In his 30th and final appearance of the year, Steven Matz made sure to go out on a high note. The lefty allowed just one walk and three hits through six shutout innings, striking out eight while lowering his season ERA to 3.97 in the Mets’ 1-0 extra-innings victory over the Miami Marlins. Despite the 5-11 record, it’s hard to treat Matz’s year as anything other than a confident...
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Yesterday at Citi Field, we witnessed an outpouring of love for Mets team captain David Wright. It was something I have NEVER seen matched in my 30 plus years of reporting in this town. Former teammates like Cliff Floyd talked about Wright with me and I had a chance to talk One On One with the former Met outfielder. Cliff told me that right from day one he knew Wright was going to be a very...
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Good morning Mets fans! The Mets take on the Miami Marlins in the final game of their season today at Citi Field. Noah Syndergaard (12-4, 3.22 ERA) will take the mound against Sandy Alcantara (2-2, 4.00 ERA). The game starts at 3:10 p.m. and will air on SNY. Yesterday was David Wright’s final career game that was filled with emotions. The captain went 0-for-1 with a walk before being...
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We all know about curses and superstitions in baseball. The most notable ones are the Red Sox after trading Babe Ruth and the Chicago Cubs. There’s one curse that maybe you didn’t know about, and that’s the curse of Gary Carter. I was reading jokes on Twitter about how Daniel Murphy made it into the playoffs with the Cubs and the Nationals didn’t. That got me thinking....
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The New York Mets (76-85) defeated the Miami Marlins (63-97) in a 13 inning thriller, with a walk-off single by Austin Jackson at the score of 1-0. It was an emotional day out in Flushing tonight as our captain David Wright started at third base for the first time since May 27, 2016 alongside his longtime partner Jose Reyes as he started at SS. The longtime third baseman and shortstop are noted...
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Brandon Nimmo exited the Mets game with the Marlins on Saturday night early with an apparent hamstring injury. After he lined a basehit to the outfield he took a turn around first an immediately grabbed his hamstring. Nimmo was lifted for a pinch runner, and is unlikely to appear again this season for the Mets. Nimmo was replaced by Jack Reinheimer. We will keep you updated as more updates...
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