Gregory Soto entered Wednesday’s game with a runner on second in the fifth inning and left-handed hitting Max Kepler coming to the plate. When the Mets dealt two minor leaguers to Baltimore for the lefty in July, it was for situations like this. Lefties have slashed .214/.311/.300 against Soto in his seven-year career. Kepler sent Soto’s first pitch (a 98 mph fastball) to center for...
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The marathon baseball season is a sprint now and the Mets are staggering to the finish line. New York has lost four in a row and eight of 12. Meanwhile, the surging San Francisco Giants, winners of 13 of 16, have closed to within two games of the Mets for the final Wild Card spot. (The Mets hold the tiebreaker over the Giants.) And three teams lie in wait behind the Giants. If the Reds,...
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Sean Manaea had Nick Castellanos in a 1-2 count in the first inning Tuesday when he lined a two-run double into the left-field corner. The count was 1-2 again an inning later when Otto Lopez homered. Next up was Harrison Bader, who hit a hanging sweeper 358 feet for a 4-0 Phillies lead. Manaea, who has given up four earned runs or more in six of his last seven outings, was visibly upset in the...
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Playoff baseball is back. The High-A Brooklyn Cyclones will visit the Greensboro Grasshoppers Tuesday in Game 1 of the Division Series of the South Atlantic League playoffs. Meanwhile, the Low-A St. Lucie Mets will battle the Daytona Tortugas in Game 1 of the Florida State League Division Series. Both series are best of three. Brooklyn vs. Greensboro Channing Austin, 23, gets the 6:30 p.m. Game...
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Before Monday’s 1-0 loss to the Phillies, Carlos Mendoza said that Nolan McLean has “a lot of different weapons that can get hitters out.” The rookie took the ball and made the manager’s words ring true. He struck out Bryce Harper looking at a 96 mph sinker in the first inning. With two on and two out in the second, he got Otto Kemp to swing through an 88 mph change-up....
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