The New York Mets on Tuesday announced their matchup versus the Detroit Tigers was postponed due to inclement weather. The team tried to play the game despite the weather forecast of rain just about all night. The game started in a delay, but it could never get underway. The game will be made up at 1:10 p.m. on Thursday. Adrian Houser was set to make his Mets debut opposite Casey Mize, the...
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The Mets are 0-4 for the first time in two decades, and their offense validates those results. There’s been a bit of a gap between the team’s expected statistics (average, slugging), and they’ve hit some really hard balls directly at defenders. Those defenders have seemed to make every play, too. But the results are the results so far: Scoring just one run in three of four...
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The reigning National League champions just made the final splash of the 2024 offseason, signing pitcher Jordan Montgomery, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Montgomery is the last big free agent to sign—just two days before the season starts—after an offseason marred by big names pushing their free agency well into February and March. Cody Bellinger, Blake Snell, Matt Chapman, and J.D....
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Spring training is fake baseball. We know this. It gets the kinks out. But we always look for pockets of hope, especially as you follow a team whose expectations aren’t exactly World Series or bust. You can point to Brett Baty’s great March. Francisco Álvarez looks like a real threat in preventing the run game. And the Mets’ rotation could actually be greater than the sum of...
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The Mets have signed J.D. Martinez to a one-year, $12 million deal, according to Jon Heyman. In a stunner, SNY’s Andy Martino said the Mets will only pay $4.5 million this season, then $1.5 million a year from 2034 through 2038. His 2024 competitive balance tax number will only be a fraction of the $12 million. The signing comes after months of connection to the 36-year-old designated...
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