Good morning, Mets fans! While the Mets’ bullpen has hit its stride post All-Star break, one of the lone bright spots in the Mets’ ‘pen during the early part of the season could make his return very soon. Reed Garrett, who posted a 1.04 ERA in his first 26 innings of his 2024 season, was placed on the 15-day IL with right elbow inflammation on July 10. Garrett had a steep...
Good morning, Mets fans! With a struggling bullpen and an influx of moves on the horizon, the Mets DFA’d both RHP Adrian Houser and RHP Shintaro Fujinami on July 26. While Fujinami cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday, Houser was released by the club on Wednesday, per Will Sammon of The Athletic. The Mets also released RHP Ty Adcock. Houser, who was acquired...
Good morning, Mets fans! The New York Mets completed the season sweep of the Subway Series for the first time since 2013 on Wednesday night. After taking the first two games in Queens in June against their Bronx rivals, the Mets came into Yankee Stadium on Tuesday with all of the odds against them. Despite not getting to New York until 5 a.m., the Mets squeaked out an improbable win behind a...
In Major League Baseball history, only six players have recorded 90+ triples, 300+ home runs and 150+ stolen bases, showcasing a penchant for both power and speed: Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, George Brett, Andre Dawson, Steve Finley and Curtis Granderson. Granderson, 42, was an easy player to root for, no matter what team he was on. As congenial as they come, the left-handed hitter posted a 47.2...
Good morning, Mets fans! Late on Wednesday night, the Angels made the first big move of the trade deadline as they acquired White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito and relief pitcher Reynaldo López. In return for the California native, Chicago landed the Angels’ second and third-ranked prospects in catcher Edgar Quero and left-handed pitcher Ky Bush. Giolito has a 3.79 ERA on the season...
In this weekly feature for MMO, I’m going to look back at the previous week’s games and share some interesting data and information that I’ve collected through various websites such as Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Savant. It’ll be a mixture of facts, stats, and analytics. Let’s get into the seven days between June 19 and June 25. Sunday, June 19, 2022 Marlins vs. Mets Chris...
The rate at which Pete Alonso is hitting home runs has already put him in elite company for both Mets and major league history. When he recorded his 100th last September, he was the second-fastest to reach that milestone. His two-home run day in Philadelphia brought his total to 113 in 400 games–good for 13th-most by a Met. For the sake of comparison, it took franchise leader Darryl...
Drew Smith is ready for a high leverage role. All of the necessary traits appear for the right-hander to contribute during the most pressure-packed innings this summer in Queens. Smith made a critical pitch change. His velocity paired with spin rate play, especially up in the zone. And, he doesn’t get himself into trouble. The bridge to Edwin Diaz has a shaky foundation. So why not let...
As the MLB Lockout drags on, it’s becoming more of a challenge to keep actual baseball in our lives on a daily basis during a time when we should be enjoying it. You know, assuming there will be a season to actually enjoy. I’ve been fighting this challenge all winter, which naturally brought me to watching Lucas Duda highlights over the weekend. Before Yoenis Cespedes got hot, Lucas Duda...
It’s hard to believe this was six years ago. In a way, it feels like sixty. Yes, there was a time when the Mets averaged 5.4 runs over the final two months of the season, winning 36 of 53 and solidifying themselves a team no one else wanted to face. There was a time when a trade deadline acquisition not only made an impact on the offense but was the central part of a team-wide resurgence....
Four batters, four swings, three homers, five runs. It was this third-inning ambush that propelled the Mets into the lead against the team they had been chasing in the NL East. But by the end of a 5-2 win, they had swept the Washington Nationals and the two teams were deadlocked atop the standings — with momentum clearly on New York’s side. As it turned out, this thrilling series...
During the 2017 season with the team falling out of playoff contention, Mets’ general manager Sandy Alderson decided to trade away some of his veteran players for pitching prospects in order to bolster the team’s future bullpen. Of the players they acquired was right-hander Drew Smith from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for first baseman Lucas Duda. Currently, he along with fellow...
