On Wednesday, the Mets finished off their seven-game homestand with a bang.

After a Brett Baty two-run homer off of Zack Wheeler, offense was hard to come by as it was knotted at 2-2 going into the eighth. The Mets’ defense continued to keep them in the game, as Juan Soto gunned out Nick Castellanos at the plate in the eighth inning, eventually sending the game into extras. The culmination of the Mets’ perfect homestand would come with a Starling Marte bloop single into center field, scoring Pete Alonso and securing a 4-3 win for New York. For a full game recap, click here!

This win made the Mets 12-1 to start the season at Citi Field, marking their best home record to start a season in team history.

New York has an off day on Thursday as they travel down to D.C. to kick off a four-game set against the Washington Nationals. Kodai Senga, Clay Holmes, Tylor Megill and Griffin Canning are the expected starters for that series. 

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Ryne Stanek raved about the Mets pitching development under this new regime, per David Lennon of Newsday. Stanek said New York’s pitching development is is “as good as anywhere I’ve been.”

Carlos Mendoza told reporters that he expects to reinstate Jeff McNeil and Francisco Alvarez from the 10-day IL on Friday. Click here for more on the two Mets’ expected returns.

Mets traded minor leaguer Rowdey Jordan to the Astros, per Mike Mayer of Metsmerized Online. Jordan was an 11th RD pick in 2021. and has a .683 OPS in the minors.

Mets trainers noticed that one of Edwin Díaz’s legs was longer than the other on Tuesday. They fixed the issue, says Díaz: “I was feeling better after”, per SNY. Edwin left Wednesday’s win with what he labeled as a “hip cramp.” Click here for more on Edwin’s injury.

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The Atlanta Braves selected RHP Jesse Chavez to the major league roster and transferred INF Nacho Alvarez Jr. to the 60-day injured list. 

The Philadelphia Phillies reinstated INF/OF Weston Wilson from the 10-day IL and in return designated INF/OF Kody Clemens for assignment.

The Chicago Cubs signed Nicky Lopez to a one-year major league contract and transferred LHP Justin Steele to the 60-day IL.

Athletics reliever José Leclerc is going to get a second opinion when the A’s are in Texas next week after going down with a lat strain, per Martín Gallegos of MLB.com. He’s shut down for the time being with no timetable for a return.

Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell “didn’t feel great” after playing catch on Tuesday per Dave Roberts. Snell will be shut down from throwing and might go for more imaging, per Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic.

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Edwin Díaz left Wednesday’s win with a hip cramp.

Jeff McNeil and Francisco Alvarez are expected to return this weekend!

The Mets finish off a perfect homestand!

On This Date in Mets History

2013: Jordany Valdespin hits a walk-off grand slam to give the Mets a 7-3 win over the Dodgers. 

2007: Pinch-hitter Damion Easley ties the Mets at one a piece with the Colorado Rockies in the 10th inning with the club down to their last strike. Endy Chávez would then win the game in the 12t inning with a walk-off drag bunt.

1986: Howard Johnson launches a two-run homer to tie the Mets and Reds in the ninth inning. George Foster then puts the Mets ahead in the 10th with an RBI single. 

1962: Casey Stengel is fined $500 by commissioner Ford Frick for appearing in a Rheingold Beer advertisement while in uniform.

Born on This Date: Tyler Naquin (1991), Carlos Beltrán (1977), Pat Zachry (1952).

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Endy jumped as high as he could over the fence in left field to rob Scott Rolen of a go-ahead home run and then had the presence of mind to throw into the infield to double off Jim Edmonds at first base to end the inning.

Unfortunately, Game 7 of the 2006 National League Championship Series will be remembered for the Mets’ failed opportunities in the sixth and ninth innings. As well as Yadier Molina hitting a two-run homer off Aaron Heilman in the top of the ninth that gave the Cardinals a 3-1 win to secure a spot in the World Series.

