Mets Minors Heat Sheet: Week of May 15

The Mets’ minor league season is in full swing, and prospects are performing at both high, and low, levels. The outlook of the Mets’ system is on the up swing, and that is thanks to some strong performances from hot prospects, some known well and others trying to build up their status. But as the season goes, prospects catch fire and can cool off just as quickly. The first...

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Mets Split Series After 10-3 Blowout Loss to Nationals

The Mets (20-22) split a four-game series against the Nationals (18-23) with a 10-3 loss on Monday afternoon in Washington D.C. The blowout lacked clutch hitting, and the club’s pitching staff was clobbered by a Nationals offense that ranks among the bottom five teams in Major League Baseball in OPS. David Peterson and Tommy Hunter struggled in the loss, giving up ten runs on 15 hits...

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MMO Game Thread: Mets vs Nationals, 4:05 PM

Monday, May 15, 2023 • 4:05 PM Nationals Park • Washington, DC LHP David Peterson (1-5, 7.68) vs. LHP Patrick Corbin (1-5, 4.87) SNY The Mets have a chance to win a series this afternoon when they take on the Nationals for game four! After dropping the suspended game in the afternoon yesterday (despite collecting a plethora of hits) the Mets finally had an easy win in the night cap. Max Scherzer...

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Players of the Week: Alonso and Verlander Prove Their Star Status

The Mets had an up-and-down week on the road against a pair of below .500 opponents as they lost a series at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds before winning two out of three against the Washington Nationals. New York ran into some all-too-familiar roadblocks on both sides of the ball during that stretch, but Pete Alonso and Justin Verlander both turned in exceptional performances to keep the...

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OTD 2014: DeGrom’s Major-League Debut

Even as Jacob deGrom has since left New York, it’s still hard not to be nostalgic about his first big-league start nine years ago and how unexpected it all turned out. With a 2.58 ERA in seven starts at Triple-A Las Vegas, he was called up as a replacement for the injured Dillon Gee. Originally slated to be a reliever among the organization’s young crop of highly-touted starting...

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Mets Offense Comes to Life at Opportune Time

The New York Mets fell behind early in the second game of a doubleheader with the Washington Nationals on Sunday. Buck Showlater’s team already suffered a defeat earlier in the day, and with Max Scherzer on the mound in the second game, the offense needed to step up. Trailing 1-0 going into the top of the fifth inning, the Mets were able to stack hits together, most of which came from...

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