Francisco Lindor strolled to the plate, the opening notes from The Temptations’ song “My Girl” blaring on the Citi Field speakers. The sounds of clapping and cheering among the Mets faithful in attendance, many of them rising from their seats, got louder by the second. The music stopped just in time for the crowd to sing in unison to the lead into the chorus. “Well, I guess, you’d say…” The fans...
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Swaggy V is back, at least for one night in April. Mark Vientos hit his first home run of the year, getting the Mets on the board in what would become a 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night at Citi Field. The win snapped the Mets’ first losing streak of the year and brought them to 12-7 on the young season. Vientos’ homer, an opposite field shot off the bottom of the...
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Six games into the 2025 season, the Mets’ bullpen has been tested early and often. Fortunately, their relievers have mostly passed with flying colors. While Mets starting pitchers were overall pretty good in their initial starts, length was lacking. Clay Holmes is still getting stretched out from reliever to starter and lasted just 4.2 innings in each of his two outings. Tylor Megill,...
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An Opening Day loss always stings, but remember, Mets fans, they started 0-5 last year. The Mets lost their season opener to the Astros 3-1, struggling to string together enough offense despite several opportunities. Juan Soto’s Mets debut got off to a promising start when he singled in his first at-bat. He also showed off his magical eye at the plate, walking twice – that is, until Soto...
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Brett Baty and Clay Holmes each continued their torrid springs in the Mets’ 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday afternoon. Baty hit a two-run homer, his third of the spring, and added a double. It was his third consecutive game with an extra base hit, and he now leads the Grapefruit League in OPS at 1.123. Pete Alonso got the Mets on the board with a run-scoring double in...
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