It was the culmination of a great season for Chávez, who had a career year at the plate with his .306/.348/.431 slash line during the 2006 regular season. He would go on to play two more seasons for the Mets as an outfield reserve before being traded to the Seattle Mariners.

After a season in the minors in 2010, Chávez returned to the big leagues with the Texas Rangers in 2011 to hit .301/.323/.426 in 274 plate appearances.

He struggled for the Baltimore Orioles in 2012 before playing his final two seasons in the majors with the Mariners.

Endy returned to the Mets organization in 2019 as a coach in the minor leagues and stayed with the organization until after the 2022 season.

No matter how excruciating the end of the game was, the Endy Chávez catch will always have a special place in the hearts and memories of Mets fans. We talked to Endy a little bit about the catch (and other topics) back in 2019.

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Wednesday night, the lone game on the docket was the Houston Astros going into Arlington to take on the Texas Rangers in Game 3 of the ALCS. The major headline heading into the game was the return of former Met Max Scherzer, who would make his postseason debut as a Ranger. The last time he was on the mound in October, it did not go well, to say the least, Scherzer went 4 2/3 innings while getting smashed for seven runs on four home runs in game 1 of the Wild Card Round against the Padres. Unfortunately for Max, this time was not much better. 

After a clean first inning for Max, which included a strikeout of Michael Brantley, it was all downhill from there. The Astros poured on three runs in the second inning behind a wild pitch and a timely Martín Maldonado 2-run single. Jose Altuve would add on as he put a high fastball over the left field wall, followed by a Mauricio Dubón RBI single in the fourth inning to cap Scherzer’s night.

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Max finished the night with four innings pitched and five earned runs on five hits in his first outing in over a month. However, his Rangers are still up 2-1 in the series and are only two wins away from the team’s first World Series appearance in over a decade. 

Latest Mets News

Will Sammon of The Athletic gave an update to the Mets managerial search, as he reported that David Stearns and company would look outside of the organization to fill the role. This rules out names such as Carlos Beltrán and Eric Chavez while making the Craig Counsell rumors more credible. 

Francisco Alvarez has been nominated for the Luis Aparicio Award, per Mike Mayer of Metsmerized Online. The award is given annually to honor the Venezuelan who was deemed to have the best individual performance in MLB that season. A total of 33 Venezuelans are up for the 2023 award, in which the winner will be announced on October 28 before Game 2 of the World Series. 

Rawlings announced the 2023 Gold Glove finalists on Wednesday afternoon, and Francisco Lindor is the Mets’ lone Gold Glove finalist. Lindor is up against Dansby Swanson of the Chicago Cubs and Ezequiel Tovar of the Colorado Rockies for the NL shortstop Gold Glove award. Francisco is going for his third Gold Glove award overall and his first one as a Met. The winners will be announced on November 5 on ESPN. 

MLB Pipeline released their All-Rookie teams for the 2023 season, and the Mets were well represented as both Kodai Senga and Francisco Álvarez made the cut. Kodai Senga was one of two starting pitchers to make the first team, and Francisco Álvarez made the second team, only being beat out by Yainer Diaz of the Astros for the first team’s catcher position. 

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On Wednesday, there were major updates to the Boston Red Sox’s search for a general manager following their firing of Chaim Bloom. One of those updates came from Alex Speier of the Boston Globe, who reported that Boston talked to former Astros general manager James Click, but he has elected not to pursue the job due to family considerations. 

Patrick Mooney of The Athletic wrote an article detailing how Boston and Cubs executive Craig Breslow have been in advanced discussions on having him take over Boston’s highest job in baseball operations. 

The Major League Baseball Players Trust announced they are holding their second annual “Playmakers Classic” presented by Fanatics. The event supports the organization’s youth development, disaster relief, and other charitable initiatives and will be held in Las Vegas this year. Many current and former MLB players will be in attendance, including former Mets Tony Clark, Bobby Bonilla, Chris Capuano, Josh Thole, and others.

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Christian De Block did a full breakdown of the full list of 2023 Gold Glove finalists.

