Good morning, Mets fans! The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the second Wild Card spot Tuesday night with their 17th straight win–seventeen!!–a 6-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. As much as the Mets hoped to catch up to the Cardinals in the Wild Card race when their series started a couple weeks ago, St. Louis swept the Mets then ripped off 12 more in a row to secure their postseason...
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On September 29, 2019, the Wilpons still owned the Mets, Brodie van Waganen was making front-office decisions and Mickey Callaway was the team’s manager. It was also the last time Noah Syndergaard threw a pitch for the Mets. Nearly two years to the day after, with a new owner, manager and team president in place, and a Tommy John surgery 18 month behind him, Thor threw another pitch. It...
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With the Mets officially out of playoff contention, mental energies are shifting toward the offseason. The Mets clearly have a litany of issues to work out once the season ends next weekend, from who is going to lead their baseball operations down to sorting out the minor-league development staff. Somewhere among all that will be addressing who will be playing for the 2022 iteration of the New...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Pete Alonso was the Mets’ nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, an honor given to a player “who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.” Alonso was nominated in 2021 in part for his Homers for Heroes foundation, meant to help...
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The Mets lost to the Red Sox 6-3 Tuesday night at Fenway Park, losing the third game of four total with Boston this season. The game started rather uneventful, with each team trading scoreless innings over the first five frames. But then both starters–Marcus Stroman and Eduardo Rodriguez–lost a bit of control beginning in the bottom of the third. First came Stroman, making his...
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