Good morning, Mets fans! Wednesday brought another slate of four Wild Card matchups and made sure there would be no games left to play on Thursday, as all four series ended in two-game sweeps. The Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Philadelphia Phillies all advanced last night, giving themselves off until Saturday by closing out the series early. While it was a day of...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor made history yesterday, becoming the fourth player in Mets history to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season. Lindor entered Wednesday’s doubleheader with 27 home runs and 30 stolen bases on the season, needing just three more balls to leave the yard to hit the esteemed 30-30 mark. Francisco got to work early as he...
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Before the first of two games on Wednesday, New York Mets manager Buck Showalter announced that veteran outfielder Starling Marte will not play again this season. Marte, who has not played in an MLB game since August 5th, will be shut down for the rest of the season after trying to come back from a nagging groin injury. Marte’s 2023 season has been a disappointing one, as his production...
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Update 9/26 On Tuesday, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic speculated on his podcast “Fair Territory” that the bidding for Shohei Ohtani would ultimately come down to the Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers. Noting that he could not see Steve Cohen “simply passing” on bidding on Ohtani this offseason. Rosenthal also included the Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants, and Seattle...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Minnesota Twins added former Met Carlos Correa to the injured list on Wednesday after leaving Minnesota’s game on Monday with foot pain, per Betsy Helfand of Pioneer Press. An MRI on Tuesday revealed that Correa re-aggravated his plantar fasciitis as he has a full-thickness tear of the central cortex of his plantar fascia. While it does not sound good, the...
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