Morning Briefing: Octavio Dotel Passes Away

Good morning, Mets fans. Former Mets pitcher Octavio Dotel tragically passed away at 51 in the collapse of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo on Tuesday. Dotel, who made his MLB debut with the Mets in 1999, had a successful 15-year career with 13 teams. He was part of the 2011 World Series-winning Cardinals. The collapse occurred early Tuesday during a Merengue concert at the nightclub that...

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Mets Win Sixth Straight With 10-5 Win Over Miami

The Mets (8-3) kept the good times rolling on Tuesday afternoon at Citi Field, capturing the series and notching their sixth consecutive win with a 10-5 triumph over the Marlins (5-6). Coming into the game with a league-leading 1.72 ERA, New York’s strong pitching carried the club through its recent winning streak, despite a quiet stretch at the plate where the team scored just seven runs...

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Game Chat: Marlins vs Mets, 4:10 PM

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 • 4:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Connor Gillispie (0-1, 3.60) vs. RHP Clay Holmes (0-1, 2.89) SNY The Mets look to stretch their winning streak to six games and win their third consecutive series this afternoon! If you follow the Mets schedule closely, you’ll recognize this is not the regularly scheduled game time. The Mets have moved the game up a couple of hours...

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Injury Updates: McNeil, Alvarez Starting Rehab Assignments This Week

Updated Article, 4/8/25 Good news on the industry front! Francisco Alvarez will start a rehab assignment on Wednesday—well ahead of schedule—and Jeff McNeil will do so later in the week, Carlos Mendoza announced. It’s early in the season, but the Mets are getting reinforcements. Original Article, 4/4/2025 Jeff McNeil, Francisco Alvarez and Paul Blackburn are all progressing in their rehab....

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Offense At A Premium At Citi Field. Here’s Why.

The argument that Jose Iglesias’s post-game concert was the most impressive performance by a hitter at Citi Field has some merit. Citi Field has historically been a desert for batters, Jody Gerut aside. Since 2021, hitters have posted a .694 OPS at the ballpark, 25 points lower than the league average. Thanks to the wonderful work done by the Baseball Savant team, we can conclude that the venue...

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Kodai Senga Pitching With Humility, Finding New Success

On a cold Monday night, Kodai Senga worked through five shutout innings against a familiar Marlins lineup. After allowing a walk and a single to open the first, Senga escaped thanks in part to Hayden Senger’s first career caught stealing. From there, he settled in, mixing pitches well and inducing a pair of double plays in the fourth and fifth to get out of more trouble. It wasn’t overpowering,...

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