Friday night’s series opener at Coors Field almost had the looks of an embarrassing loss to the 2025 Colorado Rockies. For much of the night, the story was the Mets’ stagnant offense — particularly their struggles with runners in scoring position. They were 0-for-8 in that department until a key blow by Pete Alonso. Even then, they were stuck in a 2-2 standstill entering the ninth....
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While the spotlight has teetered towards the late-May slump of Juan Soto, the Mets’ other franchise cornerstone hadn’t been at his best lately either. But, like Soto, Francisco Lindor took a strong step back in the right direction on Friday as the Mets opened things up against the Rockies. Lindor homered twice in the 4-2 win — once from each side of the plate. “My body aligned...
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It was a long, wacky game for the Mets into the late hours of the night on Friday. Fighting through a rain delay, a pair of unconventional rulings on the field, and four extra innings, the offense was sluggish through most of the night before an explosive rally in the ninth inning — then an eventual stall in extras. But almost lost in the madness was Brett Baty, who continued a recent trend of...
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Austin Warren didn’t think he’d be playing professional baseball. He had just started his freshman year at a community college in North Carolina. There weren’t any NCAA offers out of high school. He was a light-hitting shortstop with minimal power. Like any other JUCO baseball player, he just wanted to take his career as far as it could go. But through a switch to the mound,...
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The Mets have seen this before from Tylor Megill. The big question entering the second month of his season was whether he was just off to another strong start that would inevitably disintegrate into inconsistency — or if he’d finally turned an actual corner. And, lately, Megill’s performance has faltered. He had a fantastic March and April, with a 1.74 ERA in six starts. But he gave up...
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