The remembrance of the ’73 Mets continues as Brian Wright looks back at the one and only Rusty Staub. 

Jack Ramsey looked at some of the veteran pitching options for the Mets this upcoming offseason. 

On This Date in Mets History

1965: The Mets traded pitcher Tom Parsons to the Astros for catcher Jerry Grote. Grote was a two-time All-Star and part of the 1969 World Champion Mets.

2006: In the sixth inning of game 7 in the NLCS, Endy Chavez rises above the left field wall to rob Scott Rolen of a two-run home run and proceeds to double off Jim Edmonds at first base. Despite Chávez making one of the greatest grabs in MLB history, a Yadier Molina two-run shot in the top of the ninth put the Cardinals ahead, 3-1. Carlos Beltrán‘s knees would infamously buckle to an Adam Wainwright curveball with the bases loaded in the bottom of the inning, ending the Mets season. 

“He made the catch!”#OTD in #Mets history Endy Chavez made one of the most unforgettable plays in baseball history. pic.twitter.com/IHuY4RwcSQ

— New York Mets (@Mets) October 19, 2018

Birthdays: Rajai Davis (43), José Bautista (43), Joe McEwing (51), Sandy Alomar (80)

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This week, third baseman Scott Rolen was voted in by the BBWAA as the latest member of the Hall of Fame. Rolen is a player Mets fans are very familiar with as he began his career with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1996-2002.

Over the course of his career, Rolen was one of the more underrated Mets killers. In 106 career games against New York, the eight-time Gold Glove winner had a slash line of .313/.413/.555 with 20 home runs and 67 RBIs. The 20 home runs was the fifth most that Rolen hit against any team and the second most in terms of NL East opponents (21 against the Braves). Out of those 20 home runs, 10 of them were hit at Shea Stadium.

In terms of hits, Rolen had 119 (second most against NL East teams – 132 against the Braves). Some other fun facts are that Rolen had as many RBIs at Shea (47 games) than he did in 40 games at Coors Field against Colorado (25), and he had 47 strikeouts at Shea (seventh most in any ballpark).

Rolen is an integral part of Mets history to a degree because he could be an answer at your local trivia event to the question: Who was the batter that hit the ball that Endy Chavez made a miraculous catch against in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS?

During that game, Rolen ended up having the last laugh as he hit a 1-out single in the top of the 9^th against Aaron Heilman. The next batter, Yadier Molina, would hit the go-ahead two-run home run and as they say…the rest is history. The Mets held Rolen somewhat in check during that series besides the single (5-for-21, 3 walks).

Four years earlier, Rolen was traded from the Phillies to the Cardinals at the trade deadline. The Mets would play a part of more history for Rolen in August when he hit his first home run as a Cardinal against Pedro Astacio on Sunday Night Baseball.

When Rolen faced the Mets, he had the most success against Al Leiter in terms of hits. He was 11-for-38 (.290) with four doubles and he drew 11 walks. However, Leiter did a good job of keeping him from hitting the ball out of the ballpark (no home runs). That couldn’t be said for Mike Hampton (3-for-9, 2 home runs) or John Franco (2-for-7, 2 home runs). These numbers are courtesy of UltimateMets.com.

If you want to look at Rolen’s best year against the Mets, that came in 2001 when he played all 19 games and hit .329 with 6 doubles, 3 home run, and 12 RBIs. In an extra-inning win on August 28, 2001, Rolen hit a go-ahead, two-run home run in the top of the 11^th against Donne Wall at Shea Stadium.

With the new era of balanced schedules, the list of “Met killers” can continue to grow and not just be limited to the likes of Chipper Jones, Pat Burrell, Daniel Murphy, etc. Even though Rolen only spent seven seasons in the NL East, the Mets still ended up being an interesting part of his Hall Of Fame career.

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With Sandy Alderson stepping aside as team president, general manager Billy Eppler has begun to revamp the organization and build it with his own people. As part of that process, the New York Mets organization will be parting ways with at least 15 minor league coaches, some of whom have been with the organization for many years.

