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....
