Good morning, Mets fans! Katie Hughes Martin of ESPN reports that the Mets vs. Cardinals game on Monday afternoon was its most watched spring training broadcast since a primetime Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants game in 2016, with an average of 423,000 viewers and 475,000 at its peak. The game was ESPN’s first spring training broadcast since 2021, and viewership on Monday was up 44%...
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The Mets looked to get back to their winning ways on Wednesday when they took on the Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. Tylor Megill made his first start of the spring against reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara. The Mets picked up an 8-4 win thanks to home runs by Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso and Ronny Mauricio. After a scoreless top half of the...
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Baseball America has released their ratings of the MLB farm systems, and they ranked the Mets as the fifth-best in baseball. We got a sense of how highly rated the Mets system could be rated when six prospects were ranked among BA’s top-100 prospects. Following the Mets system the past few years, we have seen their top prospects progress to the upper levels of the minors. Notably, they had...
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Wednesday, March 1, 2022 • 1:10 P.M. Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadiu m • Jupiter, Florida RHP Tylor Megill (0-0, -.–) vs. RHP Sandy Alcántara (0-0, -.–) MLB Gameday Audio The Mets make another trip to Jupiter this afternoon, this time to take on the Marlins. The ESPN booth on Monday was discussing the playing field at Jupiter after Pete Alonso fielded a ball that took a bad hop. Since...
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Jacob deGrom in a Texas Rangers uniform. That’s going to take some getting used to. Actually, it may never really look normal. But this kind of scenario is nothing new. There have been a few occasions in which the combination of ex-Met player and team doesn’t sound — or look — right. Here are some of the strangest examples of famous Mets wearing the jersey of another team. Jerry...
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Every year, pitchers come to spring training with new toys, whether that be increased velocity, added strength and durability, or a new pitch. In Jose Butto’s case in 2023, his new toy is a cutter. Butto is looking to build on a career year in 2022 which included his MLB debut, a successful run in Triple-A Syracuse, and 135 total innings on the season after signing with the Mets as an...
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