Pete Alonso didn’t flip his bat after he tied the game in the ninth inning Tuesday with his 300th homer. He threw it and shouted and after he circled the bases to Citi Field cheers and “Fire Stearns” chants he took a curtain call. “It’s just crazy, how things kind of unfolded,” starter Sean Manaea (two earned runs, 5 1/3 innings) said after the Mets (69-82)...
The New York Mets won big in game two of a three game set against the New York Yankees, 12-2, on Saturday. The offense, led by Francisco Lindor, Carson Benge, Juan Soto, and Luis Torrens, exploded for 12 runs, 14 hits, and six home runs. Lindor had three hits, two home runs, and five runs batted in. That made the life of Zac Thornton very easy in a bounce-back effort on Saturday. Thornton went...
Zac Thornton allowed seven home runs in his first 11 big-league starts. The San Francisco Giants took the rookie deep four times in start No. 12. “Obviously the home runs are not what he’s looking for there … it’s a day where the wind is blowing out,” interim manager Andy Green said Saturday after the 9-5 loss in front of 30,046 at Citi Field. Thronton (3-5) saw...
In this episode of MMO Weekly, hosts Sal Manzo, Mathias Altman-Kurosaki, and Johnluke Chaparro discuss the Mets’ series win versus Tampa Bay, the Luis Robert Jr. waiver claim, A.J. Ewing’s struggles, Nolan McLean’s ROY campaign, Andy Green’s potential impact on the team moving forward, and more! Check out the latest episode above, subscribe to our YouTube channel, and...
The boos grew louder as Luis Robert Jr. circled the bases at Rate Field after he gave the New York Mets a 4-1 lead Saturday with a two-run shot in the third inning. He paid them no mind. “(Friday), I felt a little weird hearing them,” he said through a Spanish interpreter after the Mets (59-71) beat the White Sox 10-5. “I felt it to be a little bit strange, but today, it was...
Robert Stock missed with his first pitch of the game. Jake Mangum drove his second offering for a double. This, unfortunately for Stock and the New York Mets, would be the theme of the night. “I think he found himself behind in the count pretty frequently and by the fourth inning he was out of gas,” manager Andy Green said after the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 9-0 win Saturday night...
The post-trade deadline 2026 New York Mets were beginning to make a bit of noise after winning four in a row. They had swept the Cleveland Guardians and taken the first game of a series with the Pittsburgh Pirates. However, the Mets came back down to Earth on Saturday night with a 9-0 loss to the Pirates, snapping their winning streak. Robert Stock struggled mightily in his second start of the...
After five seasons in the Mets minor-league system, two elbow surgeries and a detour to the Tampa Bay organization, Nate Lavender entered a major-league game for the first time Tuesday with two outs and two on to face Travis Bazzana with the Mets up 5-2 in the seventh inning at Cleveland. He struck him out looking at a 92 mph fastball. He threw a scoreless eighth inning, too. “I think what...
A day after Zac Thornton dropped the H from the end of his first name, he picked up his first major-league W. Thornton allowed three hits over six scoreless frames, struck out two and walked one in the 4-0 win Tuesday in front of 30,016 at Milwaukee. He upped his scoreless innings streak to 18, the longest by a Met rookie since Steven Matz’s 19 in 2016. (The franchise record is John...
A pop up to shallow center Saturday night pretty well summed up the 2026 Mets. Francisco Lindor was calling for it, but gave way at the last second to Tyrone Taylor, who in theory should have an easier read on it coming in. But the ball glanced off Taylor’s glove, he tripped a bit over Lindor before retrieving the ball, the throw home was late and three runs scored. Eli White’s...
Nolan McLean showed off the whole repertoire Tuesday, striking out three Blue Jays with a curve, one on a slider, one on a fastball and two on sinkers, including Andrés Giménez, who waved at a 97 mph offering with two on and two out to end the second inning. “In my opinion, Nolan’s one of the best pitchers in the game and he also has probably the top stuff in the game, as...
There is no magic cure-all for the 2026 New York Mets. Even after firing manager Carlos Mendoza on Friday, the Mets couldn’t rally under a new voice. Interim manager Andy Green lost two of his first three games in charge in a series loss to the Phillies. While there were some positives on display, we also saw more of the same old problems that have helped to create the current mess the...
