. Lucie Mets (10-13) 4, Tampa Tarpons (10-13) 7

Game 2 Box Score

• DH Elian Peña, 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, R, BB (.941 OPS)
• C Francisco Toledo, 1-for-3, HR (2), K (.742 OPS)
• CF Edward Lantigua, 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 K (.375 OPS)

Lantigua, 19, of the Dominican Republic, is off to a slow start after posting an .832 OPS in 149 plate appearances in Rookie Ball last season.

• LHP Conner Ware (6.50 ERA) 4 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 3 K, HR, L

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Peterson, making his first start since April 13 after being demoted to the bullpen, gave up three hard singles to his first four batters. The Nationals led 1-0 and had runners on the corners. Jacob Young hit a sharp grounder at first baseman Brett Baty, who didn’t field it cleanly, which cost him a chance to throw home. Baty settled for the out at first and the Nats led 2-0.

A Juan Soto solo home run cut the lead in half in the third inning, but Peterson (0-4) lost his control in the fourth.

He walked Young with one out. After a single and an infield single made it 3-1, he walked No. 8 hitter Nasim Nuñez, who entered the night hitting .195, on five pitches, to load the bases. He struck out Keibert Ruiz for the second out, but after getting ahead in the count 0-2, he missed four straight times to walk James Wood. That forced in a run and forced Carlos Mendoza out of the dugout.

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Sean Manaea hit the first man he faced with a 73 mph sweeper to force in another run. Then Brady House unloaded on an 89 mph fastball for a 385-foot grand slam that gave the Nationals a 9-1 lead. Manaea allowed a double before escaping the inning, but not the boos from a crowd that suffered through poor pitching, sporadic rain and the Mets’ fourth loss in five games.

The Phillies (10-19) were rained out, meaning the Mets (10-20) have sole possession of the worst record in baseball.

Manaea’s final line: six earned runs on seven hits, two walks and four strikeouts over 2 2/3 innings. His ERA ballooned to 6.55 over 22 innings.

Nationals starter Cade Cavalli (1-1) entered the game with the widest lefty/righty splits in the majors. Lefties were hitting .397 against the right-hander and righties were at .146.

The first inning went according to form. Three lefties reached base (Soto doubled, MJ Melendez and Baty walked) and three right-handed hitters did not. Bo Bichette flew out, Francisco Alvarez struck out and Tyrone Taylor swung through a 96 mph sinker on a 3-2 count with the bases loaded to end the inning.

Melendez drove in a run with an RBI infield single. Taylor and Marcus Semien each had two hits.

Stat of the Game

Peterson’s ERA jumped to 6.53. He gave up seven earned runs on five hits, walked three and struck out five. Since appearing in the 2025 All-Star Game, Peterson is 3-6 with a 6.40 ERA over 19 outings and 90 innings pitched.

Player of the Game

Soto homered to the opposite-field for the second straight night. He also doubled and went 3-for-5. He is 7-for-24 with two homers, six walks and two strikeouts in seven games since returning from the injured list.

On Deck

Will the rubber game of the series include another seven-run fourth inning? Freddy Peralta (1-3, 3.90 ERA) will look for his first win since Opening Day against 37-year-old RHP Miles Mikolas, (0-3, 8.49 ERA) who is looking for his first win in a Nats uniform. Game time is 1:10 p.m. ET and it will air on SNY.

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The rookie is showing signs of meeting the potential that the Mets saw when they made him the 19th pick of the 2024 draft out of Oklahoma State.

Benge came up in the fourth inning Tuesday with the Mets up 3-0 over the Nationals after two runs scored on a Marcus Semien grounder that third baseman Jorbit Vivas misplayed. With the Nats reeling, and runners on second and third, Benge didn’t let them off the hook. He jumped on Zack Littell‘s first pitch and lined the 90 mph fastball for an opposite-field single to bring in two.

He went from first to third on a Ronny Mauricio single, scored on a Bo Bichette sacrifice fly and Juan Soto homered to put the cherry on top of a seven-run inning in the 8-0 victory that snapped a three-game losing streak.

“After the Marcus ground ball, everybody took great at-bats and getting base hits,” Soto said. “It was really cool to see.”

