Christian Scott’s big league debut drew a lot of anticipation and excitement in the days leading up to it. The right-handed starter lived up to the hype, delivering an impressive individual performance against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. While it did end in a 3-1 loss for the New York Mets, fans can certainly be excited for Scott and his bright future in the team’s rotation....
The starting pitching in Binghamton (Double-A) and Brooklyn (High-A) impressed on Saturday. Blade Tidwell threw eight scoreless innings with nine strikeouts while Nolan McLean went five scoreless innings with nine strikeouts. Meanwhile, the Florida Complex League opened its season Saturday afternoon. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (17-13) 4, Rochester Red Wings (14-14) 2 BOX SCORE DH Rylan Bannon...
Good morning, Mets fans. On Saturday, the Mets (16-17) fell to the Rays (16-18) 3-1, putting the Mets below .500 for the first time since April 14 when the team was 7-8. It’s been an up-and-down season for the Mets, who have had a losing streak as long as five and a winning streak as long as six. They are now 4-9 in their last 13 games and will look to avoid a series sweep in Sunday...
On a day where Christian Scott was impressive and battled through a tough beginning to his outing, the New York Mets dropped another game and another series with a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. Scott came to play, and so did Starling Marte and Reed Garrett, but that was all. It’s the third series the Mets have lost in their last four, and they are now back under the .500 mark at 16-17....
Saturday, May 4, 2024 • 7:15 PM Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, FL RHP Christian Scott (0-0, -.–) vs. RHP Zack Littell (1-2, 3.27) FOX Happy Christian Scott Day! The Mets are calling up their top pitching prospect this evening! Christian Scott has been tearing up the minor leagues and joins the Mets rotation earlier this season than a lot of people, myself included, expected. He joins...
Brett Baty showed just why he belongs in the majors on Friday night by displaying his power at Tropicana Field. The third baseman went 3-for-4, blasting two home runs, driving in four RBIs, and scoring two runs in the Mets’ 10-8 loss to Tampa Bay in what was also Baty’s first career multi-home run game. The young 24-year-old has had an up-and-down start to his 2024 campaign and has struggled...
Good morning, Mets fans! Late Friday night, the Padres and Marlins completed the first big trade of the year, as Miami sent Luis Arráez to San Diego for reliever Woo-Suk Go and prospects Dillon Head, Jakob Marsee, and Nathan Martorella. Jeff Passan of ESPN was first on the trade, while Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic had the return. Arráez is a two-time batting champion and two-time All-Star,...
Fall down seven times, stand up eight. That’s a Japanese proverb. The Mets got to Aaron Civale for seven runs. Jose Quintana gave up eight. That’s not a baseball proverb (or a winning formula.) Quintana had his worst outing of the season – giving up eight earned runs on 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings – as the Mets dropped the opener of their six-game road trip to Tampa Bay 10-8...
Struggling starter Adrian Houser, whose ERA sits at 8.16 after six starts, is going to miss his next turn in the rotation, manager Carlos Mendoza said before tonight’s game. “We talked to Houser,” Mendoza said when asked if the team would go to a six-man rotation with Christian Scott getting called up from the minors to start tomorrow. “For this next time through,...
Friday, May 3, 2024 • 6:50 PM Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, FL LHP Jose Quintana (1-2, 3.48) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (2-2, 5.06) SNY The Mets head to St. Petersburg tonight coming off a fantastic end to their series against the Chicago Cubs. On Wednesday night, they were handed a crushing 1-0 loss that concluded with a possible obstruction of home plate when Pete Alonso slid into home plate in...
A return home for the New York Mets (16-15) was expected to be a good thing for a group, but the team lost four of seven against a pair of NL Central foes in the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs. It did end on a positive note, however, as Francisco Lindor’s walk-off hit gave them a 7-6 win to cap off their series against the Cubs on Thursday. The Mets will now go on the road to...
Good morning, Mets fans! According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Mets fear reliever Brooks Raley is at risk of missing the rest of the season. Despite hopes for a quick recovery from left elbow inflammation, further tests revealed uncertainties about his condition. Before the club’s win against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday afternoon, it was revealed that Raley, sidelined since...
