Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets made their latest rounds of cuts on Sunday, optioning infielder Danny Mendick and right-hander Jeff Brigham to Triple-A Syracuse. In addition, left-hander T.J. McFarland and righty Jimmy Yacabonis were re-assigned to minor-league camp. With Mendick being sent down, the Mets have Tim Locastro and Darin Ruf battling for the final spot on the team’s bench....
Updated Post, March 14, 2023, 3:20 p.m. Billy Eppler announced José Quintana has a lesion on his rib. It is benign, but he will still have bone graft surgery on the area. He’ll be out until at least July. The lesion was found when doing tests on the stress fracture he suffered in a rib. Original Post, March 13, 2023, 1:52 p.m. The Mets are planning to shut down starting pitcher Jose...
The New York Mets made a couple of pitching decisions late on Saturday night when they sent right-handed pitches Jose Butto, Connor Grey, Eric Orze, and Grant Hartwig, as well as lefty Josh Walker, to minor-league camp. The Mets will still need to figure out who will be the fifth starter as well as the last couple of spots in the bullpen. Manager Buck Showalter believes that the last 10 days of...
We’ve updated the previous piece to include the signings of Brandon Nimmo and David Robertson. With the Winter Meetings wrapped up, it’s time to take inventory of how much payroll the Mets have added with their signings of multiple starting pitchers, a trade for a legitimate high-leverage lefty reliever, and a Rule 5 Draft selection. The additions help fill the massive voids left...
As written here on MMO, initial television ratings for the early rounds of the 2022 postseason were encouraging. While the increase in viewership was modest, the higher ratings also skewed a bit more than recent years toward a younger audience. This is something on which Major League Baseball is focusing, with upcoming rule changes designed to quicken the pace of the games and add more on-field...
The Milwaukee Brewers announced on Thursday that David Stearns is stepping down as Brewers president of baseball operations and will remain in an advisory role to ownership and baseball operations. Matt Arnold will move into the lead role overseeing baseball operations. Brewers’ owner Mark Attanasio in a statement: “Our discussions about his long-term plans have always been open and...
3 UP One Last Hurrah Based on his refusal to say in his postgame press conference he wants to return, and his repeated statements about opting out no matter what, we might’ve seen the last of Jacob deGrom. If he leaves, he leaves a winner. It wasn’t his most dominant outing. It was more reminiscent of his 2015 NLDS Game 5 start. It was gritty. It was tough. It was enough to win. It...
3 UP Batting Title On July 13, Jeff McNeil was batting .297, and he received what would be his last day off for the 2022 season. From there, McNeil would hit .360/.406/.500 taking the batting title away from Freddie Freeman. The fans would demand a curtain call from McNeil after the moment was official. For Mets fans and the entire Mets organization, there is extra meaning in taking this away...
The New York Mets (99-61) defeated the Washington Nationals (55-105) in game one of Tuesday’s doubleheader 4-2. Brandon Nimmo led the Mets’ offense and drove in three of the Mets’ four runs. Jeff McNeil also went 2-for-3 at the plate to raise his MLB-leading batting average to .328. McNeil has six multiple-hit games this season and is two behind Steve Henderson for the Mets...
3 UP McNeil Ready If there was anyone on the New York Mets who truly showed he was ready for the postseason, it was Jeff McNeil. Game-in and game-out, he was out there trying to will the Mets to victory. In the series, he was 7-for-13 with a homer and two RBI. He played well in right field. He gave tough at-bag after tough at-bat. He was a player who did not want to lose this division, and he...
3 UP Arigato, Thank You There was a clip floating around Twitter from June where a struggling Eduardo Escobar promised Mets fans that he was going to give them a reason to cheer for him. Escobar wasn’t entirely being fair to himself because he was awesome in April. That said, he was true to his word. In September, Escobar is hitting .330/.379/.638 with three doubles, a homer, and 24 RBI....
3 UP Homecoming Kings Chris Bassitt and Mark Canha came to the New York Mets after being important players for some Oakland Athletics postseason teams. They were greeted warmly by the crowd and received a tribute video. They both then went out and reminded the Athletics what made them so important to that franchise. For the second time this season, Bassitt threw eight innings. He picked up his...