Mendoza said lately he’s noticed a difference in the 23-year-old’s swing.

“Short, aggressive, getting the barrel to ball, using the whole field,” the manager said. “Not only pulling the baseball, but going the other way. Just hitting line drives and not missing pitches. Like on time for the fastball. And it’s just good to see it.”

Benge went 2-for-4, pulling a single to right in the sixth, for his second straight two-hit game. He is 7-for-16 in his last five with a home run, a double and one strikeout. His batting average has jumped more than 100 points since April 7 and his slash line is at .195/.258/.293/.551.

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Chase Rate Percentage

With the Mets down 3-1 in the seventh inning on Sunday against the Rockies, Brett Baty waved at a 1-1 pitch well out of the strike zone. Two pitches later he struck out looking. Per Baseball Savant, the Mets are 25th in the league in chase rate percentage, a stat that measures swinging at balls out of the strike zone.

New York’s chase rate percentage is at 32.1. For reference, the Yankees lead the league at 25.8 and the Blue Jays and Rockies are tied with a league-worst 34.1. League average is 29.7.

The worst offender in the lineup regularly by far is Bo Bichette at 41.8 (his worst since 2020), but he’s not alone. Mark Vientos is at 33.8% and Luis Robert Jr. is at 32.1%. Baty is at 31.8%, up from 24.9% last season. Francisco Alvarez‘s 31% is up from 27.8% last year and the highest it’s been since his rookie year. Marcus Semien is at 29.1%, up from 23.4% a year ago. Carson Benge is at 26%. Juan Soto, one of the best at knowing the strike zone, is at 17% for his career. He’s at 24.2% this year through 13 games.

This is “pressing” quantified.

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Saves

A sneaky way to avoid blowing saves is to not give yourself too many chances and the Mets are last in save opportunities with six. But how have the Mets done in save situations? They are 2-for-6, tied with the Angels (4-for-12) for the worst conversion percentage in the league. Next worst is the Nationals (6-for-16) at 37.5%, so the bullpens could provide some drama in the three-game series that starts Tuesday at Citi Field.

Of the 30 teams, 25 are at 50% or better. The Braves have converted 11 of 12 to lead MLB.

Huascar Brazobán blew a save against the Twins last week when he gave up a grand slam in the eighth inning in a game the Mets ultimately won. Devin Williams blew a one-run, ninth-inning lead against the Cubs on April 19. The Mets lost that game in the 10th.

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Hitting with Runners in Scoring Position

Look, all of the hitting numbers are ugly. Overall, the Mets are slashing .226/.288/.337/.625. The Mets’ league-worst OPS is 31 points back of the next-to-last Phillies. The Dodgers lead the majors with an .821 OPS. The only Met posting a better number than that is Soto (.831).

So, you could say the Mets are “stepping it up” with runners in scoring position since they are slashing .232/.313/.336/.649, which ranks 22nd/23rd/26th/27th. But I’d call that misleading (and clever). Only the Cardinals, Blue Jays and Royals have a lower OPS with runners in scoring position.

In that 3-1 loss to the Rockies on Sunday, the Mets had the bases loaded and one out in the first inning. Semien struck out swinging and Baty was caught looking. In the eighth, they were loaded again with one out. Robert fouled out and Vientos struck out swinging.

A year ago their team OPS was .753, sixth in MLB. And with RISP, it was .803, which came in third behind the Dodgers and Blue Jays.

But Wait, There’s More

A few other bonus nuggets: The Mets have stolen 16 bases, which is tied for 21st in the league. Last season they finished fifth. Is it the Antoan Richardson Effect? The jury is out. The Braves were 26th in steals last year and are now tied for 25th.

Are you part of the problem? Attendance at Citi Field is down from an average of 39,775 last season (fifth in MLB) to 36,110 (seventh). Maybe we all need to look in the mirror. (Kidding!)

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After the Mets lost the first game of the doubleheader Sunday, Carlos Mendoza was asked if the team’s problems were fixable.

“Yes,” he told reporters. “We’ve got to do something. That’s not a good showing. We’ve got to fix it.”

