MLB’s now-former No. 51 overall prospect, Pete Alonso made his long-anticipated major-league debut with the Mets on Opening Day this season and the first baseman has made an impact that no one saw coming. Fans heard whispers of the power-hitting prospect who crushed 36 home runs in 132 games between Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Las Vegas in 2018, but no one truly understood the impression he...
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The year 1989 was memorable for many significant events. It was the year of the first free elections in Poland, it was the year the first liver transplant took place and it was the year the Berlin Wall came down. Of perhaps less historical significance but of equal importance to many Mets fans, it was the first year a minor league baseball announcer named Gary Cohen ascended to the radio...
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Syracuse (35-35) 4, Charlotte (36-33) 3 Box Score 3B Ruben Tejada: 1-3, R, RBI, BB .355/.440/.495 LF-1B Dilson Herrera: 2-4, 2 R, RBI .247/.345/.573 The Syracuse Mets had their game halted due to weather conditions in the seventh inning. Prior to the stop in play, Ruben Tejada continued to add on to his hot start. In the fourth inning, he tied up the game with a solo homer, his third of the...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Tonight, Steven Matz (5-4, 3.93) will face off against southpaw pitcher Max Fried (7-3, 4.11). In Steven Matz’s last three outings, he gave up 10 earned runs in 18 innings of work. Matz struck out a season-high 10 batters in his outing on June 8 and racked up another 11 in his other two outings combined, while walking six of his opponents. Max Fried has struggled...
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The Mets got a much needed win in an easy fashion against the Braves on Tuesday night in Atlanta by a 10-2 score. Jacob deGrom was great and the offense backed him up. (Box Score) Pitching As mentioned, deGrom was brilliant. He got a lead and essentially ended the Braves chances of winning the game. In the first inning, he gave up a one-out double to Dansby Swanson but then struck out Freddie...
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New York Mets left-handed relief pitcher, Justin Wilson, was scratched from his rehab outing with Short Season-A Brooklyn with what the team referred to as “left elbow tightness”. Wilson, 31, initially hit the injured list on April 22, under the same affliction. The team activated Wilson (after no rehab outings) on May 6, only to place him on the IL retroactive to May 8 (May 11). The...
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