The New York Mets’ pitching staff has gotten off to a roaring start this season, ranking third in the National League in team ERA at 3.53 while deadlocked with the Seattle Mariners for the seventh highest fWAR of any unit at 2.9. A lot of their prosperity can be linked back to the bullpen, but the starting rotation shouldn’t be overlooked within that conversation as well. Luis...
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Pete Alonso’s game-tying solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning during the second game of the Mets’ doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers on Thursday broke the team out of an extended scoring slump while simultaneously earning him yet another accolade in his illustrious career up to this point. Alonso’s blast, which came off of his former University of Florida teammate...
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Updated Post – 3/30/24, 3:42 PM The drama between the Mets and Rhys Hoskins bled into Saturday’s game in the seventh inning. With a runner on first and one out, Hoskins stepped to the plate against Yohan Ramírez, who threw a 94-mile-per-hour fastball behind the Brewers DH on the first pitch of the at-bat. Ramírez charged toward the plate after the pitch as Francisco Álvarez retrieved...
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Opening Day may not have gone as hoped for the big-league club, but a pair of the Mets’ top farmhands were raring to go and got their seasons off on the right foot for Triple-A Syracuse. Drew Gilbert and Luisangel Acuña, who profile as the No. 2 and No. 3 prospects respectively in the team’s system according to MLB Pipeline, blasted back-to-back solo home runs off of former Met...
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Today is Tommy Pham’s 36th birthday, which begs the question: Should the Mets consider bringing him back for a second rodeo in New York? Pham signed a one-year, $6 million deal with the Mets ahead of the 2023 season. After a slow start to his tenure with the club in which he hit .196/.283/.348 through March and April, Pham began heating up as the summer months rolled around. He slashed...
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