The Mets activated infielder Andres Gimenez and outfielder Jake Marisnick from the injured list before Game 1 of their doubleheader against the Yankees on Friday. Marisnick is batting eighth and playing center field in his return. The former Astro had been on the IL since late July with a hamstring strain. The defensive specialist is 1-for-4 with a strikeout in five games this year. The...
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Our own Jacob Resnick tweeted on Friday morning that the Mets have added top third base prospect Brett Baty to their 60-player pool. Baty, 20, was the Mets first round pick (12th overall) in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. The left-hitter slashed .238/.368/.452 with 16 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, and 33 RBIs across three levels in his first pro season. The Texas native finished...
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Fan Shot by Gabriel Pariente Last week, the New York Mets announced that Seth Lugo who transformed himself from a starter to one of the best relievers in MLB over the past two seasons would be stretched back into being a starter for the rest of the 2020 season. Due to injuries to Micheal Wacha, David Peterson and the ineffectiveness of Steven Matz the idea with this move is to improve the Mets...
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The Mets (13-16) are set to play the Yankees (16-11) in what will be a unusual weekend series, that follows one of the most bizarre weeks in Mets’ franchise history. The series, that will consist of five games in three days, will take place in the Bronx. There will be doubleheaders both Friday (4:10 pm start) and Sunday (1:05 pm start). The Mets will be the “home” team in one...
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As everyone already knows, it’s been another intense past couple of days (and last six months obviously) in the sports world in response to the many on going issues in our country. And over the last couple of years, a divide has formed about whether or not professional athletes should continue to use their platforms to speak out about social injustice. That has now come to a head, with...
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Michael Conforto was destined for this. He played baseball on a national stage in the Little League World Series before he hit puberty. His mother was an Olympian, his father a college football player. Conforto himself had Ivy League offers for football. He opted to pursue baseball at PAC-12 powerhouse Oregon State and was a team leader both on and off the field. When the Mets selected Conforto,...
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