The Mets dropped their April Fools Day contest to the St. Louis Cardinals, 2-1. If you’re keeping count, that’s the third extra-innings game out of six to start the season, something that hasn’t happened since the 1980s. So, that’s interesting. Wednesday afternoon was gloomy to begin with, as overcast skies turned to showers as gametime approached. After an hour-long rain...
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The Mets took home another Spring Training win on Wednesday evening, this time taking down Team Israel in a tuneup for the upcoming World Baseball Classic. The starter for the orange and blue was 2025 staff leader David Peterson. After a shaky finish to last season, Peterson came out firing in his first spring outing. The left-hander tossed three innings of shutout baseball, allowing just one...
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Most young pitchers fighting for a rotation spot wouldn’t gamble on a brand new weapon in their first spring training start. They’d workshop it quietly on the back fields, polish the edges, and sneak it into games only when it felt airtight. However, most young pitchers aren’t Jonah Tong. Tong took the mound Wednesday afternoon for his first spring training start against the St. Louis Cardinals....
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Wednesday night was bad, but it could’ve been a whole lot worse. The Mets’ starting pitching imploded once again, and the bullpen, already tired and short-armed, only added fuel to the fire. The Cubs evened the series in game two, piling up 10 runs to the Mets’ measly three. Still, the worst-case scenario was avoided. On a night where everything that could go wrong pretty much did, the Mets’...
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Six games above .500. With just a few weeks left in the season, that’s where the Mets stand. Not long ago, this same club was flying high, sitting more than 20 games above the mark. Unfortunately, what once looked like a surefire playoff run has slipped into something much more precarious. Now, the orange and blue hold just a two-game lead in the Wild Card race with 16 games remaining. The...
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