Wednesday, May 1, 2019 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Anthony DeSclafani (1-1, 4.26) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (2-3, 4.85) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM If you’re a pessimist, yesterday’s game alternated between being disappointing and satisfying. Before the game, all we knew was Jason Vargas was going to start and if needed, Jeurys Familia was going to have to pitch a six-out save....
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New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway announced before Wednesday night’s game versus the Cincinnati Reds that right-handed reliever Jeurys Familia would be heading to the 10-day injured list with shoulder soreness. Familia was asked to pitch two innings on Tuesday night and nearly navigated his way through before imploding with two outs in the ninth, allowing the Reds to make up a two-run...
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3 UP 1. The Young Core Entering this season, the Mets had a young exciting core of position players 27 and younger. So far this season, they are all contributing at a fairly high level. The Mets said Pete Alonso was ready to contribute from day one, and Alonso has proven them right. So far, Alonso is hitting .292/.382/.642. His 181 wRC+ is second best among Major League first baseman putting him...
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With the calendar turning to May and just about a month of the minor league season complete, Baseball America has released a major update to its top 100 prospects list. No new Mets enter the fold, but the trio of Andres Gimenez (25, last 26), Pete Alonso (30, 40), and Ronny Mauricio (85, 91) have taken steps in the right direction. Gimenez, the everyday shortstop in Binghamton, hasn’t had the...
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It started as it always does in Major League Baseball for a rookie. In spring training, fighting for a job, hoping to come north with the team and be part of a big league roster. Pete Alonso, the former Peter of Port St. Lucie, was no different. He was coming off a terrific year in the minors stroking 36 home runs and knocking in 119 runs. But he had to work to win his job which he hoped would...
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Every so often, teams sign a player to be organizational depth, and that player eventually emerges to be something much more than that. There are several results like this in Mets history. In 1999, Pat Mahomes became a valuable part of the Mets bullpen. Of course, we saw R.A. Dickey go from organizational arm to Cy Young Award winner. What separates each of these players from Drew Gagnon is they...
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