Good morning, Mets fans! Mets top prospect Kevin Parada is going on the injured list with a right ankle sprain. Parada was injured on Thursday night when going from first to third on a base hit. The 21-year-old catcher who is generally considered the Mets’ no. 1 prospect, has built up to a .797 OPS for High-A Brooklyn after a slow start to the year. Latest Mets News The Mets defeated the...
Good morning, Mets fans! According to Paulsen of Sports Media Watch, there was a record audience of nearly five million viewers for the World Baseball Classic final. The Fox Sports 1 audience outdrew all but one MLB game on the network last year (including postseason). The game referenced was Phillies vs. Padres NLCS game four with an average of 4.88 million viewers. Tuesday’s Japan vs. United...
Good morning, Mets fans! Per Jack Harris of LA Times Sports, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced at FanFest on Saturday they will be retiring Fernando Valenzuela’s number 34 on Friday, August 11 before a home against the Colorado Rockies. The Los Angeles Dodgers confirmed the announced in a congratulatory tweet for Valenzuela, announcing that there will never be another No. 34. Latest Mets News...
Topps Heritage is back with its annual update set, Topps Heritage High Number. The High Number update features players that changed teams prior to and during the season in their new uniform, as well as some rookies that have made their major league debut. Unlike the Topps Update Series, Topps Heritage High Number is a true continuation of the Topps Heritage set released earlier in the year....
The National League East title is not out of reach yet. The Miami Marlins defeated the Atlanta Braves 4-0 to keep the Mets in the hunt. The Mets current elimination number for the division is one, meaning any Braves win or Mets loss would give Atlanta the division. The Mets did not play on Monday with rain in Queens postponing their contest against the Nationals until Tuesday. The two will play...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Machine, Albert Pujols, hit his 699th and 700th career home runs Friday against the Dodgers. Not only did he achieve the incredible feat by hitting two home runs in one night, but he did it in Los Angeles, a city which he called home for a decade. He became the fourth player all time to reach the 700 home run plateau, joining Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, and Babe Ruth....
Good morning, Mets fans! Thursday was an off day for the Mets, but their division lead expanded and their magic number went down as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves 1-0, putting the Mets ahead by 1.5 games and tuning the magic number to clinch the NL East to 11. With the Braves loss, the Mets’ magic number to clinch the NL East is 11. They’re now 1.5 games ahead of second...
Good morning, Mets fans! Before the 4:10 p.m. ET game against the Marlins Saturday, the Mets will be retiring Keith Hernandez’s number 17. Hernandez will become the fourth Met in history to have his number retired, joining Tom Seaver (#41), Mike Piazza (#31) and Jerry Koosman (#36). Latest MLB News MLB announced that veterans Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols will be playing in the 2022...
It may not have been the shot heard round’ the world, but it certainly was the shot heard round’ the bay. Last night, with arguably the best pitcher in the National League on the mound in Tim Lincecum, the Mets made short order of him in the first inning on this Carlos Beltran blast. It was the 250th homerun of Beltran’s career and it would provide all the scoring the Mets...
Pedro Martinez is on the shelf….again. For at least the next six weeks he will sit along side left fielder Moises Alou, backup catcher Ramon Castro, and setup man Duaner Sanchez. The trip to the disabled list is certainly no foreign place for the 36 year-old righty. It had to be expected at some juncture this season, just not as immediate as 57 pitches into the campaign. The...
It was mid January; it had proved to be a disastrous off-season for the Mets. Following the well documented and highly criticized collapse of September, the teams most prominent need appeared it would again go unaddressed for a second consecutive off-season. Than, the 29th day on the 2008 calendar emerged, and it became a day in which the Mets starting rotation was instantly altered from being...
Yesterday it was reported on many sites that Paul Lo Duca and the Mets have begun talks for a new contract. Today it’s becoming clearer that the Mets interest in Lo Duca is merely as a backup plan.Who the Mets are really coveting is Yankees catcher Jorge Posada. While Posada is coming off of the finest season in his career, I feel that he will pose a major risk for the Mets. He...