One surprise name was Tim Teufel. Teufel has been a part of the Mets organization for over two decades in various roles. For the past six seasons, he served as the Mets’ minor league infield coordinator.

While there were no reasons given behind the decision, it should be noted Mark Vientos has not improved defensively. He was drafted as a shortstop and was moved to third base. Now, the long-term view on him is he may need to be a designated hitter. As noted by Mike Puma of the New York Post, he had been specifically entrusted with developing Brett Baty at third, who made his Major League debut this season.

Speaking of defense, Endy Chavez of home run robbing catch fame will also not return to the organization. Chávez has been part of the Mets organization on the coaching side since 2019 serving as the FCL Mets manager this past season. The FCL Mets went 33-22 this season and lost in the playoffs.

Another shocking move was the team parting ways with Phil Regan. Regan has been a minor league coach since 1987, and he has been with the Mets organization since 2009. The Vulture came to fame with Mets fans when he took over as pitching coach in 2019 for Dave Eiland, and he helped the pitching staff improve as the Mets rebounded with a terrific second half.

Other coaches not returning include minor league director of hitting Hugh Quattlebaum. Quattlebaum was maligned by the Mets fans when he replaced Chili Davis as the team’s hitting coach last season. Quattlebaum was replaced by Eric Chavez, who was noted to have a more simplified and contact-oriented approach. Quattlebaum originally hired to work in the minors, returned to that role for the 2022 season.

Former Mets catcher Brian Schneider was a field coordinator last season, but he will not return to the organization.

Our own Michael Mayer previously reported that Kevin Boles (AAA manager), Steve Schrenk (AAA pitching coach), Joel Chimelis (AAA hitting coach), and Jerome Williams (AA pitching coach) will not return for the 2022 season as well.

As noted by Puma, many of the departing coaches have strong ties to the previous regime and it looks like Billy Eppler wants to put his stamp on the Mets’ minor leagues. There may be other changes to the minor league staff during the offseason, and it is anticipated there will be changes to the pro scouting department as well.

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The best pitched game of Johan Santana‘s Mets career? Most would naturally say the no-hitter on June 1, 2012 and you’d find little argument against it. But considering the circumstances, a case can be made for the penultimate day of the regular season 13 years ago — part of an emotional weekend with the playoffs at stake and Shea Stadium’s days numbered.

Facing elimination, manager Jerry Manuel was undecided on a starter to face the Florida Marlins. Santana, in his first year with the Mets, volunteered to take the ball despite being on three days rest and having thrown 125 pitches in his last outing.

“[Do] whatever you have to do,” he later said. “I’m all about winning and we’re trying to win every game, and if that’s the case and [you] want me to do it, I don’t have a problem with that.”

In a highly-charged atmosphere, Santana performed like the ace Mets fans had hoped for when they acquired him the previous winter from Minnesota — and then some. He threw 117 pitches, allowed three hits, and struck out nine. He never let the Marlins get on the scoreboard. Just as important, he never allowed the Mets’ beleaguered bullpen to factor in.

It was an outstanding, clutch performance made all the more impressive when it was revealed a few days later that Santana pitched with a torn meniscus in his left knee.

When the top of the ninth inning arrived with New York holding a 2-0 lead, Manuel continued to rely on his workhorse. Santana went out to the mound to the approval of 54,000-plus.

After getting the first out, Josh Willingham laced a double to left field. Santana retained his focus and struck out Dan Uggla on three pitches. Then Cody Ross lifted a fly ball to deep left field. But not deep enough as Endy Chavez hauled it in at the warning track.

Santana’s complete game was the exclamation point on a superb second half. From the All-Star break on, he posted a 2.17 ERA, a 1.096 WHIP, and won all eight of his decisions. None was more important than the shutout he delivered with the season on the line and his physical condition far from optimal.

