It may still only be February, but temperatures in the northeast are running a little warmer and there was New York Mets baseball on our televisions this past weekend. Life is good, you guys. With three Grapefruit League games officially in the books, there were a number of first impressions to go over before New York forges ahead with the rest of its schedule. While his weekend consisted of...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Today, the Mets will play their third game of the spring, taking on the Nationals at 1:05 p.m. The game will be played at FITTEAM Ballpark in the Palm Beaches and will not be televised or available to be heard on radio. Anthony DiComo of MLB.com tweeted out that the group of Mets pitchers expected to make an appearance include David Peterson, Paul Sewald, Jordan...
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As is still the case today, every team gets to send at least one player to the All Star Game. In 1962 and 1963, the Mets sent Richie Ashburn and Duke Snider respectively, although both were well past their prime. But in 1964, for the first time, a Met was selected to start in the All Star Game and that was second baseman Ron Hunt. Because the game was played at Shea Stadium (a game I attended, I...
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Andres Gimenez is entering his fifth season in the Mets’ organization, and is on the cusp of making an impact at the MLB level in 2020. The shortstop is ranked as the No. 84 prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline going into the 2020 season, and showed his defensive prowess during Saturday’s spring opener with the Miami Marlins. Definitely need to highlight Andrés Giménez's defense...
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Mets 3, Cardinals 3- Cover Field, Port St. Lucie, FL (Boxscore) Pitching Steven Matz started the game off allowing a home run to Harrison Bader on the second pitch of the game and the Cardinals were quickly ahead 1-0. Following the homer, Matz sent the Cards down in order via the ground out, strikeout, and fly out, respectively, to end the inning and ultimately his outing for the day. A...
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New York Mets left-hander Steven Matz didn’t get off to a great start in his first Grapefruit League outing on Sunday in Port St. Lucie, but that’s what this time of the the year is for. After a solid 2019 season, and an especially strong second half (3.52 ERA over 14 post-ASG starts; 1.94 ERA over seven starts from August 7 to September 11), the 28-year-old Ward Melville High School alum is...
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