Good morning, Mets fans! The Houston Astros announced on Saturday that they scratched right-handed pitcher Justin Verlander from his start. Right-handed pitcher Spencer Arrighetti pitched in Verlander’s place. Of note, the Mets owe the Astros $17.5 million if Verlander pitches 140 innings. Before being scratched on Saturday, he was on pace for about 130 innings. Latest Mets News We don’t want to...
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Call it part of the Grimace magic, but the New York Mets finally have a win under their belt wearing the City Connect jerseys. Saturday’s 5-1 win over the San Diego Padres got the Mets a series win and their fourth consecutive victory. After some rough outings, Jose Quintana had a very good day by holding a potent Padres lineup in check. Add J.D. Martinez’s opposite-field power, and...
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Saturday, June 15, 2024 • 4:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Adam Mazur (0-1, 9.00) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (1-5, 5.29) WPIX The Padres offense was red hot going into Friday’s game. The Mets offense was heating up going into Friday’s game. Naturally, the Mets won the game 2-1. The Mets look to extend their winning streak to four games this afternoon and take the series against the Padres....
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It may be hard to believe, but the trade deadline will be here before we know it. We can’t help but think of how the season has gone so far (and we don’t need to harp on that right now). We’ve been having this discussion at MMO and wanted to share our thoughts with you. So, if the Mets are 3 games out of the Wild Card spot in the closing days before the trade deadline, how...
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Cue the Trumpets. Edwin Díaz has returned. After throwing a hitless inning on Thursday night to secure his first save off the injured list against the Marlins, Carlos Mendoza gave the ball back to Díaz on Friday night looking for a consecutive save. Díaz came in, and while he bent, he did not break. The former All-Star allowed a lead-off single to Jurickson Profar, but struck out Manny...
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Despite the poor weather up and down the East Coast, every Mets affiliate managed to get in a game on Friday. Brett Baty keeps crushing Triple-A pitching as Syracuse beat Lehigh Valley again. Ryan Clifford hit a walk-off two-run home run in Binghamton’s thrilling win over Somerset. Clifford has increased his Double-A OPS up to .877 despite his .198 batting average. TRIPLE-A Lehigh Valley...
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