Tag: Nationals

3 Up, 3 Down: Mets Stay Hot With Nationals Sweep

The New York Mets are red-hot right now. Dating back to the Trade Deadline, the Mets are a scorching 9-3. During that run, this team has been incredibly fun to watch on a near-nightly basis. That culminated in an entertaining sweep of the Nationals over the weekend. Great pitching, an even better bullpen, and some clutch hitting were the fuel behind the Mets’ second series sweep this...

Morning Briefing: Nationals Moving CJ Abrams to Second Base

Good morning, Mets fans! The Nationals are transitioning shortstop CJ Abrams to second base, per manager Blake Butera. Abrams will still play shortstop once or twice per week as he settles into second base. Abrams is in the middle of the best year of his career for the rival Nationals, owning an .899 OPS with 29 homers and a league-leading 91 RBIs. Latest Mets News The Mets (54-69) defeated the...

Game Thread: Nationals vs. Mets, 7:10 PM

Friday, August 14, 2026 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Andrew Alvarez (2-3, 3.76) vs. RHP Robert Stock (0-2, 10.13) SNY Although the Mets lost their last series against the Braves, they come back home after a successful road trip where they swept the Guardians and won a series against the Pirates. The Mets are still in fifth place in the NL East and are 16 games below .500. Tonight,...

3 Up, 3 Down: Mets Battle To Earn Series Split

The New York Mets showed plenty of good and bad after splitting a series with the Nationals. After exploding offensively in the opener, the Mets dropped back-to-back clunkers in Washington. However, the team was able to claw out a win in the finale to avoid dropping the series. As has often been the case recently, there was a mixture of positives and negatives from the four games against the...

Game Chat: Nationals vs Mets, 4:05 PM

Thursday, May 21, 2026 • 4:05 PM Nationals Park • Washington, DC LHP David Peterson (2-4, 5.40) vs. RHP Cade Cavalli (2-2, 4.05) SNY The Mets will try to escape Washington with a four-game split today. After winning the first game of the series by scoring 10 runs in the 12th inning, the Mets’ bats have struggled to keep up with the Nationals over the last two days. Tuesday, Bo Bichette hit...

Even in Defeat, Juan Soto Stays Scorching Hot

The Mets scored four runs in their loss to the Washington Nationals on a dark and stormy D.C. night. Three of those runs came roaring off the bat of Juan Soto. Soto launched two home runs over the right-field wall at Nationals Park, boosting his OPS by nearly 50 points in a single game and pushing it above .950 on the season. It marked the 29th multi-homer game of his career, putting him in...

Mets Strand a Dozen In Loss to Nationals

The New York Mets fell to the Washington Nationals 7-4 in a game where they struggled to take advantage of runners in scoring position. They had an opportunity to take the lead in the top of the seventh inning with the bases loaded and one out, but Kevin Parada struck out on three fastballs in the heart of the zone. They scored one run that inning on a walk, and then Diego Mosquera grounded out....

Spring Training Game Chat: Mets vs Nationals, 1:05 PM

Thursday, March 5, 2026 • 1:05 PM CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches • West Palm Beach, FL RHP Justin Hagenman (0-0, 5.06) vs. RHP Miles Mikolas (0-0, -.–) Nationals.TV The Mets take another step today back to normal spring training baseball. The last two days, the Mets have taken on Nicaragua and Israel in a series of exhibition games leading up to the WBC. With a chunk of the Mets stars away...

Spring Training Game Chat: Nationals vs Mets, 1:10 PM

Saturday, February 28, 2026 • 1:10 PM Clover Park • Port St. Lucie, FL RHP Jake Irvin (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Tobias Myers (1-0, 0.00) SNY Going into spring training games on Friday, the Mets had a +1 run differential. Then the Mets beat the Cardinals 14-3. Spring win/loss records and run differentials don’t mean a ton, but it’s better to put up a lot of runs, and not allow a lot of runs than...

2026 NL East Positional Rankings: Starting Rotation

In a typical season, a team expects to have 10-12 pitchers make starts for them. Last year, the Mets had 14 pitchers start a game (excluding openers) and the cracks in their depth showed. This year they worked to not only improve their depth, but also improve the front end of their rotation. Let’s see how they stack up among the rest of the National League East. No 5. Washington Nationals...

Morning Briefing: Former Mets Hitting Coach Jeremy Barnes Joins Nats

Good morning, Mets fans! Former Mets hitting coach Jeremy Barnes announced on LinkedIn that he is joining the Nationals as the director of baserunning, game play and defense. Barnes spent 2022-2025 on the Mets’ major league staff, serving this past season as co-hitting coach with Eric Chávez. The Mets replaced Barnes and Chávez with Troy Snitker. Latest MLB News Former White Sox...

3 Up, 3 Down: Mets Drop Near-Fatal Series To Nats

Okay, things are starting to look really, really, really bad for the New York Mets now. After dropping two out of three to the lowly Nationals over the weekend, the Mets are on the outside in. They are officially out of playoff position for the first time since April 5. And, with the Reds owning the tiebreaker, the Mets don’t exactly have their own destiny in their hands anymore with just...

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