The MLB awards for May were handed out on Tuesday, and Mets closer Edwin Díaz was the recipient of the Reliever of the Month honors for the National League. Díaz was utterly dominant in May, throwing 11.1 scoreless innings, and racking up five saves. The Mets’ fireballer put together probably his best run since his sublime 2022 season. During the month, Díaz went through a stretch in which...
Read More
In the eighth inning of Sunday’s series finale against the Rockies, Juan Soto stepped up to the plate looking to help the Mets add some insurance to their 4-3 lead. He was more than up to the task, knocking the ball over the fence with an exit velocity of 110.1 mph. With that homer, Soto helped New York finish off the sweep of Colorado, going yard for the second straight day, and had Mets...
Read More
Pete Alonso had gone 65 at-bats since his last home run when he stepped into the batter’s box early Sunday evening, the longest drought of his career. However, after 16 games, he finally flipped the script. While Shohei Ohtani began the proceedings with a booming home run to open the game, Alonso helped the Mets take the lead back for good in the bottom of the first. Thanks to Juan...
Read More
During an SNY Mets broadcast this past week, Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez discussed defensive metrics and how it could be fathomable that a team could rank poorly by one standard but well in another. Cohen recalled a conversation with Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns, in which Cohen referenced that the Mets’ performance varied based on which metric one...
Read More
Updated Post – May 14 On Tuesday, Mets superstar Juan Soto held a Spanish-language press conference. During the presser, Soto said he would “100%” play in the 2026 World Baseball Classic for the Dominican Republic if he’s healthy. Soto had a 1.500 OPS in four games for the Dominican Republic in the 2023 WBC. Original Post – March 14 Juan Soto signed a 15-year, $765...
Read More
