Converted reliever Clay Holmes blew by his career high in innings pitched months ago. Sean Manaea’s slump has been especially pronounced when he faces a batting order the second or third time through. In hindsight, maybe the Mets should have tried a Holmes-Manaea piggyback game sooner. The duo were dynamic Tuesday, pitching nine innings in an 8-3 win over the San Diego Padres in front of...
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Outfielder Carson Benge, whom the Mets selected in the first round (19th overall) of last year’s draft, earned the organization’s Minor League Player of the Year award, the team announced Monday. Jonah Tong is the Mets’ Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Elian Peña, the 17-year-old infielder who signed for a team record $5 million signing bonus in January, was named the...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Sproat and McLean and pray for rain? Pete Alonso drilled an opposite-field, three-run home run in the 10th inning to walk off the Texas Rangers Sunday and break the Mets’ eight-game losing skid. Nolan McLean threw six scoreless innings to lower his ERA to 1.19 one day after Brandon Sproat turned in six scoreless to drop his ERA to 2.25. There was good news for the...
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Silver linings are all the New York Mets have had for eight consecutive games and on Saturday it was Brandon Sproat who fired six scoreless innings against the Texas Rangers in his first career start at Citi Field. He was at 70 pitches (53 thrown for strikes) through six, but manager Carlos Mendoza went to the bullpen with the Mets leading 1-0. “Even though there was only 70 pitches, when...
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Kodai Senga threw six innings of one-run ball and struck out eight in Triple-A Syracuse’s 3-1 victory over Worcester on Friday. It was the 32-year-old right-hander’s first action since Aug. 31 when he gave up five runs in 4 2/3 innings against the Miami Marlins. Senga pitched to a 6.18 ERA in six August starts and then accepted a demotion to Syracuse. Triple-A Worcester Red Sox...
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