Tag: Jeff McNeil

Game Chat: Athletics vs Mets, 4:10 PM

Saturday, April 11, 2026 • 4:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Jacob Lopez (0-1, 6.48) vs. RHP Kodai Senga (0-1, 3.09) SNY Oof. That’s all I could think of looking at last night’s box score. The Mets’ pitching was able to keep the game close (1-0) most of the game but the offense struggled to get anything going. Ultimately, the Athletics beat the Mets 4-0 to take the series opener. We...

Morning Briefing: Tommy Pham to Join Triple-A Syracuse Soon

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets’ plan for Tommy Pham is to have him join Triple-A Syracuse soon to face better competition. Pham has been with Low-A St. Lucie getting reps in after not being with a team during spring training. The Mets signed Pham, who had previously been with the team in 2023, to a minor league deal on Opening Day. He could soon see himself part of the equation on the...

Game Chat: Athletics vs. Mets, 7:10 PM

Friday, April 10, 2026 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP J.T. Ginn (0-0, 5.14) vs. RHP Clay Holmes (2-0, 1.42) WPIX It’s been a weird last two games for the Mets. Wednesday, they just lacked a spark, allowing five runs in the first two innings and eventually losing 7-2 after scoring two runs late in the game. Thursday, the Mets got on the scoreboard early thanks to a Luis Robert...

Morning Briefing: Mets Top MLB in Payroll for Fourth Straight Year

Good morning, Mets fans! McLean deserved better. Nolan McLean was excellent, but the bullpen was not. McLean struck out eight over 6 1/3 innings and exited with a 1-0 lead, but Luke Weaver couldn’t hold it and Luis García didn’t have it. The Mets (7-6) dropped the rubber game to Arizona, 7-1. Read Michael Simon’s a full recap here. Jeff McNeil, the 2022 batting champ, the...

Luisangel Acuña Posts First Four Homer Game In Winter League History

Another season, another year of extremely strong play in the Venezuelan Winter League for Luisangel Acuña. Acuña continued to excel as he crushed four home runs for Cardenales de Lara on Saturday. It is the first four homer game in Venezuela Winter League history. Prior to his monster performance on Saturday, Acuña was slashing .282/.397/.542 (.939 OPS). He now has a  22 extra-base hits across...

Morning Briefing: Jeff McNeil Says Goodbye to the Mets

Good morning, Mets fans! Jeff McNeil said his official goodbye to the Mets via Instagram on Saturday. SNY shared his final words to Mets fans: “New York will always be a part of my story. The Mets organization is all I have ever known since being drafted in 2013, and it has been an incredible run. I’m incredibly thankful for every moment, every lesson, and every memory along the way. I’m...

Young Yordan Rodriguez Shows Promise

Yordan Rodriguez, the Cuban right-hander whom the Mets acquired from the Athletics for Jeff McNeil, may not be known to many baseball fans, but he’s been on the radar of scouts for a while, even though he only turns 18 next month. He led Cuba’s 15U national team with 58 strikeouts in 2023 when he pitched to a 2.66 ERA over 47 1/3 innings. The Athletics signed the 6-foot-3, 190-pound...

Will Different Be Good for the 2026 Mets?

Some change can be good. Sometimes not so much. As it pertains to the New York Mets, we know change will be in large supply in 2026. Whether all the change will result in a positive or negative year in Queens is simply unknowable right now. It will certainly look drastically different, that’s for sure. We can take that particular notion to the bank right now. For starters, it is going to...

Jeff McNeil Traded to Athletics

When Brandon Nimmo left, Jeff McNeil became the longest tenured Met. Now, that title will fall onto David Peterson. Jeff Passan of ESPN and our own Mike Mayer report that the Mets traded the utility player and $5.75 million to the Athletics in exchange for minor leaguer RHP Yordan Rodriguez. Passan notes the Mets will also pay McNeil’s $2 million buyout if the Athletics don’t...

Trade Profile: Jeff McNeil, 2B/OF

Jeff McNeil Position: 2B/OF B/T: L/R Age: 33 (4/8/92) 2025 Traditional Stats: .243/.335/.411/.746, 12 HR, 54 RBI, 21 2B, 5 3B, 49 BB, 55 SO, 3 SB, 462 PA 2025 Advanced Stats: 111 wRC+, 11.9 SO%, 10.6 BB%, .327 xwOBA, 2.1 fWAR, 2.0 bWAR, 4 OAA at 2B, -2 OAA at OF, 2 FRV at 2B, -2 FRV at OF Contract: $15.75 million in 2026, $2 million club buyout or $15.75 million in 2027 Rundown Jeff McNeil put...

Morning Briefing: Pirates ‘Hanging Around’ Alonso Market

Good morning, Mets fans! Pete the Pirate?! Winter Meetings The winter meetings got started Sunday in Orlando and MMO’s Mike Mayer is on hand. He has the scoop on Super Nintendo World. (Spoiler: it is epic.) As for any epic signings or trades, nothing to report on the first day. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale did have lots of Mets tidbits in his column, however, and perhaps the most...

Passan: Mets in Mix for Schwarber, Valdez, Tucker

ESPN baseball reporter Jeff Passan warmed up the hot stove Monday and had the Mets involved in free agent rumors for Kyle Tucker, Kyle Schwarber, Cody Bellinger and Framber Valdez. He also has Jeff McNeil likely on the way out via trade. Passan said Schwarber, the 32-year-old designated hitter, who hit 56 homers and drove in 132 while finishing second in MVP voting, “might be the likeliest...

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