Wednesday was not a winning day in the Mets organization, as the four affiliates combined to go 1-4 in the five games that were played, scoring a combined 15 runs. That said, some of the top 2023 picks (Nolan McLean and Colin Houck) had strong games at the plate, and St. Lucie’s starter reached a career-high in strikeouts. Check out more on what else happened in the organization. Triple-A...
The New York Mets’ pitching staff has gotten off to a roaring start this season, ranking third in the National League in team ERA at 3.53 while deadlocked with the Seattle Mariners for the seventh highest fWAR of any unit at 2.9. A lot of their prosperity can be linked back to the bullpen, but the starting rotation shouldn’t be overlooked within that conversation as well. Luis...
Mark Vientos played a key role in both of the Triple-A Syracuse Mets’ wins on Saturday, continuing his hot start to the 2024 season. Vientos is now hitting .333 with a 1.049 OPS across the early parts of the Triple-A season. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (3-3) 4, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (3-3) 2 in 7 Innings BOX SCORE 3B Mark Vientos: 2-for-4, R, HR (2), 2 RBI, 2 K CF Drew Gilbert:...
The Syracuse Mets opened their season against the Rochester Red Wings, The Washington Nationals Triple-A affiliate, sending Joey Lucchesi to the mound to face off against Joan Adon. Lucchesi took the mound, and started with a bang, striking out two of the three hitters he faced in the first inning, including Nationals top prospect James Wood. Lucchesi ran into some trouble in the fourth inning...
The New York Mets announced on Friday that left-hander Joey Lucchesi, a candidate to fill the final spot in the rotation that opened as a result of Kodai Senga’s injury, was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse. The 30-year-old went 4-0 with a 2.89 ERA in nine starts for the Mets last season, striking out 32 in 46 2/3 innings. He gave up four earned runs in 1 1/3 innings this spring. New York...
With about two weeks to go until the regular season, the New York Mets rotation has been one of the success stories of spring training. Yes, it is only spring, but the starting pitchers in camp lead all of baseball with a 2.18 ERA and are tied with the Cleveland Guardians for the fewest runs allowed (11). After José Quintana had another strong outing against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday...
Good morning, Mets fans! One of the league’s most dominant closers is nearing his return. After throwing a perfect inning in a minor league intrasquad scrimmage, Edwin Díaz said he could appear in a Grapefruit League scrimmage game next week, according to Tim Healey of Newsday. Díaz was pleased with the minor league intrasquad scrimmage, Healey said on X. His fastball sat between 96-98 miles...
It’s the 2024 Sailboat Series—the spring training edition of the Subway Series in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The New York Mets took on the New York Yankees at Clover Park, and the Mets sent Tylor Megill to the mound for his third start of the spring. Megill has been pretty impressive so far in his first two starts, competing for a spot in the rotation. The Mets would win 5-4, and Megill stole...
Saturday, March 2, 2024 • 1:10 PM Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium • Jupiter, FL LHP Sean Manaea (0-0, -.–) vs. RHP Eury Pérez (0-0, 5.40) MLB.com If you like all of the pitching storylines this spring for the Mets, then today’s game is for you. The Mets will have Sean Manaea make his spring Mets debut this afternoon. Manaea is a key part of raising the overall floor of the Mets rotation from...
David Stearns and the Mets were busy last week. The organization rehauled the bullpen for the upcoming season, re-signing Adam Ottavino on Jan. 31, and inking free agents Jake Diekman and Shintaro Fujinami on Feb. 2. These three signings marked serious investments toward the bullpen for next season. Before, Stearns had made 13 smaller moves that didn’t move the needle, but instead fit the...
It’s no secret that 2023 did not shape out as the New York Mets had hoped from the onset of the season. However, the team still supplied a number of notable individual performances, especially on the pitching end. With that, let’s take a look at the top-five pitching performances of the Mets’ 2023 campaign. 5). Justin Verlander vs. CHW 7/19/23 In one of his final starts as a...
With the Mets reportedly “going full bore” after Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shōta Imanaga, the Mets should shift to a six-man rotation.
