The New York Mets are bad. Not the entire team — but most of it. The pitching, aside from a weak link in the rotation, has generally been pretty good. The offense has been a glaring problem. At this point, it’s time to cut bait and move on to the next generation of Mets. The Outfield It all starts with A.J. Ewing. With Luis Robert Jr. injured and without a timetable to return, Ewing should...
Good morning, Mets fans! The bats were cold in the desert. Eduardo Rodriguez pitched a career-high 8 1/3 innings and held the Mets hitless until Carson Benge singled with one out in the sixth as Arizona beat the Mets 5-1 Sunday to take two out of three. New York (15-25) scored five runs on 12 hits in the series and finished their road trip at 5-4. “We needed to be better,” Carlos...
It was not a happy homestand for the New York Mets. Looking to fatten up against lowly opposition, the Mets instead finished with a disappointing 3-6 record. That included a sweep by the Colorado Rockies. The Mets finished the homestand by dropping two out of three to the Washington Nationals. As a result, New York is now the worst team in baseball with an ugly 10-21 record. The Mets have also...
And just like that, the Mets lose another bat. Chelsea Janes of SNY reports the Mets will place Luis Robert Jr. on the injured list on Thursday. The news comes a day after Carlos Mendoza reported Robert Jr. was day-to-day with a back issue that wasn’t improving with treatment. Robert Jr. received an MRI on Wednesday and has been out of the lineup since Tuesday’s opener against the...
Sunday, April 19, 2026 • 2:20 PM Wrigley Field • Chicago, IL RHP Tobias Myers (0-1, 3.46) vs. RHP Javier Assad (1-1, 8.10) SNY The New York Mets and Chicago Cubs were tied at 1-1 in the sixth inning Saturday. The Cubs had two runners on, and Freddy Peralta was taken out of the game. Brooks Raley came into the game, promptly gave up a three-run home run. It’s the way the cookie has been crumbling...
The Mets entered Wednesday having scored one run in three games, facing a starting pitcher who hadn’t allowed an earned run in the regular season since last Aug. 27. Things went as you might have expected. Pitching against the Mets for the first time, Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 over six innings, and the Dodgers beat the Mets 8-2 to complete a three-game sweep in Los Angeles. The...
Everything appeared to click for the New York Mets on the West Coast. After a disappointing start to the road trip, the Mets took three out of four from the Giants in San Francisco. All in all, they finished their first road trip of the year 4-3. Furthermore, several encouraging trends emerged from the series against the Giants. The pitching continued to look strong, while the offense showed...
After defeating the San Francisco Giants the Saturday night, the New York Mets aimed to secure a four-game series win at Oracle Park and build momentum heading back to Citi Field. Initially, it seemed that the offense had fallen back into a slump, but a four-run eighth inning ignited a rally, and the Mets emerged victorious in the series finale, winning 5-2. They took three out of four, and...
It was largely a successful first weekend of the 2026 MLB season for the New York Mets. The new-look team took two out of three from the Pirates. A 4-3 loss in extra innings on Sunday was the only real negative to emerge from the first series of the year. Two of the three games went to extra innings, and there were a lot of positives to focus on. Of course, you have to be careful not to...
Luis Robert Jr. is off to a strong start in his New York Mets career. Traded from the Chicago White Sox in September, Robert Jr.’s presence has been felt in the first two games of the season, especially Saturday night. Robert Jr. hit the Mets’ first walk-off of the 2026 season, a towering three-run home run over the 370-feet sign in center field sending the Mets to a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh...
For most of a cold afternoon at Citi Field, the 2025 version of the New York Mets made a return. The offense left a ton of runners in scoring position, and it was a game where both New York and the Pittsburgh Pirates spent the day leaving runners on base. However, new Met Luis Robert Jr. hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to win it and send a freezing crowd home happy, as...
If this was a dress rehearsal, let’s hope the first real performance is just as smooth. In exactly one week the Mets will take the field for a game that counts against Paul Skenes and the Pirates and Thursday they trotted out a lineup that Carlos Mendoza told reporters before the game was “pretty close” to what you will see on Opening Day. The batting order: Francisco Lindor,...
