Nolan McLean was already considered a long shot for 2026 Rookie of the Year honors, and he didn’t exactly help his chances on Friday. McLean allowed a career-high 10 hits in the Mets’ 6-4 loss to the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. McLean struck out five and walked only one, but he left with five earned runs on his ledger after taking 101 pitches to get through five innings. He allowed...
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Francisco Alvarez had been striking out a lot. Sixteen times in his previous 32 at-bats, in fact. But the Mets catcher, who’s still only 24 years old somehow, has shown so many flashes of brilliance. And he did again on Friday, homering twice to lead a five-home-run attack in a 10-6 win over the San Francisco Giants at Citi Field. Alvarez’s performance prompted this eye-popping note...
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Christian Scott had it working. He’d thrown five innings of scoreless, one-hit ball against the Houston Astros. And he struck out Jeremy Peña to start the sixth. Three straight walks ultimately doomed him and were the difference in the Mets’ 3-1 loss on Friday. Scott had a second straight subpar start — and each time, walks were the culprit. In his previous outing, he’d walked...
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Surrounding reports that Bo Bichette is expected to opt in and stay with the Mets for 2027, the third baseman has gotten it going lately at the plate. After a miserable start, this whole season has been an uphill climb for Bichette. He dealt with struggles matched only by his abbreviated 2024 season with Toronto. After a hot June that got his numbers into more respectable territory, his...
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Jefferson Rojas and Jonah Tong are both considered top-100 prospects by ESPN. The duo made the top-100 update released Thursday. Rojas came in at No. 40 in ESPN’s first edition of this list since he was traded to the Mets. Jonah Tong was ranked No. 79. ESPN’s previous version of this ranking came out on May 21. Rojas, while a member of the Chicago Cubs’ system, was unranked at...
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