Good morning, Mets fans! Kodai Senga will start for the Mets on Sunday in the series finale against the Blue Jays, his first start this season on regular four-day rest. Senga’s starts this year have been spaced out to give him five or six days of rest to mimic the typical schedule he pitched on in Japan. Senga is coming off of a remarkable performance in which he gave up just one hit in...
Al Leiter is the latest former Met to make an appearance at camp. Leiter who pitched for the Mets from 1998-to-2004 connected with a couple of new faces like Max Scherzer and Tylor Megill. Leiter, now 56, last pitched for the Mets 18 years ago but he’s been involved with the organization since his retirement from the game in 2005. Mets training camp has been littered with familiar faces...
The date was October 4, 1999. The New York Mets and Cincinnati Reds were getting set to embark on a Game 163, to decide who would be the National League wild card. After losing seven straight games in late September, the club clawed back in winning five of their last six, which tied the Reds’ record of 96-66. Luckily for the Mets, the arm they turned to for this crucial play-in game was a...
