Monday night’s series opener between the Mets (62-45) and Padres (58-49) had the atmosphere of a playoff game you wouldn’t expect from a game in late July. An ejected manager, a home run robbery, a grand slam, an erased four-run lead, a game-tying home run in the ninth, and a walk-off hit were all part of the equation as the Padres beat the Mets 7-6. The beginning of the game was...
Top international prospect Elian Peña had a monster week at the plate for the Mets Orange squad in the Domincan Summer League. Peña went 5-for-11 in four games with three home runs, eight RBIs, five walks, and seven runs. All three of his home runs occurred in the same game. After a dreadful start to his pro career, the highly touted prospect now owns a .744 OPS. Across the rest of the farm,...
The Mets took the field on Monday for an early afternoon matchup against the Cardinals at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter. Blade Tidwell, a top arm in the Mets’ system who struggled a year ago in Syracuse, got the start for New York. Meanwhile, old friend Steven Matz was on the bump for St. Louis. The teams battled hard for nine innings, with the Cardinals coming out on top 7-4....
Charlotte Knights (68-79) 4, Syracuse Mets (78-71) 5 BOX SCORE The Syracuse Mets concluded their season in walk-off fashion, defeating the Charlotte Knights 5-4 in 10 innings. With their win, Syracuse finished the 2024 season with a 78-71 record, a disappointing mark given their first-half successes. However, it’s a vast improvement from their 61-85 record in 2023. 2B Brett Baty: 0-for-3,...
The Mets (82-68) began their final homestand of the year with a poor offensive showing, continuing the team’s recent stretch of unproductivity. But with Grimace in the building, the Mets found some late-inning magic and defeated the Nationals (68-82) 2-1 in 10 innings. Washington starter Jake Irvin (10-12, 4.07 ERA) feasted on the Mets’ lineup in his third start against them this...
The Mets (41-41) played another extra-inning game on Monday in their series opener against the Nationals (39-45). Unlike Sunday’s game that saw the Mets lose by five in 10 innings, the Mets instead took a big lead on a J.D. Martinez three-run homer, a Francisco Alvarez RBI triple, and a Jose Iglesias two-run homer before the Nationals almost achieved an improbable comeback. By the...
Sunday was a bit of a microcosm of how the Mets’ minor league affiliates’ seasons have gone. The three highest levels (Triple-A, Double-A, High-A) won, and each of these affiliates now holds a record above .500. However, St. Lucie (Low-A) lost and fell to 13-26 on the year. There were many phenomenal individual performances on Sunday, highlighted by home runs from Kevin...
The Mets (19-21) are nearly a quarter of the way through the 2024 season, and just now are they facing the division rival Phillies (29-13) for the first time. Entering Monday’s action, the Mets have been subpar to average, whereas the Phillies have had the best record and the second-best run differential in baseball. The first meeting between these two teams this year was a wild affair,...
Sunday in the Mets’ minor leagues featured several fantastic performances, headlined by two struggling prospects, Luisangel Acuña and Kevin Parada. Acuña and Parada are considered top prospects for a reason, but they haven’t lived up to that while part of the Mets organization. On Sunday, though, they flashed their ability in their respective games. While Acuña and the Syracuse Mets...
When the Mets (17-18) faced the Cardinals (15-20) just over a week ago at Citi Field, it was an ugly series loss for the Mets. The Mets lost the first two games but salvaged a win in the final matchup. This time around, the Mets grabbed the first game of the series 4-3 to record their first win on their road trip. The Mets scored an unusual first inning run off of St. Louis starter Kyle...
The Mets (14-14) opened their series with the Cubs (18-11) at Citi Field on Monday evening. A game that carried so much excitement and anticipation wound up crashing down on the Mets, who surrendered two runs in the ninth inning of a tie game to fall to the Cubs 3-1. Luis Severino (2-2, 2.31 ERA) took the mound for the Mets, and for the second straight outing, he remained perfect his first time...
The Mets (12-10) traveled to San Francisco (11-13) on Monday to continue their West Coast road trip after winning two out of three against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Jose Quintana (1-2, 4.21 ERA) took the mound against righty Keaton Winn (2-3, 3.54), but Quintana’s early season struggles with command continued, and it allowed the Giants to coast to a 5-2 win. Quintana entered the day with...
