All Michael Conforto has ever known is the New York Mets. Taken in the first round of the 2014 draft, he was one of the Mets’ most exciting players when he came up in 2015 and helped the team to a World Series appearance. He had all the makings of a star, franchise cornerstone player. Six years later, Conforto’s career thus far has been an interesting one to digest. And it’s...
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The Mets have played the entirety of their 2021 season without the services of Robinson Cano. Cano, of course, received his second PED suspension last November. The trade to acquire Cano and Edwin Diaz for Jarred Kelenic and others — which was questionable at the time and has progressively looked even worse — could be an entire discussion of its own. But the past is the past. The Mets have gone...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets were officially eliminated from Wild Card contention on Friday as they fell 5-1 to the Brewers. Their elimination number in the division is just 3. Rich Hill will look to help them at least not end the season in such a funk tonight at 7:10 p.m. Latest Mets News In an article for FanSided, Robert Murray revealed that Francisco Lindor is pushing for the Mets to...
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“Life is precious,” Mike Piazza said as he sat in front of the Mets backdrop, looking back and reflecting on his home run that helped unite a city nearly 20 years ago. Saturday was no ordinary day at Citi Field. The Mets held two special press conferences before the game, having Pete Alonso and Piazza speak in remembrance of the terrorist attacks that occurred 20 years ago to this...
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Last offseason, there were a surprising amount of takes declaring that Dominic Smith was the Mets’ first baseman of the future, and not Pete Alonso. I was one of the seemingly few people arguing that way too many Mets fans were overreacting a 60-game sample, and that Alonso was still the better hitter and better overall player going forward. The argument in favor of Smith doesn’t...
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