Mets News

Morning Briefing: Dodgers Considering Benching Ohtani for Game 3

Good morning, Mets fans! On Monday, following the Dodgers’ 7-4 loss to the Brewers in Game 2 of the NLCS, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported that the Dodgers are considering benching Shohei Ohtani for Game 3. Ohtani has been a shell of his regular self in the postseason, slashing just .150/.261/.150 with seven strikeouts in 20 at-bats. The unicorn has been hurt for a while, having...

Mets Thoughts

Iglesias Hits Home Run in His Broadway Debut

Midtown Manhattan never delivers a dull day. A few weeks ago, when I settled into my seat to catch an evening showing in the Theater District, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew nothing of the plot. No reports connecting it to a future movie adaptation had crossed my Twitter feed. The show was relatively new, in just its second season. And then, well, the show started, and I was transfixed. A...

Mets Minors

Mets’ Luke Gabrysh Listed With Best Minor League Slider, Per BA

Baseball America listed new Mets prospect Luke Gabrysh with the best slider in the minor leagues, according to their stuff+ model in a recent breakdown of all minor league breaking balls. They gave him a 132 stuff+ on the pitch, just over Peyton Olejnik at 130. Mets prospect Cristofer Gomez came in at No. 16 with a 119 stuff+ slider. On Gabrysh’s slider, they wrote that it is “a...

Interviews

Exclusive: Mets’ 2025 Third-Round Pick Antonio Jimenez

Antonio Jimenez is one of a kind. The Mets had never drafted a player from the University of Central Florida before the fifth round. That changed in 2025 when the opportunity to add Jimenez to their organization came along. The club poached the draft-eligible sophomore with their third-round pick, 102nd overall, in the 2025 MLB Draft, inking him to a bonus worth $564,000. Jimenez joined UCF...

Fan Shot

Fan Shot: A 2026 Mets Postmortem

This is a Fan Shot by Billy Heller There are certainly a lot of negatives that can be said about the Mets’ 2026 season. But I’ll start my look back with a positive note: It’s over. And we can move on with our lives. We all know that last off-season’s work by President of Baseball Operations David Stearns to remake the Amazin’s turned out to be less than amazing. So let’s go back to the...

MLB News

NLCS Game Thread: Dodgers vs. Brewers, 8 PM

Dodgers (0-0) @ Brewers (0-0) Tarik Skubal (1-0, 1.50 ERA) vs. Jacob Misiorowski (0-0, 4.50 ERA) 8 P.M., American Family Field, Milwaukee, WI Sunday, October 11, 2026 A 2025 National League Championship rematch kicks off in high fashion Sunday in Milwaukee. The Dodgers and Brewers will throw both their aces — and arguably the two best starting pitchers in the entire league. Lefty...

Podcasts

MMO Weekly 2026 Ep. 153: Pete Alonso Returns To Citi Field

On this episode of MMO Weekly, Sal, Mathias Altman-Kurosaki, and Chris Bello discuss the return of Pete Alonso to Citi Field, the reaction, the result, and more! Check out the latest episode above, subscribe to our YouTube channel, and find us on any listening platform, like Apple...

Mets History

OTD in 1999: Todd Pratt’s Unlikely Walk-Off Sends Mets to NLCS

It was no surprise a Mets catcher delivered the big hit which propelled his team into the League Championship Series. As for which catcher — that was about as improbable as any in postseason history. Todd Pratt lasted four pedestrian seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies. After no major league team would sign him, he spent 1996 as an instructor at Bucky Dent’s baseball camp and managed a...