All year, Mets fans have held their collective breath when Juan Soto has come to the plate in a big moment. It had been a season-long struggle with runners in scoring position for Soto, and while he has been much better in those situations lately, he still had not delivered one of those huge, memorable moments as a Met. Until Monday. Soto’s huge game was the catalyst in what turned out to...
After melting down in epic fashion on Sunday, the Mets (20-9) responded accordingly with a laugher by defeating the Nationals (13-16) 19-5 in Monday’s series finale. It was the exact kind of game that was needed from this team after they blew a six-run lead the previous day. The Mets were powered by Brandon Nimmo, who delivered a monster game. He went 4-for-6 with two home runs and nine...
After a quiet start to the season in Houston, the Mets (2-2) took their talents to South Beach Monday night for their first divisional series of the season against the Marlins (3-2). The Mets were without Francisco Lindor, whose wife Katia gave birth to their son Koa on Sunday, and yet the Mets offense broke through with an impressive 10-4 onslaught against Miami. The offense was scarce to begin...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Dodgers took the first game of the World Series in thrilling fashion, defeating the Yankees 6-3 in 10 innings. The majority of the first nine innings were a pitchers’ duel, as the first run didn’t score until the fifth inning. Giancarlo Stanton continued his impressive postseason by launching a massive two-run homer in the sixth inning, getting the...
Sunday’s action in the Mets Minor Leagues featured two wins and two losses. The wins occurred in Double-A and Low-A, with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies and St. Lucie Mets prevailing. Meanwhile, the Triple-A and High-A teams, the Syracuse Mets and Brooklyn Cyclones, both gave up double-digit runs in a pair of losses. One of the day’s highlights was a grand slam for St. Lucie off the...
There are 10 players eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame who have the Mets on some portion of their resume. Next up is someone who made a brief stop in New York but the bulk of his great career was done in Canada. What’s the lasting image of José Bautista? Probably his bat flip/toss/throw following his tide-turning three-run home run in the deciding game of the 2015 American...
Brett Baty had a game for the ages for the Syracuse Mets on Saturday. In the second of a three-game series against the Worcester Red Sox, Baty absolutely exploded at the plate with an outing that will live long in the memory and also make it hard for the Mets front office to keep him in Triple-A for much longer. The Syracuse Mets piled on the runs as they beat Worcester for their first win of...
We witnessed quite the classic in the World Baseball Classic on Saturday. With the United States down to their last six outs in the WBC, Mark DeRosa’s squad found a way to come back after leading by three runs multiple times in the game. Down 7-5 in the top of the eighth, Trea Turner crushed a bases loaded grand slam to left field that ended up giving Team USA a 9-7 victory over previously...
Good morning, Mets fans! Mets infielder Eduardo Escobar was taken out of the lineup unexpectedly the other day versus Milwaukee and did not play the final two games of that series as well as the opener vs. Miami. Mike Puma of the New York Post reported that Escobar was taken to the hospital after appearing disoriented in front of teammates. Tim Healey of Newsday confirmed that Escobar did indeed...
Less than a year ago, the Mets were lucky to score 12 runs in a series. On June 9, 2015, the last time the San Francisco Giants came to Citi Field, unheralded Chris Heston tossed a no-hitter. By April 2016, things had definitely changed. Yoenis Céspedes, a trade deadline acquisition who was the catalyst to the 2015 team and re-signed the past off-season, changed the dynamic of the Mets lineup....
