The National League wild card race is crammed. The top two spots are being held safely by the Cubs and Phillies, but below for the third spot is five teams battling. The Padres hold the final spot entering Saturday, but the Diamondbacks are only half a game back, the Cardinals and Marlins are both three and half back, and then the Pirates are four and half games back. Whether or not the Padres...
Read More
The two minor leaguers the Mets picked up in the Brooks Raley trade with the Phillies looked spectacular on Friday night. Right-hander Luke Gabrysh threw five scoreless innings in Double-A Binghamton’s 2-0 victory over New Hampshire, and outfielder John Spikerman homered and stole three bases for High-A Brooklyn. Raley, by the way, has allowed three earned runs over 7 2/3 innings for the...
Read More
Francisco Alvarez had been striking out a lot. Sixteen times in his previous 32 at-bats, in fact. But the Mets catcher, who’s still only 24 years old somehow, has shown so many flashes of brilliance. And he did again on Friday, homering twice to lead a five-home-run attack in a 10-6 win over the San Francisco Giants at Citi Field. Alvarez’s performance prompted this eye-popping note...
Read More
Good morning, Mets fans! Bench, Carter, Alvarez. Francisco Alvarez clubbed two of New York’s five homers in a 10-6 victory over the Giants Friday. Mark Vientos, Francisco Lindor and Bo Bichette also went yard. It was the second straight game that the Mets (64-77) scored 10 runs. Alvarez will turn 25 in November and it was the seventh multi-homer game of his career. The catcher with the...
Read More
Nolan McLean and the Mets (64-77) took on the Giants (58-84) in the first game of a three-game set at Citi Field. McLean came in looking to bolster what has been a spectacular rookie year, still having an outside chance to win the NL Rookie of the Year Award. The young righty would have a gutsy six-inning performance, but offense was the key to the game as the Mets won 10-6. McLean began the...
Read More
Friday, September 4, 2026 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Matt Wilkinson (0-2, 4.63) vs. RHP Nolan McLean (10-8, 3.06) WPIX For the first time in forever, the Mets are not playing a first-place club! The San Francisco Giants come to town tonight with a record worse than the Mets, sitting in fourth place in the NL West. The Mets are still 14 games below .500 after winning the series...
Read More
