Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets lost to the Orioles 9-5 Tuesday, and they fall to 65-61 overall, 2.5 games out of the third Wild Card spot. Southpaw José Quintana had another bad day, pitching five innings and giving up seven runs, including two homers. New York jumped veteran right hander Burch Smith for three runs in the eighth via a J.D. Martinez three-run homer to make the game close at...
The New York Mets are going for the series sweep of the Miami Marlins Sunday afternoon. In doing so, they are receiving a reinforcement in the form of outfielder Starling Marte. Prior to Sunday’s game, the team announced that Marte was activated from the injured list while outfielder Ben Gamel was designated for assignment. Marte is slated to hit fifth on Sunday and play right field. Marte...
Three’s a crowd. How about six? The outfield in Queens is about to get a bit more crowded. Starling Marte, who hit the IL in late June with a right knee bone bruise, will likely return some time during the Mets’ homestand, which begins Tuesday against Oakland and runs through the following Wednesday. However, the outfield looks slightly different from when Marte was last in Queens....
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza announced Starling Marte will begin his rehab assignment with the Low-A St. Lucie Mets on Wednesday. The 35-year-old has been dealing with a bone bruise in his knee that has kept him sidelined since the latter part of June. Before Marte was placed on the injured list his knee was noticeably banged up, losing a step or two when tracking down balls in the outfield....
Brandon Nimmo left Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins soon after fouling a ball off his foot in the sixth inning, but after the game told reporters he will be ready to go for the Mets’ next game on Friday. “It’s sore, but it’ll be fine,” he said. “X-rays were negative. So we’ll be good to go Friday. Good timing on the off day and...
Sunday, June 30, 2024 • 1:40 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Shawn Dubin (1-1, 5.64) vs. RHP Luis Severino (5-2, 3.29) WPIX The New York Mets look to comeback from Saturday’s disappointing loss this afternoon in Queens. The Mets had a huge second inning in Saturday’s game to go up 5-1 but the Houston Astros were able to take advantage of Tylor Megill and then the Mets’ overtaxed bullpen...
Brandon Sproat was impressive yet again in his longest outing of the year for the Brooklyn Cyclones, allowing just one earned run and striking out eight batters as the Mets’ minor league affiliates on the whole largely continue to shine on the mound. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (19-14) 9, Lehigh Valley IronPigs (12-20) 2 BOX SCORE CF Ben Gamel 2-for-4, 2 2B, 2 R, BB, K (1.081 OPS) LF Carlos...
One of the Mets’ top pitching prospects the mound on Thursday while two affiliates were rained out on an uneven day for the farm system. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (6-5) 5, Worcester Red Sox (4-7) 4 BOX SCORE CF Ben Gamel 2-for-4, R, HR (3), 2 RBI (6), 0 BB, 2 K (1.190 OPS) 3B Rylan Bannon 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI (2), 0 BB, K (.788 OPS) 1B Mark Vientos 1-for-4, 2 K (.966 OPS) SS Luisangel Acuña...
With Opening Day just nine days away against the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field, the New York Mets are in the process of forming their roster for the beginning of the regular season. This evening, as the Mets are set to play a spring training game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the team made another round of cuts. For this round, these lists of players include: RHP Kyle Crick OF Ben Gamel RHP...
It is a busy day in Mets land as the organization with have two split-squad games happening simultaneously. Half the team will stay in Port St. Lucie against the Marlines while the other half with travel to West Palm Beach to face the Nationals. Each game will feature several important everyday players. Specifically, the Opening Day starter in José Quintana versus Miami and a pitcher who has...
Another day, another New York Mets (4-5) spring training game. On Sunday, at Clover Park, the Mets took on the Houston Astros for the third time this spring. In a rain-shortened affair, the Mets dropped their fourth-straight spring training game in a row, 5-2. The game was called in the top of the seventh inning due to rain. Of course, the main focus of spring training games is not the...
The Mets signed Ben Gamel, a 31-year-old journeyman outfielder who played six games for the Padres last season, to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training. Gamel has slashed .252/.332/.384/.716 for his eight-year career, and his best season was in 2017 with the Mariners when he hit 11 home runs in 550 plate appearances. The lefty broke into the majors with the Yankees in 2016 and...