The fix may come, but it didn’t happen in Game 2. The Mets lost 3-0 to the Rockies and dropped to 9-19, tied with the Phillies for the worst record in baseball. The last time the Mets were 9-19 through 28 games was in 1983, a season they finished 68-94.

After that second loss, Mendoza was asked if he was concerned about losing his job.

“The only thing I’m worried about it here is I got to get the guys going,” he told reporters. “I get it. I get it. It sucks. And I know the questions will continue to come up. But my job is to find a way to get those guys out of the funk. That’s the bottom line.”

The Mets only run of the day came on a Tyrone Taylor homer. They have scored two runs or less in half their games. They are last in the majors in runs scored and 3.28 runs per game would be the second worst in the last decade if it stood for the season, per Justin Nicosia of MLB Statcast. The worst was the 2024 Chicago White Sox at 3.13. That was the team that lost 121 games to break the 1962 Mets’ record for losses in a modern era season.

“It’s not great,” Brett Baty said after going 0-for-7 with a walk and three strikeouts over the two games. “We got to be better. We’re putting in the work. All the guys are working really hard. Personally, I’ve been taking a bunch of swings and trying to get going. At the end of the day, we just got to be better.”

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Kodai Senga exited to boos when he was pulled in the third inning of the second game. He gave up three runs on three hits, walked three and struck out one. He entered the game with an 8.83 ERA and managed to get it to go up, leaving the mound with it at an even 9.oo. He has given up 20 earned runs in 20 innings pitched and was asked if he’d accept a demotion to Triple-A like he did last season.

“I think that warrants a lot of discussions with a lot of different people,” he said through a Japanese interpreter. “I can’t give you a yes or no answer right now.”

In the Game 1 loss, Nolan McLean gave up two runs (one earned) on five hits, walked two and struck out seven over five innings. The rookie’s ERA is 2.55 over 35 1/3 innings pitched.

The Mets are off Monday. They start a three-game series at Citi Field with the Nationals on Tuesday at 7:10 p.m. ET. Clay Holmes (2-2, 2.10 ERA) faces RHP Zack Littell, (0-3, 7.56 ERA). Maybe the Mets can get the bats going against Littell. He has given up 14 earned runs in his last two starts.

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Tommy Pham, who went 0-for-13 with seven strikeouts in nine games, was designated for assignment. Per Will Sammon of The Athletic, the Mets agreed to a deal with 33-year-old outfielder Austin Slater, who the Marlins DFA’d last week. James Villani has more on those moves here.

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Red Sox infielder Trevor Story said Sunday that the team’s explanation for firing manager Alex Cora was not “satisfactory.” Cora and five coaches were fired Saturday with the Red Sox off to a poor start. “I mean obviously, it’s kind of up in the air what the true direction of the franchise is,” Story said. “Some of the best coaches in the world didn’t get a fair shot.”

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton was out of the lineup for the second straight day with right calf tightness and manager Aaron Boone said a decision on whether he will go on the injured list will be made Monday.

The Nationals placed reliever Clayton Beeter on the injured list with right forearm soreness.

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Johnluke Chaparro recapped the 3-0 loss. James Villani recapped the 3-1 defeat.

James Villani dove in on four minor leaguers off to fast starts. You may know about A.J. Ewing and Elian Peña, but how about John Bay and JT Benson?

Jack Ramsey covered the Saturday minor-league action. Peña had two hits.

On This Date in Mets History

2012: Scott Hairston hits for the cycle, drives in four and scores three times, but it is not enough. The Rockies score 11 runs in the fifth inning of an 18-9 victory over the Mets at Coors Field. Manny Acosta gives up seven earned runs on five hits and two walks and records one out.

2010: The Mets sweep a doubleheader from the Dodgers. Jason Bay homers and Johan Santana throws six scoreless in the 4-0 win in Game 1. Bay and David Wright each triple in the 10-5 win in Game 2. Birthday boy Frank Catalanotto turns 36 and goes 0-for-1.

1965: The Mets add 39-year-old coach Yogi Berra to the active roster. He had retired as a player from the Yankees in 1963, but will play in four games and go 2-for-9 with a run scored and three strikeouts with the Mets.

