The Mets swept the Phillies on Thursday as they defeated Taijuan Walker in the third game of the three-game set. On Friday, the Mets faced another member of their 2022 team as Chris Bassitt and the Blue Jays traveled to Citi Field to start a three-game series. For the Mets, Justin Verlander took the mound hoping to rebound from a poor performance in Colorado. The game, originally scheduled for a...
We just can’t have nice things. In last week’s roster projection, I implemented a replacement for José Quintana and couldn’t include Bryce Montes de Oca, both because of injury. The bullpen had long been the question mark around the final Opening Day roster, and it only becomes more complicated in the wake of Edwin Díaz’s patellar tendon tear and Sam Coonrod’s...
After the bad news that the New York Mets (7-11) got with Edwin Diaz’s season-ending injury, they needed something good to happen. The Mets did lose 3-0 to the Nationals down in West Palm Beach, but the team did get a good start from right-hander Kodai Senga in his second spring start with the team. Despite the loss, Senga put up a strong outing. He got off to a rough start in the bottom of the...
