Following a 2022 season in which the Syracuse Mets posted a disappointing 64-85 record, there was hope that they would be able to turn things around in 2023. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out that way. In fact, the team arguably experienced an even worse season in Dick Scott’s first year managing the club. Posting the second-worst record in the International League at 61-85, the...
Good morning, Mets fans! Buck Showalter told the media on Friday that Edwin Díaz will travel to Port St. Lucie on Monday to throw a 20-pitch bullpen session. Díaz’s rehab since tearing his patellar tendon during the World Baseball Classic has gone well, and this is the next step toward pitching in a real game. Díaz has maintained all year that he wants to pitch this season, and while that...
After winning three in a row against the Diamondbacks, the Mets continued their homestand Friday night with the first game in a three-game series against the Reds. David Peterson got the start for New York, while flamethrower Hunter Greene was on the mound for Cincinnati. The Mets played behind for most of the game, briefly tying it on a clutch home run from Pete Alonso, but they immediately...
It’s been hard to find any positives with the Mets’ performance on the field this week. Following a sweep at the hands of the dreadful Royals, the Mets traveled to Baltimore and demonstrated more of the same sluggish, uncompetitive play Friday night as they lost 10-3 to the Orioles. “We have to play better,” Buck Showalter said following the game. “Some people that are getting...
Good morning, Mets fans! Mets top prospect Kevin Parada is going on the injured list with a right ankle sprain. Parada was injured on Thursday night when going from first to third on a base hit. The 21-year-old catcher who is generally considered the Mets’ no. 1 prospect, has built up to a .797 OPS for High-A Brooklyn after a slow start to the year. Latest Mets News The Mets defeated the...
The Mets hosted the Giants for the first game of a three-game set on Friday night. The game officially marked the beginning of the second half of the season for the Mets, and if this game is a sign of things to come, the team will only continue to disappoint. After a five-iinning start by Carlos Carrasco was followed up by two solid combined innings from Jeff Brigham and Brooks Raley, David...
Earlier this month, the New York Mets lost two out of three at home against the Colorado Rockies. On Friday night, the Mets began a series, this time on the road, with the Rockies hoping to avenge their previous series loss against the team. Game 1 of the series presented a great chance with a favorable pitching matchup for the Mets as Max Scherzer faced off against Connor Seabold. Scherzer...
Coming off the team’s first series win in a month, the Mets hosted the Guardians on Friday for the first game of a three-game series. In the first game between the two teams since the blockbuster trade that brought Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco to New York and sent Andrés Giménez and Amed Rosario to Cleveland, Carrasco got the start for the Mets against his former team while Cal...
David Peterson beat out Tylor Megill for the final spot in the Mets opening five-man rotation, according to the New York Post’s Jon Heyman. Peterson was immaculate during spring training. He pitched 12 scoreless innings, struck out 13, and allowed just one hit on his way to earning the rotation spot that opened as a result of an injury to free-agent acquisition Jose Quintana. When...
Entering training camp, David Peterson and Tylor Megill were suppose to by vying for the sixth rotation spot. However, due to the injury suffered by José Quintana, the battle between Peterson and Megill quickly became for the fifth and final rotation spot. With the regular season just five day away, it is clear who should get that spot. The no-brainer choice is David Peterson. The 27-year-old...
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...
David Peterson took the mound in Port St. Lucie, looking to improve his stellar spring numbers and fight for the last spot in the Mets’ rotation. A day after Tylor Megill—who is also fighting for the last Mets’ rotation spot—threw four scoreless innings, Peterson matched his competition. He made his way through the top of the first perfectly, getting Keibert Ruiz to ground out and recording...
