MMO Game Thread: Nationals vs Mets, 7:10 PM

Tuesday, August 10, 2021 • 7:10 P.M. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Paolo Espino (3-3, 3.66) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (0-0, 3.24) SNY • TBS • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM The Mets need a win. Full stop. The Mets were decimated by Zack Wheeler over the weekend, who cut through the team like they’ve been in a multiple-week slump (which is true). Javier Báez also injured his hip in the game, as of...

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Series Preview: Mets Host Nationals For Three Games

The New York Mets (third place in the National League’s eastern division) return home to Citi Field to take on manager Dave Martinez’s Washington Nationals (fourth place in the National League’s eastern division) in a three-game series. The Mets are coming off perhaps their most difficult week of the 2021 season, losing six of seven games on a road trip to Miami and...

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Players of the Week: Dominic Smith, Rich Hill Two Bright Spots

Let’s be real, this past week was absolutely a week to forget for the New York Mets. They dropped three out of four to the Miami Marlins and then were swept by the Philadelphia Phillies, falling all the way to third place in the division. The pitching staff didn’t throw terribly, but the offense was nowhere to be found, and was unable to pick them up. Brandon Nimmo and Dominic Smith were really...

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Mets Week in Review: Dreadful Week Drops Mets to Third Place

This past week was absolutely one to forget for the New York Mets. They simply forgot to show up for one of the biggest series to this point in the season. After back-to-back rough series against the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves to close out the homestand, the Mets took the road looking to turn things around against the last-place Miami Marlins. Rookie right-hander Tylor Megill struggled...

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Mets Hope to Have Jose Martinez Back Soon

Over this past weekend, New York Mets utility man Jose Martinez finally began a rehab assignment with Low-A St. Lucie. He played three innings in right field and went 0-for-2 with a strikeout at the plate. This was his first game action since way back on March 7 in Spring Training. Martinez was playing first, and ranged over to his left for a hard-hit ball, but stumbled and bumped into the...

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Jake Mangum, Cole Gordon Named Double-A Northeast Players of the Week

It was announced on Monday afternoon that Binghamton Rumble Ponies right-hander Cole Gordon was named the Pitcher of the Week, and center fielder Jake Mangum was named the Player of the Week for the Double-A Northeast League for this past week. Mangum was the Mets’ fourth-round selection in the 2019 MLB Draft out of Mississippi State University. He began the year back with Brooklyn, after he...

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