Players of the Week: Bassitt, Marte Lead Mets to Wins Over Division Rivals

We’re over a month through the 2022 Major League Baseball season, and the New York Mets have yet to lose a series. Facing two division rivals in their first week of May, the Amazins continued their hot streak, going 4-3 on the week against the Braves and Phillies. Despite beginning the week with a lackluster 5-2 loss to Atlanta, the Mets followed up with a doubleheader sweep the following...

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Chasen Shreve Has Been A Pleasant Surprise

The Mets made quite the gamble this past winter by passing on Aaron Loup, and letting him sign with the Los Angeles Angels. Loup had a career year in 2021 with the Mets. He finished the season with a 0.95 ERA over 65 games and cashed that into $17 million contract over two years. The Mets opted to not pursue top lefty arms on the market in Andrew Chafin, Jake Diekman, and Brad Hand. Instead,...

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Francisco Álvarez Has Impressed in First 162 Pro Games

New York Mets top prospect Francisco Álvarez has been playing with Mets affiliates since 2019. After this past week with Double-A Binghamton, Álvarez has amassed 162 professional games played. Put another way, Álvarez has played a full season’s worth of games. Over his first 162 games, Álvarez has hit .275/.383/.526 with 34 doubles, one triple, 35 homers, and 110 RBI. Keep in mind, these...

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Mets Minors Weekly Report: Alex Ramirez and St. Lucie Keep Rolling

Alex Ramirez, one of the Mets top prospects, is off to a scorching start in St. Lucie along with the rest of the team. We’ll get into his week in a minute, but let’s talk about the rest of the Mets’ minor-league system from the past week first. Weekly Recap Triple-A Syracuse The Triple-A Mets dropped four-of-six to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs this week as their record drops to...

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Morning Briefing: Mets Look to Keep Rolling in D.C.

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets begin a three-game series with the Nationals in Washington D.C. today, starting at 7:05 pm EST. The Mets still haven’t announced any starters for this series, but they will face off against southpaw Patrick Corbin (0-5, 7.16 ERA) in the opener. The Mets still haven’t lost a series and sit in first place with a 20-10 record, six games ahead of the...

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Mets Should Look To Extend Chris Bassitt

So far in his brief time as a New York Met right-hander, Chris Bassitt has been extremely impressive. He continued his strong start to the season recording his fourth win in Sunday’s 6-1 victory over the Phillies. Bassitt was pulled after allowing a double and walk with two outs in the sixth but finished the afternoon having given up just one run on four hits while striking out four and walking...

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