Nolan McLean tripped on the mound and plunked Jurickson Profar with his first pitch. When the rookie left the mound after his last toss, he had helped the Mets break an embarrassing streak. McLean (2-0) struck out seven over seven innings in his first road start, and the offense tied a season high with 21 hits in a 12-7 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday at Truist Park....
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MLB and ESPN have a “framework agreement” that would allow the network exclusive rights to sell all out-of-market regular-season games digitally and in-market games for five teams over the next three years, sources told The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand in an article posted Thursday. ESPN would keep broadcasting about 30 regular-season games, but not “Sunday Night...
Read MoreTwo walks cost Kodai Senga in the third inning. Two doubles and a triple hurt him in the fourth. A solo homer was costly in the fifth. Senga (7-5) was touched up and the Washington Nationals (51-75) beat the Mets 5-4 Wednesday at Nationals Park to break the Mets’ three-game winning streak. The Mets (67-59) are a half-game ahead of the Cincinnati Reds (67-60) for the last Wild Card spot,...
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Brandon Nimmo was removed in the second inning Tuesday from the game against the Nationals. It was initially unclear why, but the Mets announced shortly thereafter that it was due to neck stiffness. Nimmo has dealt with neck pain in the past. He exited a game with the same issue as recently as May of this season. He learned back in 2019 that he had a bulging cervical disk pushing on a nerve in...
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The lineup cards from Tuesday night’s Mets-Nationals game are going to the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Valencia, which happens to be located between the hometowns of Carlos Mendoza and Miguel Cairo. Mendoza, 45, of Barquisimeto, and Cairo, 51, of Anaco, made history, becoming the first Venezuelan managers to match wits against each other in a major league game. The pair...
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