The Mets are onto Philadelphia after beating the Milwaukee Brewers two games to one in the Wild Card round, a series capped by Pete Alonso’s signature moment as a Met. The roster for the National League Division Series looks similar outside of two additions—including one shocking one announced at Carlos Mendoza’s Friday press conference. Starters & Bench (13) Francisco Alvarez...
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The Mets have come to know Francisco Lindor to be a player who shows up every day. His first couple years, he only missed extended time during his first season in 2021, when he was out for a month with an oblique injury. Since then, he’s suffered from bone spurs and played through a broken finger, but he still managed to miss just three games across 2022 and 2023. However, he’s yet...
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The Mets play their final games on the West Coast this season as they head to Arizona to face the Diamondbacks in a three-game set starting on Tuesday. Before we get into the series, let’s look at what just happened. Mets Discouragingly Split Padres Series The Mets were primed to start their 10-game road trip with a 3-1 series win in San Diego. But the team’s two most reliable...
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Rosters expand from 26 players to up to 28 players on September 1 as teams hit the home stretch of the Wild Card race. The Mets will be fresh off a 10-game stretch against the Orioles, Padres, and Diamondbacks—the latter two who are a couple games ahead of the Mets in NL Wild Card spots—when the first of the month hits, so let’s look at who the Mets could call up. We’ll start with...
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David Peterson has now pitched in parts of five seasons for the Mets. Crazy, right? The 28-year-old lefty has had his ups and downs in a Mets uniform, highlighted by his performance in 2023. Coming off a strong close to 2022, he started the year in the rotation thanks to injuries to José Quintana and Justin Verlander. He fumbled that chance, posting an 8.08 ERA over 39 innings and eight starts....
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