Morning Briefings

Morning Briefing: The Mets Have Won a Baseball Game

Good morning, Mets fans! Losing streak no more! The Mets have finally snapped their two-week-long losing streak, the franchise’s longest in over two decades, and are back in the win column after 12 consecutive losses. A Mark Vientos RBI bloop single in the bottom of the eighth inning broke up a 2-2 tie and Luke Weaver shut it down in the ninth to give the Mets a 3-2 win. New York will now...

Morning Briefing: Lindor, Williams Stand Up for Mendoza

Good morning, Mets fans! How do you feel about Carlos Mendoza? The 11th loss in a row might have been the most frustrating. The Mets led 1-0 in the ninth at Wrigley Field when Michael Conforto tied the game with a pinch-hit double off Devin Williams. Nico Hoerner won the game with a walk-off sacrifice fly off Craig Kimbrel in the 10th. Lost because of the end result was that the move to start...

Morning Briefing: Tobias Myers to Start Instead of Peterson

Good morning, Mets fans! Tobias Myers will be the Mets’ starter for Sunday’s series finale against the Chicago Cubs, instead of David Peterson. The Mets, now having lost 10 in a row, are looking to get things turned around. Per Mike Puma of The New York Post, Peterson was removed from the start due to a non-injury related reason. Myers has a 3.46 ERA in six relief outings for the Mets this year,...

Morning Briefing: Mets on Brink of Double-Digit Losing Streak

Good morning, Mets fans. Latest Mets News Rock bottom keeps getting deeper and deeper for the Mets (7-13) as they lost their ninth straight game Friday to the Cubs (10-9), 12-4. The game was noncompetitive from the beginning, as Kodai Senga allowed four first-inning runs. Absolutely nothing is going right for the Mets right now, and they are on the verge of a 10-game losing streak just 20 games...

Morning Briefing: Soto Eyeing Return Next Week

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets weren’t shut out on Wednesday, but they did struggle offensively again in an 8-2 loss to the Dodgers. Clay Holmes was solid for five innings, but a Dalton Rushing grand slam against Devin Williams in the eighth inning widened the gap. The Mets have now lost eight in a row. Read more here. As the Mets’ offensive woes have come to a peak over the last...

Morning Briefing: Mets Lose Seventh Straight, Drop Another Series

Good morning, Mets fans! Tuesday’s pitching matchup between Nolan McLean and Yoshinobu Yamamoto went as advertised, but it resulted in another Mets loss. The Mets (7-11) fell 2-1 to the Dodgers as the offense continued to slump. Francisco Lindor led off the game with a homer, and New York never found the runs column again. The Mets have now lost seven in a row and the first two of the...

Morning Briefing: Mets Look to Avoid Being Swept by A’s

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets once again got roughed up by the A’s on Saturday. After the worst outing of Koda Senga’s career, the A’s defeated the Mets 11-6 as New York dropped its fourth straight game. On a positive note from the matchup, Craig Kimbrel made his Mets debut on Saturday after being called up from Single-A St. Lucie (as first reported by Jon Heyman of the New York Post)....

Morning Briefing: Tommy Pham to Join Triple-A Syracuse Soon

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets’ plan for Tommy Pham is to have him join Triple-A Syracuse soon to face better competition. Pham has been with Low-A St. Lucie getting reps in after not being with a team during spring training. The Mets signed Pham, who had previously been with the team in 2023, to a minor league deal on Opening Day. He could soon see himself part of the equation on the...

Morning Briefing: Mets Staying With Same Rotation For Now

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets dropped the second game of their three-game set against the Arizona Diamondbacks by a score of 7-2 as David Peterson’s struggles continued on Wednesday. Click here for a full game recap. Nolan McLean takes the mound in the series finale at 7:10 p.m. ET Thursday as the Mets face Eduardo Rodriguez, looking to take the rubber match. Despite Peterson’s...

Morning Briefing: Juan Soto Day-to-Day With Calf Strain

Good morning, Mets fans! Carlos Mendoza (via SNY) announced Saturday that Juan Soto will get an MRI on his calf on Sunday. Soto (via SNY) elaborated saying he is “day-to-day” and will decide if he can play on Sunday before the game. On Saturday night, the Mets dominated offensively for the second night in a row. They routed the Giants 9-0. Clay Holmes threw seven innings of shutout baseball,...

Morning Briefing: Jorge Polanco Still Held Back by Achilles

Good morning, Mets fans! Jorge Polanco’s Achilles continues to be a problem, as it held him out of the lineup again on Friday. Manager Carlos Mendoza called it tendinitis, and he considers Polanco day-to-day. Polanco has not played first base since last Saturday and has not been in the lineup at all in two of the last four games. Mark Vientos, who has been swinging the bat well, will...

Morning Briefing: Mets Drop Series in St. Louis

Good morning, Mets fans! After taking the season opener in St. Louis on Monday night, the Mets have dropped back-to-back games, losing their three-game set to the Cardinals. Despite another stellar start and overall pitching performance, this time from Freddy Peralta, who put together 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, the Mets fell short. Their offensive woes continued as a lone Juan Soto homer...

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