At his end-of-year press conference, Philadelphia Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski announced that the team hired former Mets manager Carlos Mendoza as its new infield and third base coach for the 2027 season under manager Don Mattingly. The Mets dismissed Mendoza from their managerial position during the 2026 season, ending a two-and-a-half-year tenure that was...
The Phillies fired their hitting coach Kevin Long, who had been with the club since 2022. After leaving the Mets following the 2017 season, he spent four seasons with the Nationals. Both the Nationals and Phillies regularly ranked as a top-ten offense with him at the helm, and the Nationals won the World Series in 2019 with him as their hitting coach. Could he return to the Mets? Matt Gelb of...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Brewers, who have never won a World Series, are on the brink of advancing to the World Series after beating the Dodgers 6-2 to take a 3-0 NLCS lead on Wednesday. Milwaukee was down 2-1 in the seventh before Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back homers off Blake Snell to retake the lead for good. Game 4 is tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET on Fox. Game 3 of the ALCS...
Rawlings announced the Gold Glove Award Finalists on Wednesday afternoon with Nolan McLean, Carson Benge and Luis Torrens being the three Mets recognized for their defensive prowess during the 2026 regular season. The voting is done by managers and coaches, who account for 75 percent of the selection process. The other 25 percent comes from the SABR Defensive Index (SDI), which measures “the...
David Stearns, POBO GRADE: C A season where you miss the playoffs and lose 88 games has to be an F right? Or at least a D since there were a number of teams who finished with worse records. If that’s your take it is an absolutely fair and reasonable take. In 2023 in our midseason report MMO gave Billy Eppler a C+. The reminder of the season the Mets front office did very little to set up the...
On Wednesday morning, the Philadelphia Phillies announced they’ve given Don Mattingly a two-year deal for him to manage the team in 2027 and 2028. The Phillies reportedly tried to hire Alex Cora to be their manager at two different points this year. Mattingly was named the interim manager in April after the struggling Phillies fired manager Rob Thomson. Mattingly led the Phillies to an...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Rays beat the Guardians 3-1 in Game 2 of the ALCS, evening the series at 1-1. Tampa Bay scored all three runs in the fourth inning. Freddy Peralta tossed six scoreless innings for Tampa Bay, and Chase DeLauter’s seventh-inning RBI double accounted for Cleveland’s lone run. Peralta became the second starter in Rays history to throw a scoreless quality start in the...
Tuesday, October 12, 2026 • 8:00 PM ET Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, FL LHP Parker Messick vs. RHP Freddy Peralta TBS/HBO Max The Cleveland Guardians, down 2-0 for half the night, scored seven runs on Monday across the final four frames and beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 in Game 1 of the ALCS. They survived six strong innings from the Rays’ Drew Rasmussen and will now turn to Parker...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Monday, following the Dodgers’ 7-4 loss to the Brewers in Game 2 of the NLCS, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported that the Dodgers are considering benching Shohei Ohtani for Game 3. Ohtani has been a shell of his regular self in the postseason, slashing just .150/.261/.150 with seven strikeouts in 20 at-bats. The unicorn has been hurt for a while, having...
It’s the first full day of League Championship play as the remaining four teams vie for the Commissioner’s Trophy. The Brewers got their revenge on the Dodgers, taking Game 1 of the NLCS on Sunday night, and will return for Game 2 in Milwaukee, while the Guardians and Rays get Game 1 underway in Tampa Bay. Monday, October 12, 2026 • 5:00 PM ET American Family Field • Milwaukee, WI...
The height of the postseason is in full swing this week, with the League Championship Series getting started this week. The Dodgers and Brewers started things off on Sunday night, while the Guardians and Rays will kick off their series on Monday. The winner of both of the series will square off in the World Series, which begins on Friday October 23. Brewers Take Tightly-Contested NLCS Game 1 vs...
Mets first base prospect (No. 13 prospect) Cole Mathis hit a game-tying solo homer in the eighth inning on Sunday during the Surprise Saguaros’ 5-4 win over the Glendale Desert Dogs. (Box score) Mathis, whom the Mets acquired in June from the Cubs for David Peterson, went 1-for-4 and is 2-for-15 in four AFL games. The homer was his first since joining the organization. The 2024...
