Good morning, Mets fans! Per Will Sammon of The Athletic, the Mets are hiring Laiky Uribe as assistant director of international scouting. Uribe most recently served as an international crosschecker for the Dodgers, and he will now work under new Mets director of international scouting James Kang as the Mets continue to grow and improve their front office. Latest Mets News Ron Darling said he...
Good morning, Mets fans! Anthony Rieber of Newsday wrote about how the Mets added a locker room specifically for women employees this offseason right near the player’s clubhouse. Buck Showalter spoke about how this was one of the biggest priorities for the team: “We wanted to be ahead of it. That was a priority in the offseason, the No. 1 thing to get that done… We didn’t...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, the Mets received updates on three injured pitchers. Most important of the group was Justin Verlander, who threw four scoreless innings in a rehab assignment with Double-A Binghamton on Friday afternoon. After the game, Verlander said he felt good and is ready to go. He is likely to return to the Mets and make his debut with the team in the series against the...
In their first Friday home game of the year, the Mets (15-12) donned their black jerseys for the first time in 2023 as they began a four-game set with the Braves (18-9) on Friday night in the rain. David Peterson took the mound for New York looking to bounce back from two straight rough starts, while Max Fried, who came into the game having given up just one earned run in 15 innings, was on the...
We’ve made it, folks. It’s officially Opening Day of the 2023 season, and we are finishing our NL East preview with the home team. The New York Mets are coming off of one of their best regular seasons in franchise history and have the pieces necessary to repeat their success in 2023. They endured an active and sometimes chaotic offseason that saw them lose a franchise cornerstone in...
Good morning, Mets fans! Evan Drellich of The Athletic reports that there’s a chance MLB changes its new rules before Opening Day. Member of the league’s competition committee and while it’s unknown what the specific changes could be, they likely won’t be major. Spring training games are taking only two hours and 36 minutes this year, but players have expressed concerns...
We are a little over two weeks into Grapefruit and Cactus League action, as Major League Baseball prepares for an historic season. Historic in the sense that every team will play every other team, and several new rules will be implemented. The objectives are to speed up the games and add more offense, and in particular, more in-play action. It’s only natural to ask the question, “so,...
Max Scherzer took the bump for his second start of the spring on Friday afternoon against the Nationals. Former Met Trevor Williams started the game for Washington in his first action against the Mets since leaving in free agency this past offseason. Scherzer and Williams both avoided trouble through the first two innings. Scherzer retired all six batters in order while the ball never left the...
Every year, pitchers come to spring training with new toys, whether that be increased velocity, added strength and durability, or a new pitch. In Jose Butto’s case in 2023, his new toy is a cutter. Butto is looking to build on a career year in 2022 which included his MLB debut, a successful run in Triple-A Syracuse, and 135 total innings on the season after signing with the Mets as an...
Good morning, Mets fans! All MLB teams begin spring training games today, with the Mets playing two split-squad games, one against the Astros at 1:05 p.m. ET and the other against the Marlins at 6:10 p.m. Latest Mets News MMO’s own Michael Mayer reported that the Mets have been in attendance to scout the Korean World Baseball Classic team. Among the players of note is outfielder Lee...
With March approaching, so too is St. Patrick’s Day. To celebrate the upcoming holiday, FOCO just released a collection of St. Patrick’s Day themed mascot bobbleheads that includes popular team mascots from the MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL. Included in the collection is a Mr. Met St. Patrick’s Day Bobblehead. Unlike most of FOCO’s bobblehead releases, these St. Patrick’s Day bobbles launched...
With Wayne Randazzo accepting a position with the Los Angeles Angels, the New York Mets hired Brooklyn Cyclones radio announcer Keith Raad to join Howie Rose on WCBS 880 for the 2023 season. Raad was kind enough to agree to an interview to discuss his journey: MMO: Congratulations on being named one of the New York Mets radio announcers for the 2023 season. Certainly, this must be a dream come...
