Francisco Lindor created one of the bigger moments of the game in the New York Mets’ 4-4 tie with the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday night. The switch-hitting shortstop hit a two-run home run off Cardinals minor league pitcher Logan Gragg in the bottom of the sixth inning, pulling the Mets back within two. Lindor would finish the game going 1-for-3, taking his average up to .314 in spring...
With Taijuan Walker and Chris Bassitt departing in free agency this offseason, the Mets will need Kodai Senga to be the pitcher everyone envisioned when he signed his five-year, $75 million contract to come to New York. The Japanese right-hander has lived up to the hype through his first three spring starts. Senga took the mound on Wednesday against the Houston Astros, but he was still not...
The New York Mets are just a week away from opening day 2023 and an opening day in which will be missing a key pitcher in Edwin Diaz who was injured during the World Baseball Classic last week. But it’s “next man up” mentality for the Mets’ bullpen and Buck Showalter still has decisions to make for the last couple of spots. Jimmy Yacabonis, T.J. McFarland, Tommy Hunter, and Jeff Brigham all...
David Peterson really wants to be in the Mets’ opening rotation. There might not be a better pitcher in any team’s camp than him right now. Whether it’s extra motivation or he’s reached what the Mets saw when he was their first-round pick in 2017, Peterson is absolutely dealing on the mound. On Monday, his flawless spring continued against the Cardinals. Peterson pitched...
Max Scherzer contributed a sensational performance in the New York Mets’ 2-0 win over the Houston Astros Saturday afternoon. The right-handed pitcher looked quite sharp, throwing seven scoreless innings and striking out eight along the way. Scherzer is in great shape as he prepares for his first start of the 2023 regular season. Astros‘ starter Framer Valdez and Scherzer battled it out for...
Entering spring training, the Mets’ bullpen was an area that was going to be closely monitored. The reasoning for that is because of New York’s offseason approach, which has left two or so open reliever spots on the roster. Before spring started, one of the top candidates to fill one of those spots, contingent on a strong spring, was former Marlins’ pitcher John Curtiss. Well, thus...
Through the Mets’ first six spring training games, Ronny Mauricio has been the talk of the town. In his first six at-bats, the Mets’ sixth-ranked prospect had launched two tape-measure home runs. Pinch-hitting in the ninth inning on Wednesday, Mauricio connected for his third home run in just seven at-bats in the Mets’ 8-4 win over the Miami Marlins. The home run, like the...
Good morning, Mets fans! Early on Friday morning, Tom Kaminski of WCBS 880 shared new photos of the progress being made on Citi Field’s latest upgrades. Along with the much larger center field and right field scoreboards, work is also being done on the ground in right field to implement the new Speakeasy Club. Mike Puma of the New York Post reported in November that the wall in right field...
Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! Sal and Mike talk about the latest with Carlos Correa, what the Mets could do after the signing becomes official, and a few other recent news nuggets. Mike on where the Mets and Correa ultimately stand right now: “The Giants said that Correa is only talking to one team. There’s been no reports and I’ve heard nothing that would suggests...
As Mets fans wait for the news of the Carlos Correa signing becoming official, infield prospect Ronny Mauricio keeps producing in the Dominican Winter League. The regular season LIDOM MVP had a big night on Tuesday as the Tigres del Licey beat the Estrellas de Oriente 8-5 in the round robin playoffs. SS Ronny Mauricio 3-for-3, 2 2B, 3 R, RBI, BB Mauricio got the Tigres del Licey on the board in...
Mets fans have seen this picture of Keith Hernandez before. Sitting in front of locker while working on a crossword puzzle with his road jersey hanging to his left, Dwight Gooden’s jersey further to the left, and Darryl Strawberry’s jersey behind him. It makes you wonder why this picture was never used on a baseball card before.Enter Topps Stadium Club.First released back in 1991, Topps Stadium...
The Tigres del Licey defeated Gigantes del Cibao 8-1, with Ronny Mauricio supplying three of the Tigres’ nine hits. The Mets’ top 10 prospect continues to bat third and play shortstop for the first-place Tigres del Licey in the Dominican Winter League. Box Score Ronny Mauricio: 3-for-5, R, RBI, .311/.339/.466 Mauricio led the Tigres lineup with three hits in this game which included...
