Matt Shaw lined an 85 mph change-up for a single. Nico Hoerner stroked a 92 mph fastball for an RBI single. Ian Happ laced a 93 mph sinker for a two-run double. Three different pitches, three poor results. David Peterson wasn’t fooling anyone in the second inning at Wrigley Field on Tuesday, and the Happ double was the last straw for Carlos Mendoza. He pulled Peterson and after the game...
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Two of the biggest swings of the Mets’ season were three innings apart. Brandon Nimmo smacked a game-tying, three-run homer in the fifth inning off a lefty brought in to face him. In the eighth, Francisco Alvarez launched a tie-breaking, two-run shot. The Mets (81-76) overcame a poor David Peterson start, back-to-back Jeff McNeil errors, a fly ball that eluded Juan Soto for a two-run...
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The robot umps are coming. Major League Baseball’s competition committee Tuesday approved an automated balls and strikes challenge system for next season. The full ABS system (in which robot umps call every pitch) and the challenge system have both been tested over the past six years, first in the independent Atlantic League and then at all levels of the minor leagues. MLB players also...
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If the Mets are going to make the playoffs, they will likely need to fix the things that went wrong in the two losses over the weekend to Washington. (They will also, of course, need the Reds to lose at least once.) New York committed four errors in the defeats, went 4-for-21 with runners in scoring position and manager Carlos Mendoza didn’t show the urgency you’d expect in a tight...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Tip of the cap to Jacob Young. The Mets had been in control of a playoff spot every day since April 5, when they were 5-3. Not anymore. In front of a sellout crowd, New York lost its final home game of the regular season 3-2 to the last-place Washington Nationals. Meanwhile, the Reds beat the Cubs 1-0 to pull into a tie with the Mets (80-76) for the final Wild Card spot...
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