Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets extended their win streak to five with their defeat of the Dodgers Friday night. It’s been quite the turnaround for New York, who started their season 0-5 and looked like one of the worst offensive teams in the league. Since then, the Mets have won 11 of 14 games and look comfortable after their miserable start to the season. The Mets have a chance to win...
Good morning, Mets fans. The Mets hit a new low on Friday night, losing to the Angels 3-1 to fall into last place in the NL East for the first time since August 2020. Although the Mets are riding a tough three-game losing streak and have had a rough go of it from the beginning, the Mets being in last place is also a testament to how well the Nationals have played lately, playing at a 24-15...
Coming off of a seven-game road trip, the Mets traveled back home to take on the Angels for the first of a three-game series on Friday night. Fittingly, it was Japanese Heritage Night at the ballpark with not only Kodai Senga on the mound, but with Shohei Ohtani making his first visit to Queens. In a game with very little offense, it was Ohtani’s team that came out on top 3-1, sending the...
Good morning, Mets fans. The Mets began the second half of the season on Friday night with a 6-0 loss to the Dodgers. Brandon Nimmo led off the game with a double, and the Mets were unable to record a hit for the rest of the game afterwards as Julio Urías shined. Justin Verlander also struggled in the game, giving up three earned runs over five innings while walking six batters. The loss is the...
The Mets entered the second half of the season with a Friday night matchup against the Dodgers, looking to put their first half of the season behind them. Needing to win now with the trade deadline just weeks away, the Mets looked as flat as could be and dropped the game 6-0 to fall to 42-49. After Julio Urías gave up a leadoff double to Brandon Nimmo that was initially ruled a home run but...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday night, the Mets traded third baseman Eduardo Escobar to the Angels for minor league pitchers Coleman Crow and Landon Marceaux. News of the trade broke during Friday night’s game and the Apple TV booth asked Francisco Lindor about Escobar. “He’s one of the best teammates I’ve ever had,” Lindor said. “We’re going to miss...
Good morning, Mets fans! Three Division Series games took place on Friday, with the underdog coming away victorious in all three. It started with the Cleveland Guardians defeating the New York Yankees. With the game headed to extra innings, Jameson Taillon came on for a rare relief appearance and surrendered two runs in the top of the 10th without recording an out. Emmanuel Clase earned the save...
In this series leading up to the MLB Draft on July 17, we’ll look back at the backgrounds of some notable Mets picks prior to their arrival in the big leagues. We begin with the No. 1 overall selection 42 years ago. With a smooth hitting motion, Darryl Strawberry belted out 252 homers and drove in 733 runs for the New York Mets. With swift legs, he stole 191 bases. He made seven All-Star...
For the first time since 1945, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game has been cancelled. In yet another casualty of the COVID-19 virus, the July 14th original date for the Midsummer Classic will now be used instead for spring training 2.0 or summer camp. The city of Los Angeles was scheduled to host the game and all the ancillary events surrounding it including the Home Run Derby and the...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News The MLA Players Trust, the charity arm of the MLBPA, spoke with Mets catcher Wilson Ramos to talk about his workouts during the pandemic to stay in shape for baseball. He goes into depth on the resistance band workouts he has been doing for the page’s #KidsOnDeck campaign. Bill Ladson of MLB spoke with Ron Swoboda about one of the best managers in...
Pissed you haven’t gotten any sort of refund back for the baseball tickets you have already purchased but haven’t been able to use? Rightfully so. And you’re not the only one, which is why MLB, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, all 30 teams, and others are currently being sued. First off, how has everyone been getting away with this? Because the games are technically...
With 2020 MLB season still in flux due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Mets are looking like one of the teams that will be impacted the most by a shortened or cancelled season. General manager Brodie Van Wagenen gambled the farm in hopes of a successful 2020 run, but the Mets might not get the big payoff that they wanted. Joel Sherman of the NY Post points out that after trading Jarred Kelenic,...
