3 UP 1. Teammates First One of the purely remarakable aspects of this 2019 Mets team is the friendship between Pete Alonso and Dominic Smith. Dating back to last year, these are two players who have been put in an adversarial situation as they were competing against one another not just for playing time but for the Mets first base job. In a credit to both of them, they have risen above it, and...
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While the 2019 major league season is already in full swing, the Mets’ four full-season minor league affiliates are set to kick off their seasons on Thursday; Triple-A Syracuse, High-A St. Lucie, and Low-A Columbia open up at home, while Double-A Binghamton will play on the road in New Hampshire. Want to sound like an expert on the entire organization? Here are a few of the big storylines...
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Good Morning Mets Fans! Last night Jacob deGrom dominated the Marlins going seven shut out innings and setting a career high for strikeouts with 14. DeGrom also slugged the second home run of his career as the Mets completed the sweep of the Marlins to improve to 5-1 on the season, which matches their 2018 start. Today Noah Syndergaard will start the home opener at Citi Field as the Mets take on...
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The New York Mets completed a three-game sweep of the Miami Marlins today with a dominant 6-4 win at Marlins Park. (box score) The story of the game can be summarized in two words: Jacob deGrom. The Mets starter was absolutely masterful, striking out 14 in seven innings of work. The 14 K’s were a career high for deGrom. He has started the 2019 season with 13 consecutive scoreless innings...
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There are many teams playing 1 p.m. games today. Traditionally, today is getaway day and teams playing tomorrow in a different city play at 1 p.m. today to have enough time to travel, there are also a large group of teams (Mets included) who have their home openers tomorrow, so they’ll be playing during the day on Thursday. The Mets are not one of the teams playing at 1 p.m., they are playing...
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Minutes following the release of the lineup for their 6:10 game against the Miami Marlins, skipper Mickey Callaway has revealed that Jeff McNeil’s omission (his second in six games thus far) comes on account of a “banged up” knee. The severity of his injury remains unknown. He is, in fact, available to pinch-hit tonight, so there isn’t any reason to anticipate the...
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