Fans who root for the teams in blue and orange on both the baseball diamond and basketball court had themselves quite a Thursday. A few hours after the Knicks’ first NBA title in 53 years was celebrated with a parade up the Canyon of Heroes, the Mets beat the rival Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 in their first matchup of the year. Eric Wagaman, pinch-hitting for A.J. Ewing in the seventh inning,...
Thursday, June 18, 2026 • 6:40 PM Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA LHP Sean Manaea (1-2, 4.78) vs. RHP Aaron Nola (3-4, 5.86) SNY • MLBN For the first time in 2026, the Mets will finally play the Philadelphia Phillies, their division rivals. As you know by now, the Mets have had a weird schedule to start the year. Their first road trips were to the West Coast, and by the end of the first...
The Mets are sending shortstop Francisco Lindor on a rehab assignment this Friday, June 19, beginning in Binghamton, per Mike Puma of the New York Post. Lindor was placed on the injured list on April 23 with a calf strain. Since Lindor’s injury, the Mets’ offense has ranked 22nd in major league baseball with a 95 WRC+, tied with the Angels, Rangers, Tigers, Marlins and Astros. Across...
One step forward, one step back. That is what the New York Mets (33-41) have done in recent weeks. After taking two of three against the first-place Atlanta Braves last weekend, they followed that up by losing two of three against the Cincinnati Reds – not a good recipe for trying to push closer to .500. The Mets will try to reset against the Philadelphia Phillies (40-34), who are now 31-14...
Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan of ESPN put out their top 100 trade deadline candidates, and it should be no surprise that many Mets players were listed. Who could the Mets sell? Freddy Peralta – 11 Freddy Peralta is probably the Mets’ best trade asset. His low salary would not push any teams into the next level of the competitive luxury tax, like Tarik Skubal would, which could help...
It looks like Nolan McLean has once again found his groove. The 24-year-old flamethrower was electric Wednesday afternoon, tossing seven dominant innings against the Cincinnati Reds. He struck out nine, allowed just three hits and one walk, and delivered his longest outing of June. “That was excellent,” manager Carlos Mendoza said after the game. That comment was an understatement....
Good morning, Mets fans! For the first time in over a decade, MLB is moving back to a swing format for the 2026 MLB Home Run Derby, per Evan Drellich and Johnny Flores Jr. of The Athletic. While not officially announced by MLB yet, this will be the first time the Derby will go on without a timer format since 2014. Hitters will have 20 swings in the first round and 15 swings for the semifinal and...
After the New York Mets offense struggled to score runs in the first two games of their series with the Cincinnati Reds, the offense used two-out hitting in the third inning as part of a nine-run, 15 hit game in a 9-1 win to prevent a sweep. Pitching-wise, the Mets didn’t get much out of Tobias Myers and Kodai Senga in the first two games, but Nolan McLean had his best outing in a bit with...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 • 12:40 PM Great American Ball Park • Cincinnati, OH RHP Nolan McLean (3-4, 4.01) vs. LHP Nick Lodolo (2-1, 5.21) SNY June has been a month of déjà vu. For the third week in a row the Mets have lost the first two games of a series. Seattle. St. Louis. Now Cincinnati. The Mets were able to salvage the series in Seattle and at home against the Cardinals. Then the Mets...
It tells you how far the expectations have fallen for Kodai Senga that Tuesday’s night’s performance in the Mets’ 5-3 loss to the Reds can be looked at as mildly encouraging. He walked the first two batters he faced, then Sal Stewart hit an 88 mph sinker 410 feet to left field to give the Reds (35-37) a 3-0 lead. Three batters later in the first, Spencer Steer hit a 95 mph...
Outside of Binghamton, the Mets minor league offenses played well today, even in games they lost. St. Lucie was the star of the day scoring ten runs while Syracuse had the best pitching performance. Triple-A Syracuse (35-35) 6, Norfolk (26-44) 3 Box Score CF Nick Morabito: 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB 1B Ryan Clifford: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI SS Grae Kessinger: 1-for-4, HR, R, RBI The Syracuse Mets did not lay...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Tuesday, the Mets fell into an immediate hole when Kodai Senga struggled through the first inning, walking the first two hitters before Sal Stewart launched a three-run homer. Spencer Steer added another homer later in the frame, putting New York down 4–0 before its offense had time to settle in. The Mets kept chipping away. Bo Bichette’s RBI single in the third and...
