Sunday, April 28, 2024 • 1:40 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Lance Lynn (1-0, 2.81) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (1-2, 4.21) SNY For a second straight series the New York Mets find themselves trying avoid the sweep. On Friday night, the Mets dropped the game 4-2, falling early and couldn’t claw back. On Saturday afternoon, the Mets fell early again, had one massive inning to bring them within two,...
The merry-go-round continues for the New York Mets bullpen. The team announced four roster moves Monday ahead of its three-game series with the San Francisco Giants. RHP Michael Tonkin (1-2, 6.00), who started the season with the Mets, pitched for Minnesota and then returned to New York, has been designated for assignment. Lefty Josh Walker was called up from Triple-A Syracuse. Walker threw...
Despite a Binghamton Rumble Ponies loss on Sunday, outfielder Alex Ramírez continues to impress as he recorded a three-hit day. Other performances of note on Sunday were from Luke Ritter, who homered in both ends of Syracuse’s doubleheader, and Nick Lorusso, who recorded three hits and walked off Brooklyn’s win with a home run. Overall, the Mets’ affiliates went 2-3 on Sunday,...
The Syracuse Mets (1-2) finished off their opening series of the season with the Rochester Red Wings (2-1) on Sunday. Mike Vasil, MLB Pipeline’s No. 11 Mets prospect, was on the bump for his first start of the season, going against Jackson Rutledge, the starter for the Nationals’ Triple-A affiliate. In the rubber game between these two teams, Syracuse fell behind from the jump and...
The Mets announced on Friday that outfielder Taylor Kohlwey, RHP Chad Smith and LHP Nate Lavender were reassigned to minor league camp. Kohlwey joined the Mets in December after spending parts of eight seasons in the San Diego Padres organization and went 2-for-11 this spring with a walk and three strikeouts. Smith also signed with the club in December and appeared in 10 games at the major...
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...
A look at the optimism, pessimism and realism of the 2024 Mets season
The New York Mets (50-58) went into Kansas City (35-75) this week with a new-look roster after selling their two aces at the trade deadline. At the end of the series, the Mets were knocked on their backs and were swept by the team with the second-worst record in all of baseball, the Kansas City Royals. Carlos Carrasco (3-6, 6.60 ERA) did not record a single strikeout and the offense struggled...
Good morning, Mets fans! Darryl Strawberry hosted a golf outing in support of the fight against opioids, and members of the 1986 Mets were on hand for it. Jay Horwitz posted a picture with the group on Twitter. His 1986 teammates came out to play golf today to support of Darryl in his fight against opioids. pic.twitter.com/3mt6fFfM0F — Jay Horwitz (@Jay_HorwitzPR) June 26, 2023 Latest Mets...
In the finale of the weekend series between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, everything that has gone wrong with the Mets’ season came to a head. Inevitably, the decision made was the wrong one, the team lost a game that they were winning by three runs in the eighth, and the team’s slump continued. Time is running out for these Mets. On June 26, they sit seven games under...
Once again, the New York Mets suffered a painful loss, highlighting a recurring issue: questionable bullpen management. In their recent game, the Mets encountered another unfortunate incident as their bullpen became their Achilles’ heel. Buck Showalter, the Mets’ manager, was cautious about the workload of his top relievers and chose not to deploy them in the eighth inning....
The New York Mets needed just six more outs to cement their first series win since June 1. However, the Philadelphia Phillies struck for four runs in the eighth inning to dish out a 7-6 loss to the reeling Mets. Once again, a large theme in the game was manager Buck Showalter’s decision making, specifically relating to the bullpen. The most noteworthy decision occurred in the eighth...
