Good morning, Mets fans! While the Dodgers captured a 5-2 win over the Padres in Seoul on Wednesday, that was far from the biggest story in “The City of Angels.” Bill Shaikin of the LA Times reported that Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was accused of “engaging in a ‘massive theft’ of the ballplayer’s funds to place bets with an allegedly illegal...
Good morning, Mets fans! Steve Cohen may not be done yet. During a broadcast of Mets Hot Stove on SNY, Andy Martino said the Mets have about $10 million left to spend. “What the priority is within that is the relief pitching, they will bolster the bullpen before spring training or early on in spring training, while the offseason business is still going on,” Martino said. Making additions to...
Good morning Mets fans! The Fall Classic is officially set. On Tuesday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks officially went from barely in the postseason to winning the pennant, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 on the road in Game 7 of the NLCS. The Diamondbacks will play the Texas Rangers in the World Series, with the first game set for Friday night in Texas. MLB has announced the schedule...
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...
After the Miami Marlins-New York Mets game was postponed Tuesday due to an unplayable field (doubleheader Wednesday), Mother Nature had more plans on Thursday night that could end up affecting the Marlins push for a postseason berth. With Miami leading 2-1 in the top of the ninth inning, the tarp was put on the field. Since the game needed to be finished due to there being postseason...
A little more than a decade later, Anthony Kay’s Mets career has finally come full circle. He made his debut in orange and blue against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 24, pitching in relief for a struggling José Butto. The lefty pitched 1 2/3 innings without allowing a hit or a run and struck out Brandon Marsh and Jake Cave. When asked about his return to the Mets organization after...
There was a hint of what could have been for the New York Mets in Philadelphia. In the midst of being swept by the Phillies, who moved a giant step closer to clinching a postseason berth, the Mets must have thought they should have been the team piling up wins down the stretch and playing meaningful baseball into October. Instead, New York was the bottom-feeder being beat up on and the end of...
The New York Mets entered Sunday night’s game in a dreary Philadelphia hoping to avoid a four-game sweep. Unfortunately, this goal was not accomplished, and New York lost their fourth-straight against the Phillies by the score of 5-2. Only two series remain for the Mets, who are limping their way to the finish line. One of the storylines the last couple weeks of the season has been the...
Triple-A Syracuse Mets (58-81) 7, Worcester Red Sox (76-66) 2 BOX SCORE SS Danny Mendick: 3-for-5, R (.817 OPS) LF Brandon McIlwain: 0-for-2, R, 3 BB, SB, 2 K (.868 OPS) 1B Daniel Palka: 1-for-4, R, RBI (59), BB, K (.751 OPS) 3B Jaylen Palmer: 1-for-4, R, HR (5), 2 RBIs (12), K (.911 OPS) DH Joe Suozzi: 1-for-4, R, RBI (14), BB, K (.800 OPS) The Mets were able to get on the board first in the...
After the news of Shohei Ohtani being shutdown for the remainder of the season with an oblique injury, the New York Mets took the field against the Cincinnati Reds. In the second game of the three-game set at Citi Field, the Reds defeated the Mets for the second-straight day, 3-2. The teams will showdown Sunday at 1:40 pm ET with New York looking to avoid the sweep. Latest Mets News Anthony Kay,...
The New York Mets announced on Thursday afternoon that they have claimed left-handed pitcher Anthony Kay off waivers and sent him to Triple-A Syracuse. He was a first-round draft pick for the Mets in 2016, before being moved in the deal with the Toronto Blue Jays that sent Marcus Stroman to New York at the 2019 trade deadline. Kay, now 28 years old, has spent most of the 2023 season in the...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Cubs have called up top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong to their major league roster. A former first-round pick by the Mets, Crow-Armstrong was dealt to Chicago at the 2021 trade deadline in exchange for Javier Báez and Trevor Williams. Crow-Armstrong is the 12th-ranked prospect by MLB Pipeline and is hitting .283/.365/.511 with 20 homers, 26 doubles, seven triple, and...
