Tag: 2023 season

3 Up, 3 Down: Mets End 2023 With Series Win

This is it. After a long, testing, disappointing and sometimes ugly year for the New York Mets, the final 3 Up, 3 Down of the 2023 season is here. On the final weekend of the regular season, the Mets took two out of three from the postseason-bound Phillies and will now officially close the door on one of the most disappointing seasons in franchise history. Entering the year as legit World Series...

At What Point is it Time to Give Up on the 2023 Mets?

Tuesday night was a familiar scene. The Mets looked in position to win a memorable game against a heated rival, only to shoot themselves in the foot with a combination of poor pitching, questionable managerial decisions, and missed opportunities at the plate. In the end, they lost another winnable game and their slide down the standings continued. This has been the script in basically all of the...

Morning Briefing: Justin Verlander Dabbling With Changeup

Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, Will Sammon of The Athletic released an article about Justin Verlander and how he is still attempting to introduce a changeup into his repertoire at this stage of his career. Verlander credited a 2019 meeting with Nolan Ryan as inspiring him to use the pitch more often, which he did before his injuries that caused him to miss virtually all of the 2020 and 2021...

Morning Briefing: Multiple Teams Showing Interest In Justin Turner

Good morning, Mets fans! The baseball world quieted down a bit after a busy Winter Meetings, but there are still plenty of rumors going around. Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports that there are about half a dozen teams interested in Justin Turner, with the Dodgers, Diamondbacks, and Marlins included among those teams. Now it’s time for the morning briefing! Latest Mets News On Friday,...

MLB Announces 2023 Rule Changes: Pitch Clock, Larger Bases, Shift Restrictions

Major League Baseball announced three rule changes that have been approved by a majority vote of the new joint Competition Committee for play during the 2023 Championship Season, including Spring Training and the Postseason.  The new joint committee was created as a part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated between MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA)...

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