Born on This Date: J.D. Davis (1993), Orber Moreno (1977), Frank Catalanotto (1974), Eric Hillman (1966), Bob MacDonald (1965), Brian Giles (1960), Rogers Hornsby (1896).

Hornsby, the Hall of Fame infielder, was a scout and the third base coach for the 1962 Mets.

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The Red Sox, off to a 10-17 start, are cleaning house. Boston fired manager Alex Cora Saturday along with hitting coach Peter Fatse, third base coach Kyle Hudson, bench coach Ramon Vazquez, assistant hitting coach Dillon Lawson and major league hitting strategy coach Joe Cronin. The team said Jason Varitek, the game planning and run prevention coach, was reassigned to a new role in the organization. Cora led the Red Sox to the 2018 title in his first year as manager and finishes with a 619-541 record.

Chad Tracy, manager of the Red Sox Triple-A affiliate Worcester since 2022, was named interim manager.

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Thomas Harrigan of MLB.com wrote that the Mets’ playoff hopes have dipped the most since Opening Day, according to FanGraphs. Heading into Saturday’s action, the Mets’ playoff odds were at 43.2 percent, down 37.2 percent. A better than two-in-five chance actually seems pretty good considering the 12-game losing streak.

The other biggest fallers were the Phillies (-32%), Royals (-28.1%), Red Sox (-27.7%) and Blue Jays (-16.7%). FanGraphs gives the Mets a 3% chance to win the World Series, down 5.5% from Opening Day.

The teams whose playoffs odds improved the most are the Guardians (+23.5 percent), Padres (+19.9 percent), Cubs (+19.2 percent), Rangers (+15.9 percent) and Yankees (+14.3 percent).

The Mets, despite being 9-17, still have better odds to make the postseason than the first-place Guardians. Go figure.

The rainout Saturday means the Mets will play a single-admission doubleheader vs. the Rockies Sunday starting at 1:40 p.m. ET. Nolan McLean (1-1, 2.67 ERA) faces LHP Jose Quintana (0-2, 6.23 ERA) in Game 1 and Kodai Senga (0-3, 8.83 ERA) will start Game 2, which will begin 30 to 45 minutes after the first game ends. The Rockies have not announced a Game 2 starter. Both games will air on SNY.

Reliever Austin Warren is expected to be the Mets’ extra player for the doubleheader, league sources told Will Sammon of The Athletic.

The rainout allowed Mets hitting coach Troy Snitker to surprise his dad, Brian, who was inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame on Saturday, per Mark Bowman of MLB.com. The younger Snitker knocked on his dad’s hotel room door and the ex-Braves skipper thought it was the maid.

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The Dodgers honored Rick Monday on the 50th anniversary of him saving an American flag from being burned in the Dodger Stadium outfield. Monday was playing center field for the Cubs on April 25, 1976, when two men came on the field with the flag, spread it out on the outfield grass and doused it with lighter fluid. Monday ran over and took the flag away before they could set it on fire.

Monday, a veteran of the Marine Corps reserves, received a bronze sculpture of him running with the flag from Marine Corps members on Saturday. Monday has preserved the flag and is loaning it to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, where it will be on exhibit starting on Memorial Day.

Brandon Phillips signed a ceremonial one-day contract to retire a Red. The 44-year-old, who last played in 2018, was also inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame along with pitcher Aaron Harang, outfielder Reggie Sanders and manager Lou Piniella.

The Reds placed 3B-DH Eugenio Suárez on the 10-day injured list with a mild left oblique strain.

The Blue Jays placed outfielder Nathan Lukes on the 10-day injured list with strained left hamstring.

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Chris Bello has the Mets at No. 16 in his weekly MLB power rankings.

Mojo Hill has noticed that Freddy Peralta runs into trouble in the middle innings.

I wrote up a minor league recap of Friday’s action. A.J. Ewing homered and Elian Peña doubled and stole two bases.

On This Date in Mets History

1995: The Rockies open Coors Field with a classic against the Mets. Rico Brogna and Todd Hundley homer, but John Franco blows the save in the ninth and the game goes to extras tied at 7-7. After trading single runs in the 13th, Joe Orsulak hits a go-ahead double in the top of the 14th. But Dante Bichette, future dad of Bo, hits a three-run, walk-off homer off Mike Remlinger for the 11-9 win.

