Morning Briefing: Lindor, Bichette Trades Looking Unlikely

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets are preparing to sell ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline, but they reportedly do not intend to include significant amounts of cash to facilitate deals involving their expensive veterans, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. The Mets’ stance makes a Francisco Lindor or Bo Bichette trade significantly less likely. Lindor is owed $160 million over the...

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Thornton Earns First Career Win the 4-0 Win Over Brewers

After the Mets dropped game one to the Brewers on Monday, they bounced back to take game two on Tuesday. It was a pitcher’s duel between the Mets’ left-hander Zac Thornton (0-1, 2.11 ERA) and the former Met right-hander Brandon Sproat (3-4, 5.09 ERA, 91 SO) for Milwaukee as he faced his former team for the first time. For the Brewers, it was also the first time in 13 games that they had faced a...

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Game Chat: Mets vs Brewers, 7:40 PM

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 • 7:40 PM American Family Field • Milwaukee, WI LHP Zac Thornton (0-1, 2.60) vs. RHP Brandon Sproat (3-4, 5.16) SNY The first place Brewers rolled through the Mets in the first game of the series last night. Freddy Peralta faltered in one of his final auditions before the trade deadline, allowing seven runs in 5 1/3 innings. The Mets bats consistently left runners on base,...

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Peralta’s Mets Tenure Winds Down With Another Dud

Different Monday, same result. The professional baseball team from Flushing, Queens, lost to the Milwaukee Brewers, 8-3. It was a quiet night offensively even though the lineup returned to full strength following the return of Cuban centerfielder, Luis Robert Jr.. The biggest concern was another dud from the supposed front-line starter the Mets acquired from these same Brewers in January. Freddy...

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What Draft Strategy Did the Mets Settle On?

Previously, MMO broke down the different strategies the Mets could utilize in the draft as they got creative with their limited signing bonus pool. They could have gone heavy into prep players as the Braves did; they could have gone under slot early and signed a single player to a higher slot like the Red Sox did with Martin Shelar; and they could have focused on floating down pitchers who...

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The 2026 Mets Were Doomed From The Start

The Mets’ 2026 season had an inauspicious start. On February 10, David Stearns gave his first press conference of the young season, a campaign still full of hope and naive optimism. At the start, Stearns seemed terse and hesitant in front of the media scrum. By setting the tone with a grim “so, a couple pieces of news,” it was clear something was amiss. The unwelcome surprise...

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