The spring season has finished, and Opening Day is right around the corner. The Mets and manager Carlos Mendoza look to rebound after a lackluster 2025, and as Thursday approaches, here’s the squad they’ll throw out against the Pirates at Citi Field. (Previous season’s stats are in parentheses) Catchers Francisco Alvarez -After two seasons plagued by injuries, spring has...
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Pretty much every pitcher tries something new in spring training. For many, it is new pitches and new pitch shapes. You can view MMO’s breakdown of some of the Mets pitchers trying out new pitches here. Pitchers also try to do things like attack the zone more, generate more ground balls, get more extensions, etc. Here are some potential trend lines to watch for the 2026 season. Freddy...
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Every spring training, players try new things like swing changes, trying to pull the ball more, improving bat speed and power output, and working on breaking balls, etc. Now that every ballpark has Statcast data, we can take a deeper look at each player and focus on one data point to see whether it’s a trend line for the season or just an aberration from a small sample size in spring...
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Good morning, Mets fans! According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, the Chicago Cubs and center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong have agreed to a six-year, $115 million extension starting in 2027. Passan notes the deal is unique because it lacks a club option, allowing Crow-Armstrong to reach free agency before his age-31 season. Crow-Armstrong, of course, was originally drafted by the Mets. Latest Mets News...
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In what may be an unprecedented feat, Francisco Alvarez homered on March, got married the next day and was back in the lineup on the day after that (0-for-3 with three strikeouts, understandable). He is a man dedicated to his wife and baseball. He pulled this off from March 10-12. Alvarez went 9-for-25 this spring with that homer and three doubles after an offseason where he said he lost 10...
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Assuming he is starting in right field opening day, Carson Benge will be the first Mets player since Pete Alonso in 2019 to make his major league debut in Opening Day starting lineup. He will be only the eighth Mets position player ever to achieve this honor (Pete Alonso was the seventh per his bio on MLB.com), and Mets fans should be excited for what Benge could bring to this 2026 Mets team....
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