Good morning, Mets fans! The last four times the Mets were shutout, they won the next game. (And that includes Game 2 of this very series.) Kiké Hernández hit his 15th postseason home run (200 at-bats) and Shohei Ohtani hit a 410-foot, three-run blast as the Dodgers spoiled the first NLCS game at Citi Field in nine years with an 8-0 victory over New York to take a 2-1 series lead. The...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets came into Saturday night’s matchup against the Angels with their eyes set on a series-clinching win to kick off their west coast trip. However, the Mets’ offense was stifled for the first six innings as Angels pitcher José Soriano shut them out, putting the Amazin’s in a 2-0 deficit going into the seventh. Having Soriano in the rearview mirror,...
Good morning, Mets fans! After months of speculation and weeks of negotiating, the New York Yankees finally completed the trade to acquire star outfielder Juan Soto from the San Diego Padres. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported last night that the trade was finally official as the Yankees will be adding their second and third outfielders of the off-season. Along with acquiring Juan Soto,...
No-hitters come in a variety of ways. But for the New York Mets before June 1, 2012, it had not been presented to them in any fashion. Then came the 8,020th game for the franchise—started on the Citi Field mound by Johan Santana. It may not have been the best pitching performance in Mets history, but it was certainly unlike any that had preceded it. Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Dwight Gooden, and...
On February 2, 2008, the Mets sent outfielder Carlos Gomez, and pitchers Philip Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey to the Minnesota Twins for two-time Cy Young award winner and three-time all star Johan Santana. To complete the trade, the Mets signed Santana to a six-year, $137.5 million contract. Santana would go on to etch a permanent place in Mets history, though he would have an...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Sandy Alderson met with the media yesterday. It was announced, among many announcements and topics, that Luis Rojas will be back as the Mets’ manager in 2021. Latest Mets News Per Anthony DiComo, executive vice president and chief revenue officer, Lou DePaoli, one of the Mets’ highest-ranking executives, will be leaving the organization at the end of the year. Mike...
MLB will be streaming Johan Santana’s June 1, 2012 no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals on social platforms as part of their #MLBATHOME series. The historic moment in Mets history was the franchise’s first no-hitter. The moment was made possible largely in part to an incredible seventh-inning catch by left fielder Mike Baxter, in which he hit the wall and subsequently landed on...
Brewers GM Doug Melvin acknowledged in an interview this weekend that the Mets and Brewers could fit well together as trading partners. “They’ve indicated that they have extra first basemen, and we have a need,” Melvin said. “Again, it’s all about keeping your options open. … Nothing imminent, and I don’t anticipate anything imminent. But first base is one of our needs, they have excess first...
MLB Trade Rumors posted their arbitration predictions today. Daniel Murphy stands to be the biggest winner nearly doubling his 2013 salary to $5.8 million dollars. Guaranteed Contracts David Wright – $11.0 million (2013), $20.0 million Jon Niese – $3.0 million (2013), $5.05 million Arbitration 1 Dillon Gee – $527,375 (2013) $3.4 million Ruben Tejada – $514,701 (2013),...
With the retirement of 68-year-old Jim Leyland, and the departure of Charlie Manuel in recent months, 64-year-old Terry Collins becomes the oldest manager in the majors, writes Adam Rubin of ESPN New York. Collins has invested almost 43 years into the game in various capacities, and while he’s the elder statesman for now, he;s never had a first place finish as a manager. 1994 Houston...
A few fringe major leaguers were removed from the Mets 40 man roster on Thursday. Not a single tear was shed onto my iPhone when I read that Mike Baxter, Robert Carson, Sean Henn, and Greg Burke were no longer Mets. No one can argue that the current roster of the New York Mets was the one taking us to the promised land. These last few lean years were the holdover years. Sandy needed time to...
You know when I was just a teenager, I was the drummer in a band we called Andromeda. Yes, I’m aware that some Swedish band has since swiped our name, but that’s okay as I heard they were heavy metal too. I also wrote dozens of songs, mostly on the backs of napkins at 3:00 AM in the morning, while plowing through a plate of pancakes or french toast and a bottomless cup of coffee at...