“You don’t think about that,” he said. “This is not the beginning of the season. We’re talking about the end of the season, where we have a pretty good chance to make it special and go to the next round, and that’s what we’re here for.”

Despite what transpired the next day — a sour end to both the season and Shea — Santana’s gutsy effort still retains legendary status.

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The New York Mets had several thrilling wins in 2006 as they marched to a division title. On August 22, they had a spirited comeback victory at Shea Stadium over the St. Louis Cardinals, led by both Carlos Delgado and Carlos Beltran.

Setting the stage, there was not much of a race for the division title when the Mets entered play on August 22. They were in first place and held a 13.5-game lead. They had won four games in a row, including a three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies at Shea.

The game began with John Maine pitching for the Mets against Jeff Weaver of the Cardinals. New York jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a home run in the bottom of the second inning by Carlos Delgado. However, Albert Pujols slugged a three-run home run off Maine in the top of the fourth inning, and St. Louis held a 3-1 lead. (For reference, that was Pujols’ 239th homer of his career. He just hit in 677th Saturday against the Mets.)

In the top of the fifth inning, Pujols struck again, this time sending one over the wall with the bases loaded, vaulting the Cardinals to a 7-1 lead. However, Delgado matched Pujols in the bottom of the fifth inning, driving a grand slam home run (the 400th home run of his career) to right field, bringing the Mets close at 7-5.

The Mets would draw a run closer off Adam Wainwright in the bottom of the sixth inning, when a Jose Reyes ground out scored Endy Chavez. The score would remain 7-6 until the Mets prepared to take their last at-bat in the bottom of the ninth inning off a former Met, Cardinals’ closer Jason Isringhausen.

Reyes led off the inning by grounding our to second base. Paul Lo Duca followed with a single to center field, bringing up Beltran. The Mets’ center fielder ripped the first pitch he saw deep into the Queens night for a two-run home run and a Mets’ victory. You can see Beltran’s heroics in the video below.

Earlier in the 2006 season, Beltran had sent the Flushing faithful home happy by hitting a walk-off home run against the Phillies in the 16th inning. This time, he victimized the Cardinals.

We know that the 2006 season did not end the way the Mets and the fans would have hoped. However, that team provided many thrills, and a divisional dominance from start to finish that no Mets team has been able to since replicate.

The 2006 season was fun (until the middle of October). With the struggles of 2021 team of late, let’s hope that there are more moments like this one in our near future.

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We’re getting down to the nitty gritty Mets fans. Epic Mets Moments is down to its final eight and only you, our loyal readers, can bring us to a Final Four.

Voting has still been lop-sided with only one of the Sweet 16 results on the close side. Robin Ventura‘s Grand Slam single edged out Endy Chavez‘s remarkable catch 54.7% to 45.3%. Otherwise, the victors all had nearly 70% of your vote or more.

To recap, the 1969 World Series championship team with 78.3% topped “Ya Gotta Believe”. Tommie Agee‘s remarkable game 3 of the ’69 World Series easily topped the Black Cat game 76.3% to 23.7%.

‘Ball gets by Buckner’ easily dispatched the Keith Hernandez trade with nearly 92% of the vote. By nearly the same margin, the 1986 World Championship topped the NLCS game 6 thriller.

Mike Piazza, with 83.1% of the tally, defeated his trade from the Miami Marlins. Johann Santana’s no-hitter easily dispatched Daniel Murphy‘s NLCS MVP and in perhaps a surprise vote, Jacob deGrom‘s two Cy Young Awards easily outpaces Pete Alonso‘s 53 home runs in 2019. De Grom received almost 69% of the vote in a contest that some thought would be a lot closer.

As you can see from the full bracket above, the next round promises to be tighter as there are some excellent match-ups. How can you distinguish between Buckner and the 1986 World Championship or Santana’s no-hitter versus deGrom’s prolonged excellence. But you will decide and the results will be listed here.

One more item: the team that put together Epic Mets Moments is acutely aware that a baseball season will start soon and that many have their mind focused on that. But if you can take a moment of your time, and vote, and then tell your friends to vote, it would be much appreciated.

