Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets and Pirates had their game postponed due to inclement weather. The teams will play a split doubleheader on Wednesday, with the games scheduled to start at 12:35 and 6:35 p.m. As for the Mets’ rotation, they will still roll out the same three pitchers as scheduled for this series. Taijuan Walker (10-3, 3.45 ERA) will take the hill against Mitch Keller...
Good morning, Mets fans! There was plenty of excitement pre-game as Timmy Trumpet arrived for his first-ever baseball game, before meeting the man who has made him even more famous in Edwin Diaz. Timmy Trumpet then gave a sneak preview of what Diaz’s iconic walk-out song would sound like, although he didn’t get the chance to actually play it live with Diaz not coming into the game....
The Mets resumed their home stand against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night. It was the battle of the top two teams in the National League, with the Dodgers pushing 90 wins and sitting comfortably in the No. 1 seed and the Mets itching to close the gap in their own ballpark. Taijuan Walker got the ball for the Mets, his second start since leaving a game after two innings in Atlanta with...
As first reported by Matt Gelb of The Athletic Philadelphia, and confirmed by Michael Mayer of Metsmerized, the New York Mets claimed left-handed relief pitcher Sam Clay off of waivers and designated right-handed pitcher Jake Reed for assignment on Sunday. Sam Clay, prior to being claimed off of waivers Sunday by the Mets, was designated for assignment by the Nationals earlier this month. He was...
The Mets are set to call up right-handed reliever Tommy Hunter according to MMO’s own Mike Mayer. Hunter returned to the Mets organization in April when he signed a minor league deal with the team. On the year in Triple-A with Syracuse, Hunter has a 4.61 ERA with 14 strikeouts, one walk, and has allowed seven earned runs across eight games in 13 2/3 innings. He’s been better in his...
Good morning, Mets fans! Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that Jacob deGrom’s return will be somewhere in July. For Max Scherzer, Rosenthal thinks that the best case scenario is probably late June. But he suspects that Scherzer’s return will probably later than that. Now, it is time for the morning briefing. Latest Mets News The Mets lost Wednesday to the Brewers, 10-2. David...
Good morning, Mets, fans! Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler’s MRI showed a ligament strain in his elbow, Dave Roberts said. Surgery is not required, however Buehler will be shut down from pitching activity for six to eight weeks. Meanwhile, the Mets lost a clunker in Anaheim to even the series. They scored four in the ninth but still lost 11-6. New York will look to bounce back in the rubber game...
Colin Holderman was placed on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement, Anthony DiComo of MLB reported before Saturday’s game. The move is retroactive to June 8. Holderman has found success in his first in his first taste of Major League Baseball. He didn’t allow a run through his first six appearances. The news comes off the worst outing of his young major league...
AAA: Columbus Clippers (8-3) 10, Syracuse Mets (1-9) 1 BOX SCORE Carlos Rincon – 1B: 2-4, R Khalil Lee – CF: 1-3, 2B, RBI, BB Wyatt Young – SS: 1-3, BB It was a relatively lackluster day offensively for the Mets, as the team scored one run on five hits. Carlos Rincon hit a pair of singles in this game, and scored in the top of the 6th inning on Khalil Lee’s RBI double....
Monday is MLB’s self-imposed deadline to strike a deal for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement so the 2022 regular season can begin as scheduled on March 31st. After a week of meeting every day in Florida, the chances of that happening are looking slim, no matter what some league insiders are reporting. There are still a few hours left to get a deal done before the proverbial buzzer, so...
On the same day the Mets received a tongue-lashing tweet from team owner Steve Cohen, the Amazins’ lived up to their nickname on Wednesday, getting out of Frisco with some desperate dignity. The digs from Cohen left the uninspired offense dormant until the top of the ninth when J.D. Davis hit a sacrifice fly to even the score 1-1. Edwin Diaz clearly got the memo in the bottom frame with two...
