Francisco Lindor this weekend had his best series of the year against his former team, the Cleveland Guardians. In Game 1 on Friday night, the 29-year-old racked up three hits, including a game-winning single in the 10th inning—continuing a trend of comebacks last week by the Mets. On Sunday, in Game 3 of the series (and the second game on Sunday), Lindor pulled the Mets even 1-1 with the...
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There have been two constants for the Mets the last four weeks: the played on a day that ended in a “y,” and they left fans wondering how much worse it can get. Even on days like Sunday, when the team finally broke out for eight runs in an inning their regularly scheduled game, they didn’t score a run outside of that frame. And just hours earlier, they gave the lead...
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We continue our remembrance of MMO founder Joe D., who passed away last week, with recollections from current and former MMO staff. You can read part one here. As a reminder, if you would like to make a donation in Joe’s honor, his family provided this link to St. Jude’s. Patrick Glynn It was hard to go a week without Joe letting reminding you what he thought of you. It was all...
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The Mets announced Tuesday they recalled right-handed starting pitcher José Butto from Triple-A Syracuse. He will start Tuesday’s game against the Washington Nationals. The team placed Edwin Uceta on the 15-day injured list with a sprained right ankle. He last pitched three innings in Saturday’s loss to the San Francisco Giants. Butto will fill a hole in the rotation as the team...
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Ronny Mauricio has been tearing it up at Triple-A Syracuse, slashing .350/.395/.688/1.083 at just 22 years old–nearly five years younger than the league average. It’s amazing Mauricio has already amassed over 2,100 plate appearances across the minors. However, basically all of them were played at shortstop (or designated hitter). This weekend, the Mets changed that. Mauricio, who...
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