The Minor Leagues are now underway for the 2023 season and we’ve put together a recap of how a slew of New York Mets prospects fared on Friday. Syracuse saw their game against Rochester postponed on Friday. Double-A: Portland Sea Dogs (2-0) 2, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (0-2) 0 Box Score 2B Wyatt Young: 1-for-4, 2 K, .125/.125/.125 C Hayden Senger: 1-for-3, 2 K, .186/.267/.186 It was a quiet...
The Mets and Cardinals faced off in the penultimate game of spring training on Saturday night at Clover Park. It was right-handed pitcher Andre Pallante on the mound for the visiting team against right-handed pitcher Tylor Megill for the Mets. Both the offense and pitching got off to slow starts on Saturday as the Mets and Cardinals ended up in a tie at the end of the night. The biggest offense...
The Mets traveled to Tropicana Field to take on the Rays Friday afternoon. Max Scherzer got the start for New York in what will be his final appearance before Opening Day. Luis Patiño was the starter for Tampa Bay. The Mets struck early as a leadoff Luis Guillorme walk and a Francisco Lindor double made it a 1-0 ballgame. Pete Alonso then ambushed Patiño with a base hit on the first pitch he...
Starling Marte was back in the Mets’ lineup on Friday for the first time since undergoing groin surgery in November to repair separated tendons in his groin. Marte looked healthy and ready to return and showed excitement in his return to the field. Marte went 2-for-2 on Friday, hitting a double in his first at-bat of the afternoon and a two-run home run in his second at-bat of the day. He also...
The Mets played the first game of a split-squad doubleheader—their last of the spring—on Friday afternoon against the Astros. Justin Verlander took the mound against his former team for his second start of the spring while Shawn Dubin got the start for Houston. Also of note for the Mets was Starling Marte making his spring debut. In his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning, he hit a...
David Peterson got the start today the Mets’ fourth spring training game as the team traveled to West Palm Beach to play the St. Louis Cardinals. The team ultimately dropped the game 12-7, though some youngsters shined and Peterson got off to a nice start this spring. Peterson, looking to cement his spot as the first-man-up if any of the first five starters miss time, threw two strong...
Where would the New York Mets be without Eduardo Escobar right now? That is a very good question, given how hot at the plate the veteran has been since September, coupled with the fact that he has been the only real consistent bat for this team for a while now. That was on show in the NL Wild Card Game 1 loss to the San Diego Padres on Friday, with the Mets bats once again disappearing during...
Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (62-83) 5, Worcester Red Sox (72-72) 4 Box Score CF Jake Mangum: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI, K, .339/.368/.468 1B Dominic Smith: 1-for-2, HR (10), 2 RBI, 3 BB, .288/.374/.486 RF Carlos Rincon: 2-for-4, 2 2B, 2 R, BB, 2 K, .225/.275/.364 C Michael Perez: 2-for-3, 2B, RBI, .175/.213/.263 Syracuse scored five runs on nine hits as they beat the Worcester Red Sox 5-4 Friday night....
The St. Lucie Mets won their first championship since 2006 on Tuesday night when they beat Dunedin 6-3. The big night was led by two of the Mets’ top draft picks this year in Kevin Parada (three hits, two RBI) and Blade Tidwell (five scoreless innings). The Syracuse Mets are the only other Mets affiliate still playing and the highlights from that game are all Francisco Álvarez. The...
Dominic Smith’s power had been virtually nonexistent since the second half of the 2021 season, but he seems to have finally found his stroke in recent days. His first-inning shot to right field on Saturday for Syracuse (Triple-A) was his second in as many games and his fifth in his last 11 games. AAA: Syracuse Mets (58-82) 8, Buffalo Bisons (72-66) 3 Box Score Dominic Smith 1B: 1-for-5,...
The concept of interleague play has diluted over time. The Subway Series was no different. Initial and inevitable hype generated by a regular season Mets-Yankees match-up went down in recent years despite it having meaning to some fans. When both teams are playing at a high level it usually rises to the occasion too. The three games at Citi Field last season felt like the old days—infused with...
“It’s a great day to be a New York Met,” echoed a familiar face in the home team clubhouse following Sunday afternoon’s 10-3 drubbing of the Arizona Diamondbacks. With a two-homer game, Francisco Lindor increased his now team-leading total to three home runs on the season, one in which the Mets now hold a league-best record of 6-2. After a slow start to 2021, the first...