1988: Keith Hernandez homers off ex-Met Charlie Puleo and future Met Tom Glavine. He drives in seven runs, including career RBI No. 1,000, in a 13-4 victory over the Braves. Hernandez finishes his career with 1,071 RBIs. Dwight Gooden throws a complete game to improve to 5-0.

Born on This Date: Joey Wendle (1990), Scott Strickland (1976), Ricky Trlicek (1969), Lou Thornton (1963), Mike Scott (1955), Amos Otis (1947).

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Elian Peña, the Mets’ No. 8 prospect, kept hitting as well. The shortstop smacked his sixth double (see it here) and stole third base twice in Low-A St. Lucie’s 12-4 loss to Palm Beach. Peña is slashing .329/.448/.905, has hit safely in 15 of 18 games, and stolen eight bases in nine tries.

AJ Ewing
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Triple-A

Syracuse Mets (13-11) 3, Worcester Red Sox (13-11) 0

Box Score

• RF Ryan Clifford, 0-for-4, RBI, K (.801 OPS)
• CF Nick Morabito, 2-for-3, 2B, R, 2 BB, K, CS (.838 OPS)
• LF Jihwan Bae, 3-for-4, RBI, R, SB, BB (.914 OPS)

Morabito scored on a head-first slide on a Clifford sacrifice fly. Clifford has driven in 13 runs in his last six games.

• RHP Daniel Duarte (3.72 ERA) 2 1/3 IP, BB, 3 K
• LHP A.J. Minter (4.50 ERA) IP
• RHP Dakota Hawkins (0.00 ERA) 3 IP, BB, 4 K
• LHP Anderson Severino (0.00 ERA) 1 1/3 IP, H, SV

Six pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout. David Stearns said at a news conference Friday that Minter could rejoin the Mets within the first week to 10 days of May. Hawkins has thrown 7 2/3 scoreless innings across three levels. Severino has thrown 9 2/3 scoreless innings and struck out 11.

Double-A

Erie SeaWolves (7-12) 2, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (7-11) 10

Box Score

• 2B A.J. Ewing, 1-for-3, HR (2), 3 RBI, BB, E (1.018 OPS)
• CF Eli Serrano III, 1-for-3, RBI, R (.859 OPS)
• C Chris Suero, 1-for-5, HR (4), K (.863 OPS)
• 3B Nick Lorusso, 3-for-4, HR (2), 2B, 3 R, K (.694 OPS)
• LF Jose Ramos, 1-for-4, HR (3), 2 RBI, K (.603 OPS)

Suero, 22, of the Bronx, might be the Mets’ most fascinating prospect as MMO’s Jorge Eckardt told us earlier this month. He is a catcher/first baseman/outfielder with power and speed.

• RHP Brendan Girton (4.02 ERA) 5 IP, ER, 2 H, 3 BB, 5 K, W
• RHP Saul Garcia (6.75 ERA) IP, 2 K
• LHP Gabriel Rodriguez (0.00 ERA) IP, 3 K
• RHP Ben Simon (3.68 ERA) IP, 2 K

Girton, 24, a 10th-round pick out of Oklahoma in 2024, has struck out 15 and walked 16 in 15 2/3 innings.

High-A

Brooklyn Cyclones (4-14) 4, Hudson Valley Renegades (11-7) 6

Box Score

• 2B Kevin Villavicencio, 2-for-3, HR (2), 2 RBI, 2 R, SB, BB (.648 OPS)
• SS Mitch Voit, 1-for-4, SB, K (.635 OPS)
• C Ronald Hernandez, 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB, K (.696 OPS)

Hernandez has five doubles and five RBIs in his last six games. Voit is 3-for-21 with two walks and three strikeouts in his last five.

• RHP Irving Cota (1.32 ERA) 3 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 K, L

Cota, 22, of Mexico, gave up his first runs of the season. He’s struck out eight and walked three in 10 2/3 innings.

