The Mets have shown resilience all season, on a macro level coming back from 11 games under .500 to get themselves into the playoff race. And on a micro level, rebounding to win games after tough losses that might have sent other teams into longer funks. Most recently, New York recovered from a walk-off loss in San Diego to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday. The Mets won the day after...
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Orioles ace Corbin Burnes, who will be the top free-agent pitcher this winter, will be coveted by many teams. One of them will be the Mets, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post and MLB Network. “I think the Mets are certainly gonna be in play for Corbin Burnes,” Heyman told B/R Walk-Off Wednesday in an interview, adding that it makes sense because Luis Severino and Jose...
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132 games down, 30 to go. The playoff race is entering the stretch run, and it’s looking like the Mets and Braves will battle it out for the final Wild Card spot. Atlanta (72-60) leads New York (69-63) by three games. Let’s take a look at who the division rivals play the rest of the way. The Mets have seven games with the Phillies, three each with the Brewers and Red Sox and two with...
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The Juan Soto winter free agency sweepstakes will come down to the Mets vs. the Yankees, high ranking front office and ownership level sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan in an article posted Tuesday. The 25-year-old outfielder’s contract floor will be $500 million and he is expected to sign the second-richest contract ever behind Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million. (This is assuming...
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Paul Blackburn gave up a lead-off home run in the first. Things only got worse from there. The San Diego Padres scored three times in the second and Blackburn took a line drive off the right hand in the third, which knocked him out of the Mets’ 7-0 loss at Petco Park Friday night. New York managed just two hits compared to the Padres’ 16. Meanwhile in Atlanta, the Braves beat the...
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