The New York Mets once again played a sloppy, ugly series that was full of mistakes, underachieving, and poor pitching. However, they managed to eke out one game to split the Subway Series. An abbreviated series deserves an abbreviated “3 Up, 3 Down” column, so here are your heroes and zeros from the Mets-Yankees two-game tilt. 3 Up Nimmo Walks It Off Brandon Nimmo had his share of...
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Since joining the Houston Astros in 2017, Justin Verlander has been a Yankee killer. Going into his first Subway Series start on Wednesday night, the veteran right-hander had made 10 starts against the Bronx Bombers between the regular season and postseason, going 6-1 with a 2.05 ERA over 70 1/3 innings. While his 2023 season has not gotten off to a similar start, Verlander was at his best...
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Mets history has certainly given us many more bad trades than good, but let’s look on the bright side and reminisce about one of the best trades the Mets have ever made on the 40th anniversary of it happening. A trade hatched by Frank Cashen, certainly the best general manager the Mets have ever had, at least to this point. By now, you probably figured out I’m talking about the Keith...
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Triple-A Syracuse Mets (26-38) 5, Buffalo Bisons (29-36) 3 BOX SCORE DH Luke Voit: 1-for-2, R, HR (2), 2 RBIs (12), 2 BB, HBP (1.045 OPS) SS Jonathan Arauz: 2-for-3, 2 R, BB, HBP (.776 OPS) 3B Luke Ritter: 1-for-4, RBI (5), BB, K (.547 OPS) 2B Ronny Mauricio: 0-for-3, 2 BB, K, SB (.878 OPS) In his second game with Syracuse, Voit continues to make a good first impression. In the top of the first,...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Brandon Nimmo was a goldfish in the 10th inning for the Mets when he hit a walk-0ff double to give them a 4-3 win at Citi Field to split the Subway Series with the Yankees. Nimmo misplayed a ball on Tuesday night in the Mets’ 7-6 loss and had a baserunning gaffe in the seventh inning on Wednesday. Still, he was able to move past both of those mistakes and be the...
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The Mets performance on Wednesday night was not pretty. They made two errors that lead to two runs, and made a couple of mental errors that changed innings. Despite all of that, they found a way to rally for a much-needed comeback win. The Mets defeated the Yankees 4-3 in 10 innings on a walk-off double from Brandon Nimmo. The walk-off hit was a moment of redemption in a two ways for the...
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