Low-A

Palm Beach Cardinals (14-5) 12, St. Lucie Mets (9-10) 4

Box Score

• SS Elian Peña, 1-for-3, 2B, R, 2 SB, 2 BB, 2 K (.905 OPS)
• LF JT Benson, 1-for-4, 2B, R, BB (.984 OPS)
• RF Randy Guzman, 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 K (.793 OPS)
• DH AJ Salgado, 2-for-4, HR (4) (.843 OPS)
• CF Sam Biller, 2-for-4, 2B, R, K (.913 OPS)

Benson, 24, hit 10 homers and stole 24 bases in 80 games in the independent Frontier League last year. He went undrafted after finishing his college career at Louisville, where he stole 34 bases and posted .963 OPS in 52 games in 2024.

• RHP Cam Tilly (5.87 ERA) 4 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, BB, 4 K

After throwing five scoreless, hitless innings in his St. Lucie debut, Tilly had his third straight rocky showing. The 21-year-old was a seventh-round pick last year out of Auburn.

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Carl Edwards Jr
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Edwards has struck out 13, walked 11 and pitched to a 5.29 ERA and 1.47 WHIP in 17 innings at Triple-A Syracuse this year. He threw three innings apiece last year for the Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers. The bulk of his 2025 pitching was at Triple-A (4.44 ERA in 50 2/3 innings) and in the Mexican Baseball League (3.38 ERA, 74 2/3 innings).

His last meaningful MLB work came in 2023 when he posted a 3.69 ERA over 31 2/3 innings for the Washington Nationals.

Scott, 26, was ineffective Thursday in his first MLB action since 2024. He walked five, got four outs and was pulled in the second inning of the Mets’ 10-8 victory over the Twins.

“I didn’t do my job, but they did their job,” Scott told reporters after the game, referring to the bullpen and the offense. “It’s why we’re here with a win today.”

The Mets start a three-game series with the Rockies Friday at 7:10 p.m. ET. Freddy Peralta (1-2, 4.05 ERA) faces RHP Michael Lorenzen (1-2, 7.48 ERA).

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Buxton, who hit a career-high 35 homers last season in earning his first Silver Slugger, had hit a ball 409 feet off Clay Holmes in the sixth inning to tie the game at 2-2. He also homered on Tuesday off of Nolan McLean.

Weaver went right after him, struck him out on five pitches, with Buxton twice swinging through 94 mph fastballs before ending the game waving at an 87 mph change-up. The 32,665 at Citi Field witnessed the first Met win since April 7 and Weaver was asked in an interview with SNY on the field if he thought about pitching around the Twins’ team leader in home runs.

“Look, people smell fear,” he said. “I’m not the biggest guy in the room, but I ain’t scared of nobody. And that’s the attitude I try to take and if I screw up it’s on me, but at the end of the day, I’m going to sleep at night. And I’m going to feel good about the effort I put in. And I ain’t fearing nobody, you remember that.”

Weaver (2-0) entered the game with the score tied 2-2 in the eighth inning with two men on and walked Ryan Jeffers to load the bases before getting Luke Keaschall to foul out to the catcher. He struck out the side in the ninth.

In the locker room, he addressed the losing streak, the longest by a Mets team in 22 years.

“I don’t want to say there was a lot of weight,” he told reporters. “We already carry a lot of weight. I think we have pushed so hard to just simply try to give everything we can and sometimes that’s just not good enough. It’s a weird way to look at it, but the harder you try a lot of times the more you fail.

“I think it’s just relaxing, understanding what you do well, staying within yourself. And at the end of the day just keep hoping and just keep doing your thing. Look, it was a sigh of relief. We have a lot more games to play. It doesn’t mean that we just now go on a 50-game winning streak, like we still gotta go do our business tomorrow and put in the right work and do all the right things. But today was a great step in the right direction. We won a hard-fought ballgame. It was going to take a game like that to get us going.”

The Mets will try to become the first team to make the playoffs after losing 12 in a row. They enter Thursday tied with the Phillies for the worst record in the National League, 8 1/2 games back of the first-place Braves and six back of the last wild card spot.

“This should just be a reminder that this game humbles you in so many ways individually and as a team,” Weaver said. “It’s not very often where you have such a talented team where everything just doesn’t really click in the right way. It’s quite an impossible feat, but we made it possible. But at the end of the day we’re going to use this as a learning point and hopefully catalyst to the future if I used that phrase right.”

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