Juan Soto has been named the National League Player of the Month for June. The 26-year-old batted a scalding .322/.474/.722 with 11 homers and 20 RBIs while drawing 25 walks against 20 strikeouts and scoring 25 runs in 116 plate appearances. Soto became the first Met to record 25 hits and 25 walks in a calendar month since David Wright in August of 2007. He also had two multi-homer games in the...
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The Mets are calling up right-handed reliever Rico Garcia, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. Garcia, who joins the team ahead of Thursday’s rubber game against the Brewers, last appeared in the major leagues in 2023 for the Nationals. Garcia can be expected to go multiple innings out of the bullpen if needed. He has thrown at least 35 pitches in five of his last six outings, so...
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Reed Garrett entered with a man on in the sixth, a one-run lead and the first four Milwaukee batters he faced Wednesday did this: RBI double, single, walk, grand slam. After the game, he summed up his performance: “It just sucked. No other way to put it, it just sucked today.” Garrett relieved Clay Holmes, who had thrown 90 pitches through 5 1/3 innings in what would be the...
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Good morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday night, another Dodger made history, however, this time it wasn’t from their two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani. Instead, it was future Hall of Famer and lifelong Dodger Clayton Kershaw, who became the 20th member of the 3,000 strikeout club. The left-handed hurler also became only the fifth pitcher to tally all 3,000 strikeouts with one team as the MVP...
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After the Mets dropped Game One of Wednesday’s doubleheader to the Milwaukee Brewers, they were looking to turn things around in the nightcap. The game featured right-handed pitcher Jacob Misiorowski (3-1, 3.20 ERA) on the mound for Milwaukee against fellow rookie righty Blade Tidwell (1-1, 9.00 ERA) for the Mets. Huascar Brazobán (3-2, 3.74 ERA) opened for Tidwell, throwing one scoreless inning...
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At long last, Francisco Lindor has secured a spot on the National League All-Star Team as a member of the New York Mets and will start at the Midsummer Classic for the first time in his career. Lindor moved on to Phase 2 of All-Star voting as one of the top two finishers among NL shortstops alongside Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts, whom he ultimately bested en route to clinching his...
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