Good morning, Mets fans! Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that Major League Baseball has informed clubs that teams will be able to carry 14 pitchers on rosters through June 19. This revision comes on the eve of an earlier plan that was meant to force teams to trim down to 13 pitchers on May 30. Now onto the morning briefing. Latest Mets News Former Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden told the New...
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Jacob deGrom injured, Max Scherzer injured, Tylor Megill injured and the Mets had to dip into their pitching depth a little deeper for a starter on Wednesday against the Giants. To say it didn’t go well, would be a massive understatement. Thomas Szapucki, making his first big league start, only recorded four outs and gave up a whopping nine runs in the Mets’ 9-3 loss to the Giants....
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The latest of additions to the Mets bullpen is not a name talent evaluators mentioned often in recent years. Colin Holderman – a 2016 ninth round draft pick out of an Illinois junior college – only finds himself in Queens after a slew of injuries have hampered the Mets bullpen. With Trevor May and Sean Reid-Foley both on the 60-day injured list, the Mets called up Holderman from...
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Updated Post – May 26, 16:15 Former Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden told the New York Post that he will be part of the Old Timers’ Day festivities on August 27. Gooden went on to say that he will pitch in the game and is hoping to be one of that starters. Gooden, 57, was a four-time All-Star across parts of 11 seasons with the Mets. He was the National League Rookie of the Year winner in...
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3 UP Lindor Returns As previously noted, the hand-wringing over Francisco Lindor’s struggles was very premature. He always struggles in either April or May of every season, but he eventually gets hot and looks like the All-Star caliber player he is. We saw that Lindor in San Francisco. In the series, Lindor was 5-for-13 with four runs, two doubles, a triple, two homers, and nine RBIs. He...
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The New York Mets disappointed in San Francisco this week, but Francisco Lindor did not. In the Mets’ three-game series against the Giants, the 28-year-old went 5-for-13 with four runs scored, two doubles, one triple, two home runs, and nine RBIs. “I feel better for sure,” said Lindor. “I’m putting the ball in play.” In the first two games of the series,...
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