As expected, New York Mets right-hander Carlos Carrasco faced live batters for the first time at Citi Field on Tuesday afternoon. Mets manager Luis Rojas said pregame on Tuesday that thing’s went really well during the bullpen session, and Carrasco threw about 20 pitches to Billy McKinney, Jose Peraza, and Kevin Pillar. It was reported last week that the right-hander’s velocity has...
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The Mets kicked off the month of July with a bit of an up and down week. They struggled opening up the week in Atlanta and Washington, dropping one with the Nats and two out of three to the Braves. With a much-needed boost from Brandon Nimmo returning atop the lineup, the Mets offense finally showed up for the Subway Series in the Bronx. After a rain-out on Friday night, the Mets came out flying...
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Since returning from the injured list this weekend for the Subway Series, New York Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo has provided the struggling squad with a huge boost at the top of the lineup. In his first game back on Saturday afternoon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor, and Dominic Smith provided the team with most of their damage in the 8-3 series opening win over the New York Yankees. The trio went...
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New York Mets manager Luis Rojas announced while speaking with the media prior to Wednesday night’s game with the Atlanta Braves that rookie right-hander Tylor Megill will remain in the teams starting rotation moving forward. Megill made just one mistake again on Tuesday night, but otherwise threw well in his second big league start. The youngster lasted five innings and allowed three runs on...
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Wednesday night was a night to forget for the New York Mets, as they fell to the Atlanta Braves by a score of 20-2, yes unfortunately you did read that correctly, Albert Almora Jr pitched and the Mets lost 20-2. Safe to say, not much at all went right for the Mets in this one. After the top of the first inning they were outscored by Atlanta 20-0. Perhaps the lone bright spot on both sides of...
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