We have the best Mets fans in the world on this site, and your opinions are invaluable to us. What is the Greatest (or better, most epic) moment in Mets history? Tell us. We have our opinions. This project was designed to discover yours.

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It’s a shame that the 2006 Mets’ pitching depth was as barren as it was. Injuries to Pedro Martinez, Brian Bannister, and Victor Zambrano lasted through July and August, ultimately forcing the organization to make trades for Orlando Hernandez and Oliver Perez. The veteran Hernandez would be the team’s most reliable arm behind Tom Glavine, only costing them a Triple-A starter (Evan MacLane).

Perez, meanwhile, not only ushered in a two-contract, four-year era of — well, Oliver Perez, but he also cost the Mets one of their more promising bats in Xavier Nady. Nady’s numbers after leaving Queens don’t necessarily paint a picture of a star that got away, but in one of Met history’s most feared lineups, his role has flown under the radar for too long.

Prior to his stint with the Mets, Nady was a former first-rounder, with only two full seasons and a 1.6 bWAR to his name as a San Diego Padre. However, the Mets acquired him in November of 2005 in exchange for outfielder Mike Cameron, who posted nearly double Nady’s win share in his year and a half with New York.

For the first transaction of the offseason, it drew a lot of questions. There were concerns about Nady’s defensive limitations as a corner outfielder, along with not not having enough power to fill in at first base. Despite this, general manager Omar Minaya remained enthused with Nady’s minor-league numbers (which included a 1.019 OPS in 74 games with the Padres’ Triple-A affiliate in 2004), and he was right.

Reeling in Carlos Delgado from the Marlins a week later annexed Nady to right field, where he would eventually get the Opening Day nod over Victor Diaz. Nady went 4-for-4 with two doubles against Livan Hernandez and the Nationals, ending the conversation of who should be the everyday right fielder.

Through the first month of the season, Nady would hit .311/.337/.578 with a .310 BABIP and a wRC+ of 127. On a team that would send five of its everyday players to the All-Star-Game, Nady’s six home runs and 36.4% hard-hit rate were second on the team behind Delgado’s nine and 51.5%. The right fielder also slugged .576 which ranked 15th among qualified big-league outfielders.

His production would dip back toward the surface in May before an appendectomy kept him on the injured list for three weeks. Nady got right back to business upon his return, hitting .258/.292/.484 into the second half, which became a pleasant surprise at the bottom third of the order. Through his first 75 games with the Mets, Nady’s 12 long balls nearly matched his career high (13) set the year prior.

Much like Jose Valentin at second base and John Maine every fifth day, Nady’s value was in large part determined by the alternative options. Carlos Beltran had been posting MVP-type numbers in CF, but over in left, Cliff Floyd was starting to wear down. While Endy Chavez bailed the 34-year old Floyd out on the defensive side, Nady ultimately emerged as a formidable power bat with three years of team control and a knack for hitting against lefties (.914 OPS and .217 ISO).

Then, just a few weeks after his clutch go-ahead hit against Pittsburgh on the Fourth of July, Nady was traded to the Pirates. After setup man Duaner Sanchez was lost for the season in a taxi-cab accident, the Mets reluctantly sent Nady packing for trusted reliever 41-year-old Roberto Hernandez. Pittsburgh also threw in struggling starter Oliver Perez (6.0 BB/9 and a 6.63 ERA in his first 15 starts of the season).

Nady’s contributions to the Pirates did little to change the fact that the team would lose 95 games, and then 94 in his first full turn with them the following year. All that losing, however, did little to change the fact that he could rake.

Nady would more or less repeat his 2006 campaign, albeit raising his OPS from .790 to .805 and cracking 20 homers. His value as a player would peak in 2008, when a first-half rampage which he hit .330/.383/.535 put him in the center of a blockbuster trade with the Yankees.

