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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Paul Blackburn might have been feeling the heat in the race to make the Mets rotation following strong starts by Tylor Megill and Griffin Canning. He responded with his best performance of the spring by far, throwing four perfect innings in the Mets 2-0 over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday. Blackburn also had two strikeouts. “Anytime you go out there and put up zeros and have a good outing,...
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Mets fans can dream of a day soon when seeing Brandon Sproat and Edwin Díaz in the same box score is a good sign. Today was not that day. Sproat threw 23 of his 35 pitches for strikes in the Mets’ 5-1 loss to the Houston Astros, allowing two runs on four hits in two-plus innings, striking out two. It was his first start since being re-assigned to minor league camp. The biggest story of the...
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If Clay Holmes can pitch anything like this during the regular season, he may prove to be one of the most underrated pickups of the offseason. Holmes threw another three scoreless innings as the New York Mets shut out the Houston Astros 5-0 on Thursday. The righty has now pitched six straight scoreless with five strikeouts as he makes the transition from long-time reliever to starter. Holmes...
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