Author: Nate Mendelson

Pete Alonso Joining Team USA

Mets first baseman Pete Alonso has committed to play for Team USA in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The World Baseball Classic will open with pool play on March 8 in Taiwan and it will end with the championship game on March 21 at loanDepot park in Miami. The United States are the defending champs when the event was last held in 2017. They’ll play in Pool C at Chase Field in Arizona...

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Have No Fear, Scherzer and Degrom Are Here

The Mets first two games in Atlanta couldn’t have gone much worse. On Monday a 13-1 blowout that saw Darin Ruf as New York’s best pitcher. On Tuesday a 5-0 loss where Charlie Morton stifled the Mets lineup to three hits and 12 strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. Did I even mention both Carlos Carrasco and Taijuan Walker got hurt? Well after dropping the first half of a four game series the...

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Noah Syndergaard Skipping Mets Again

Noah Syndergaard still isn’t ready to face his former club. For the second time this season, Syndergaard will avoid the Mets by having his start pushed back an extra day. Syndergaard was scheduled to face New York on Sunday but will slide to Monday to gain an extra day of rest. This same situation happened in Anaheim earlier this year. Syndergaard was traded at the deadline from Anaheim to...

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Brett Baty’s Timeline to the Majors

June 3, 2019 The Mets select third baseman Brett Baty out of Lake Travis High School in Texas. Already 19 years old it’s believed that his age is what caused him to slip to the Mets at pick No. 12. In his senior year of high school, Baty batted .615 with 19 home runs and 50 RBIs. He was named the Gatorade Texas Baseball Player of the Year and was committed to play college ball at the...

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Braves Embarrass Mets 13-1 In Series Opener

The Mets aren’t off to a great start in Atlanta. New York was beaten and battered by the Braves on Monday at Truist Park. Atlanta scored eight runs in the sixth inning in what would ultimately be a 13-1 win. Prior to Monday’s game, the Mets received the bad news they’d be without defensive superstar Luis Guillorme and catcher Tomas Nido. Although them being there would have...

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