Once the shorter end of a puzzling acquisition and later a sacrificial lamb for the Mets’ bullpen needs, Nady was now the centerpiece of a deal that brought back a triad of young talent in Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf, Jeff Karstens, along with righty Daniel McCutchen to Pittsburgh.

Nady would undergo Tommy John surgery in April of 2009, and besides a role off the bench in 119 games with the Chicago Cubs the next season, he never again hold down a job at the big-league level. Nady would then bounce between six clubs in five years: the Diamondbacks in 2011, then the Nationals and Giants in 2012, a split minor-league affair with the Royals and Rockies in 2013, and finally a 42 at-bat homecoming with the Padres in 2014.

A Justin Turner or Nolan Ryan he is not, but was an exciting Met who certainly warranted more time on the roster – Nady often gets lost in the shuffle of mid-2000s Met outfielders.

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By Samantha Brown

Good morning, Mets fans!

Game 6 of the ALCS began with a three-run homer off the bat of Yuli Gurriel to give the Astros a quick 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first. The Yankees responded with a double and an RBI single from Gary Sanchez to cut the Stros’ lead to 3-1.

After two innings without a score change, Gio Urshela smacked one deep to right-center field to cut their lead even further to a skinny one-run lead–3-2 going into the bottom half of the fourth. Houston tacked on one in the 6th with a fielders choice from Alex Bregman to make it 4-2. Going into the 9th inning the score was still 4-2, but DJ LeMahieu hit a two-run home run about a foot from George Springer glove to tie it up and send Game 6 to the bottom of the ninth. With some amazing defensive plays from Josh Reddick and Michael Brantley throughout the night, and a walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth for Jose Altuve, the Astros are going back to the World Series.

The Houston Astros will play the Washington Nationals in the 2019 World Series. Game 1 is scheduled for Tuesday at 8:08 p.m..

Latest Mets News

Former Mets outfielder, Carlos Beltran, will get a second interview with the Mets for the open manager position.

Happy Birthday to former Met and current SNY Announcer for the NY Mets, Keith Hernandez! Happy 66th Hernandez!

Latest MLB News 

Matt Sosnick, SCK Sports agent, was arrested on Friday evening for domestic violence. He allegedly choked his wife in front of their daughter and a restraining order has been filed against him. Sosnick is the representative for many big names in baseball including, Pete Alonso, Blake Snell, Jay Bruce, and Mitch Haniger among others. TMZ Sports was first to report the news.

The MiLB President, spoke out regarding the recent report on the MLB reconstructing the minor league system. This reconfiguration of the MiLB will possibly allow the league to increase pay, update facilities, and streamline travel accommodations which should benefit the players.

The San Diego Padres managerial search has been narrowed down to two candidates in Ron Washington and Jayce Tingler.

Latest NL East News

Sam Dykstra of MiLB.com wrote about the impressive up-and-coming pitchers the Washington Nationals have in their farm system, specifically Sterling Sharpe, the club’s No. 13 prospect.

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Tim Ryder discussed Carlos Beltran‘s second interview for the Mets manager position.

Ryder also covered the manager profile for Skip Schumaker who is reportedly another potential candidate for Mets manager.

John Sheridan wrote a player profile for 2020 free agent, RHP Collin McHugh, a very great option for the Mets to pick up this off season.

Josh Finkelstein shared his thoughts on whether or not the Mets need a true centerfielder and the possible free agents the team could sign to improve their outfield defense.

Michael Mayer takes us back to 2006 to reflect on “The Catch” made by non-other-than Endy Chavez in the 06′ NLCS against the St. Louis Cardinals.

On this Date in Mets History

Happy Birthday to Bobby Floyd (76), Rick Ownbey (62), and Jonathan Hurst (43)!

1965: The Mets traded Al Jackson and Charley Smith to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Boyer.

1970: Mets sold Larry Bearnarth to the Milwaukee Brewers.

1971: The team sold Ron Taylor to the Montreal Expos.

2009: The New York Mets released Ken Takahashi.

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