Good morning, Mets fans! Tim Arango and Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times reported on Wednesday that Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, is in negotiations to plead guilty to federal crimes in connection to the theft of Ohtani’s money. Despite Mizuhara originally saying that Ohtani paid off his $4.5 million in debt, which was accrued by illegally betting on...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday, it was reported that Justin Verlander will be making his first rehab start of the season as he works his way back to the big league roster. Just like in 2023, Verlander started the season on the shelf. This time, it was due to shoulder inflammation that he was feeling early on in spring training. However, Verlander’s return seems to be right around...
Tylor Megill and the New York Mets (0-3) aimed to reverse their fortunes after losing the first two games of the regular season. Despite missing their manager, who was suspended for Saturday’s theatrics involving Rhys Hoskins, they sought to salvage the opening series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Megill started strong, picking off a runner in the first inning. However, a walk to...
The New York Mets began the season by getting swept in the team’s opening series at Citi Field on Sunday. In that game, Tylor Megill toed the rubber and struggled with his control significantly. After the game, bench coach John Gibbons said Megill was feeling tenderness in his shoulder and is going to get a precautionary MRI. As mentioned, despite only allowing one earned run, Megill...
Sunday, March 31, 2024 • 1:40 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Colin Rea (0-0, -.–) vs. RHP Tylor Megill (0-0, -.–) SNY The New York Mets (0-2) will try to avoid being swept this afternoon as they take on the Milwaukee Brewers (2-0) for the third and final game of the series. The Mets’ offense woke up yesterday and scored six runs thanks to three homers (Francisco Alvarez,...
Major League Baseball announced Sunday afternoon that New York Mets relief pitcher Yohan Ramírez and manager Carlos Mendoza are being suspended for the wild pitch that went behind Milwaukee Brewers designated hitter Rhys Hoskins on Saturday. Ramírez is being suspended three games and Mendoza one. Major League Baseball is ruling that pitch that Ramírez threw was intentional. Ramírez is appealing...
Francisco Alvarez showed glimpses of what he could become throughout the 2023 season, especially with the bat. His power is always going to draw the most headlines, but his ability to spray the ball all over the field in Saturday’s 7-6 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers may be a sign of things to come. For just the second time in his young career, the New York Mets’ catcher, Alvarez,...
Rhys Hoskins is not exactly looked upon fondly in New York right now. The former Phillie has been in the middle of two separate controversies in the Mets’ opening series of the 2024 season. The first of which unfolded in the eighth inning of Friday’s home opener. After the said first incident, Hoskins found himself in controversy again in the top of the seventh of Saturday’s...
In the first start of what Luis Severino hopes will be a bounceback year, things didn’t go quite like he envisioned. Severino suited up in orange and blue for his first official regular season appearance with his former team’s crosstown rival on Saturday. Though the spring brought some signs that Severino might be primed to return to his dominant form, he opened his Mets career with...
Updated Post – 3/30/24, 3:42 PM The drama between the Mets and Rhys Hoskins bled into Saturday’s game in the seventh inning. With a runner on first and one out, Hoskins stepped to the plate against Yohan Ramírez, who threw a 94-mile-per-hour fastball behind the Brewers DH on the first pitch of the at-bat. Ramírez charged toward the plate after the pitch as Francisco Álvarez retrieved...
It wasn’t a Good Friday for the Mets’ offense. Freddy Peralta fanned eight in six innings of one-hit ball to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 win over New York on Opening Day at Citi Field, spoiling the managerial debut of Carlos Mendoza. It was the fewest hits ever for the Mets on Opening Day, with the previous low being two in 1963. New York’s only hit and run came on a...
Friday, March 29, 2024 • 1:40 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Freddy Peralta (0-0, -.–) vs. LHP José Quintana (0-0, -.–) SNY The Mets are back! The 2024 season will finally start this afternoon as they welcome the Milwaukee Brewers to Queens for Opening Day. For the second year in a row, weather has interrupted the team’s plans for the home opener, causing them to push the...
