Mark Vientos threw the ball over the catcher’s head. Tyrone Taylor played a would-be fly out into a single. Juan Soto couldn’t field a base hit cleanly, which cost him a chance to throw out a runner at home. The Mets escaped Miami with a dramatic 6-5 victory in 11 innings Wednesday (thank you, Pete Alonso), but this was not, as the old slogan went, “baseball like it oughta...
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Pete Alonso certainly saved the New York Mets’ bacon in Miami. The slugger was the spark the offense needed against the Marlins. He came up with big hit after big hit to help his team secure a first series win of 2025. There were some other positives to emerge from the second series of the year. However, we also saw some worrying trends continue. To that end, let’s dive into another...
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Dom Hamel looked in control in his 2025 season debut for Syracuse and received some help from two RBI doubles by Joey Meneses to secure a 5-1 win against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Syracuse Mets (2-2) 5, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (2-3) 1 BOX SCORE 1B Joey Meneses: 2-for-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI (2), K (1.188 OPS) 2B Luke Ritter: 1-for-3, R, BB, 2 K (.757 OPS) DH Billy McKinney: 2-for-4,...
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114.5, 113.4, 113.1, 107.1. Those could be temperature readings in Death Valley during a scorching July afternoon, stock prices fluctuating day to day, or maybe even your Internet speed cutting in and out. Those are Pete Alonso’s exit velocities from his four at-bats on Wednesday afternoon. Coming off a down year in 2024, Alonso signed a short-term “prove it” deal for 2025, with his...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Padres, who have had several questions concerning their financial status, were able to lock up one of their young stars on Wednesday. San Diego’s center fielder, Jackson Merrill, had an All-Star campaign in his rookie year, slugging 24 home runs with a .292/.326/.500 slash line. Merrill agreed with the club on a nine-year, $135 million contract extension which...
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Pete Alonso erased a lot of mistakes. The slugger went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a game-tying, three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and Jesse Winker worked a go-ahead walk with the bases loaded in the 11th as the Mets beat the Marlins 6-5 Wednesday at loanDepot Park. Huascar Brazobán earned his first career save against his former team, entering with two on and one out and...
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