Good morning, Mets fans, and welcome to Day 1 of the 2025 MLB Draft! The Mets’ first pick will be at No. 38 on Sunday night. They then have selections at No. 102 Sunday as well, followed by No. 133 and No. 163 in rounds two and three respectively, followed by the No. 28 pick each of the rounds from the fourth through the remainder of the draft. Alexis Farinacci previewed the Mets’ draft and who...
29-year-old reliever Dedniel Núñez is set to undergo Tommy John surgery next week, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza confirmed. The Mets had initially diagnosed Núñez with a right elbow sprain, but further testing has evidently made surgery necessary. This will be his second Tommy John procedure after the first, which came in 2021 after a UCL sprain. Post-Tommy John, Núñez rebuilt his career in the...
Doesn’t everything just feel better after a series win? For the first time in three weeks, the Mets won a series. They took two out of three from the Milwaukee Brewers. It wasn’t always pretty, but New York got the job done to record just a fifth win in its past 19 games. Despite imploding in the opener, the Mets rallied to beat a red-hot Milwaukee team in the final two games. With...
The Mets added more injury to insult to their pitching woes on Thursday. Paul Blackburn was placed on the 15-day Injured List due to a right shoulder impingement. The team also placed Dedniel Núñez on the 15-day IL with a right elbow sprain. Both pitchers could never quite find their footing so far this 2025 season. Blackburn missed the start of the year after he spent the offseason recovering...
On the eighth pitch of the at-bat, after Matt Olson had fouled off a couple of 3-2 sliders, Dedniel Núñez fired a 98 mph fastball over the heart of he plate. Swing and a miss. “My confidence was at an all-time high after that first strikeout,” Núñez said through a Spanish interpreter after the game. “After I struck out Olson there, I felt almost liberated. I almost felt free at...
Right-handed pitcher Frankie Montas was back on the mound on Tuesday for his highly-touted Mets debut as the Mets looked to even the series with Braves after dropping Game 1 3-2. However, despite securing a 3-0 lead and a clean start by Montas, the Mets’ bullpen gave up seven runs as the Mets’ dropped their fifth straight game to the Braves and 10 of their last 11. Montas was overall...
The Mets have placed Max Kranick on the 15-day injured list due to a right elbow strain and made some additional bullpen adjustments ahead of Thursday’s series finale against the Braves. Ty Adcock was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse after his outing on Wednesday. Adcock pitched an inning against Atlanta, his second outing in a week. Dedniel Núñez and Justin Hagenman will take those two spots...
Good morning, Mets fans! Despite injuries to their starting rotation throughout the season, the Mets lead MLB in team ERA. The Mets rotation is rolling, but New York’s staff is getting some reinforcements to help make their pitching attack even stronger. Frankie Montas has begun making rehab starts and now Sean Manaea is expected to make his first rehab start for High-A Brooklyn this...
The Mets optioned Dedniel Núñez to Triple-A Syracuse to make room for José Castillo on the roster. Castillo was acquired from the Diamondbacks Friday for cash considerations. The move gave the Mets another left-handed option in the bullpen after Danny Young and A.J. Minter went down for the remainder of the 2025 season. Castillo pitched to a 11.37 ERA and 2.053 WHIP Meanwhile, Núñez struggled in...
The Mets’ (23-13) bullpen, which was so good to start the year, has not looked the same lately. A near meltdown in the eighth inning almost sunk the Mets in their series opener against the Diamondbacks (18-17), but they were able to hang on for a 5-4 win. The Mets entered the eighth inning with a seemingly comfortable 5-1 lead, but Dedniel Núñez was called on to pitch for his 2025 debut...
Sunday, May 4, 2025 • 6:15 PM Busch Stadium • St. Louis, MO RHP Tylor Megill (3-2, 1.74) vs. RHP Andre Pallante (2-2, 4.13) SNY The New York Mets lost Game 1 of the doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals earlier on Sunday. The Mets made a valiant comeback effort after Blade Tidwell struggled mightily in his big-league debut, but came up just short, 6-5. The extra time between the games...
The New York Mets announced several roster moves prior to Game 1 of their doubleheader on Sunday. There are also a few more moves that are expected to happen, but have not quite been announced yet. The Mets, themselves, announced the following: RHP Blade Tidwell was recalled from Triple-A. He will wear No. 40. LHP Danny Young was transferred to the 60-day injured list. RHP Austin Warren is set...
