Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, the Mets announced that Paul Blackburn would begin a rehab assignment with High-A Brooklyn. Blackburn made that start Friday night, and he allowed two runs in three innings while striking out six batters. Blackburn has yet to appear in a major league game this year but he’s on his way, and he will certainly be counted on for innings either as a sixth...
The start of the 2023 season is on the horizon, and the New York Mets are ready to begin their push for a World Series title. The Mets particularly had an interesting spring that had its high and low moments. Multiple key players dealt with injuries, highlighted by Edwin Díaz, who will miss the whole year after tearing his right patella tendon. On the flip side, a couple of top prospects tore up...
The passing of Tom Seaver is now behind them, and the Mets are in the stretch run of their 60-game season. If there is any chance to play baseball in October, well, now is the time to be consistent and win ball games. But with only 21 games remaining, they are running out of time. The dramatic come from behind win over the Yankees is also behind them. You might have thought, hey, that win was a...
Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for the Mets to have their first big injury scare heading into the abbreviated 2020 season. Jacob deGrom left Tuesday’s intrasquad game with back tightness according to Steve Gelbs. No further updates have been provided. DeGrom has been in top form and is coming into the year off of two consecutive NL Cy Young awards. With a new look staff at the back-end of...
According to the New York Post, former MLB all-star Alex Rodriguez and his fiancee, multi-medium entertainer, Jennifer Lopez, have moved on from their efforts to purchase the New York Mets. The Post originally reported Rodriguez’s potential interest in making a run at the Mets in February, with Variety confirming his and Lopez’ retaining of JPMorgan Chase to help facilitate funding...
The Mets announced that their pandemic ticket policy currently covers games through the end of April. This policy encourages that fans take credit to be used on purchases in the future. The Mets are also offering a 20% bonus to season-ticket holders as well as a 10% bonus to individual and group ticket buyers. Fans can also take a refund for the impacted games in lieu of receiving credit...
Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday that it will work with its teams to create a ticket refund or ticket exchange program from games lost to the coronavirus pandemic. According to Tim Healey of Newsday, it will be up to teams to decide when and how to handle their respective ticket policies, with the Mets likely to announce an updated plan on Wednesday. Until the announcement, MLB...
The Mets have set out to pay their employees for the rest of the season, per a report from Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic. However, the Wilpons will reduce their employees’ pay for the remainder of the 2020 season, regardless if the season is canceled or not. The Padres will enact a similar plan with their staff. This move will affect the Mets’ non-player personnel,...
New York Yankees part owner and co-chairman, Hank Steinbrenner, has died at his home in Clearwater, Florida. The news was first reported by Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Steinbrenner, who turned 63 on April 2, died of a long battle with an illness that reportedly is not COVID-19 related. Exact details of the cause of death were not disclosed. Hank Steinnrenner, along with his younger...
We don’t know when baseball will be back, but there is some reassuring news for employees of the league. In a new memo released by MLB commisoner Rob Manfred on Tuesday morning, Manfred committed to paying league employees through the end of May. How are they funding this? Himself, as well as senior staff at the league, are reducing their pay by an average of 35% for this year. This means...
Greatness has to start somewhere. For Tom Seaver, a.k.a. The Franchise, Tom Terrific, that somewhere was on a brisk day at Shea Stadium on April 13, 1967. The Mets were coming off an Opening Day 6-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates as they prepared to play their second game of the season. They were also coming off five straight losing seasons with little hope, so manager Wes Westrum opted for a...
On Wednesday, April 11, 1962, manager Casey Stengel penciled in Gil Hodges to play first base for a fledgling team from Queens known as the New York Mets for their first game ever against the St. Louis Cardinals. Hodges went one-for-four with an RBI and a run scored. Of course, Mr. Hodges would make his mark on the team as the decade progressed but he was the first to play first on a New...
