If they weren’t already, the New York Mets (23-33) are in a pivotal stretch of their season. They enter this weekend 7 1/2 games out of the third Wild Card spot in the National League. It’s now or never if the Mets want to turn their season around. Injuries have been a major factor, but that isn’t an excuse. The Mets need to start playing better collectively, and soon. They...
Good morning, Mets fans! Jesse Rogers from ESPN reports that Major League Baseball (MLB) has proposed a hard salary cap to officials from the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) as part of the upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Starting in 2027, the salary floor for teams would be set at $171.2 million, which includes player benefits, with a ceiling of $245.3 million....
The Mets have a night off, but three of their minor league affiliates are in action this evening. Kodai Senga will make his second rehab start, this time for Triple-A Syracuse. R.J. Gordon will try to build on an encouraging outing for Binghamton, while Jose Chirinos hopes to continue his strong start to the season for St. Lucie. Earlier today, Brooklyn dropped its game with Wilmington, 7-5,...
For one night, nine years after they were drafted two rounds apart, Eric Wagaman and Jared Young made for a dynamic duo at designated hitter. Wagaman went 1-for-2 with a 415-foot solo home run in the second inning off Reds lefty starter Andrew Abbott. Young, pinch-hitting when the Reds brought in righty Zach Maxwell, delivered a single in the seventh and scored on Carson Benge’s two-out...
The Mets, a mess of their own making for much of the week, finally scraped together a win on Wednesday evening, avoiding a sweep at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds. The man taking home the win on the stat sheet? That would be 22-year-old right-hander Jonah Tong, making just his second major league appearance of the season. The Mets once again rolled with their increasingly common opener...
Each of the Mets’ minor league affiliates dropped their contest on Wednesday, but there was one big bright spot for the organization. Jorge Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million deal with the Mets this offseason, made his first appearance in game action since April 14, when he was placed on the injured list. Polanco dealt with a wrist injury as well as recurring flare-ups due to...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets replacement plan for Pete Alonso this offseason, Jorge Polanco, has been sidelined for the past six weeks as he has been ailing an achilles injury. Polanco started what is likely to be a relatively long runway back to the majors on Wednesday night, being the designated hitter for Double-A Binghamton where he went 1-for-2 with a single and run scored. While...
The New York Mets entered play looking to stop the skid and break up a five game losing streak and they did just that today with their 4-2 win against the Reds. The Mets started off well with Huascar Brazobán working around trouble followed by a solo home run from Juan Soto in the bottom of the first inning off left-handed pitcher Andrew Abbott. Eric Wagaman’s first hit as a Met was...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Andrew Abbott (4-2, 3.97) vs. RHP Huascar Brazobán (3-1, 1.73) SNY The Mets try to snap their five game losing streak tonight. The Mets went 5-1 against the Tigers and Yankees in their last homestand, giving hope that they could turn their season around. They then split a four game series against the Nationals. Then they got swept...
The Mets gave fans some hope in mid-May when they won five of six, including a series win against the Yankees. Since then, the Mets have won only two games and haven’t scored more than two runs in a game since last Wednesday. The Mets are now 22-33 and are firmly (3.5 games behind the Marlins) in last place in the NL East. Their .400 winning percentage is tied for the fourth worst in...
Tuesday night felt like déjà vu for what seemed like the 100th time already this year: The Mets dropped another game where they didn’t hit well, didn’t pitch well, and showed almost no signs of life. The New York Mets dropped the second game of the series to the Cincinnati Reds by a score of 7-2 for the second night in a row. They have now lost five straight and seven of the last...
The Syracuse Mets did not play today but at the remaining levels the Brooklyn Cyclones and St. Lucie Mets won their games in commanding fashion while the Binghamton Rumble Ponies and FCL Mets lost theirs in commanding fashion. The Cyclones seem like they may be beginning to turn an offensive corner while the Binghamton Rumble Ponies pitching has been struggling recently. Double-A Portland...
