Good morning, Mets fans! New Mets reliever A.J. Minter talked about his offseason of change, mentioning that while Atlanta holds a close place in his heart, he is “here to beat them,” per Manny Gómez of NJ.com. A hectic offseason, which has included rehab from hip surgery, found himself landing in a rival town, moving from Atlanta to Queens. In the article, Minter also mentioned that...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets, who are hosting their first version of fan fest in nearly five years on Saturday, released their star-studded lineup for the day. Amazin’ Day, where fans will be able to hear from and meet current and former Mets players, will have some of the biggest names in the franchise’s history available. Some of those names include Mike Piazza, Francisco...
The tributes continue to pour in from throughout the baseball world for Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, who would have turned 66 on Christmas Day. The all-time stolen base leader played for nine teams in his 25-year career, including the Mets in 1999-2000. Commissioner Rob Manfred “For multiple generations of baseball fans, Rickey Henderson was the gold standard of base stealing and...
Baseball has lost another legend in 2024 with the passing of Rickey Henderson. He was only 65. Henderson was born December 25, 1958, in Chicago. He later moved to Oakland at age seven, where he grew up a fan of the Oakland Raiders. Henderson played football, baseball, and ran track at Oakland Technical High School, and decided to go the baseball route after some wise advice from his mother....
Good morning, Mets fans. The Oakland Coliseum was packed with green and gold as fans said an emotional farewell to the Athletics during their final game in the city on Thursday. The A’s, who’ve called the Coliseum home since 1968, won 3-2 against the Texas Rangers. As Oakland’s last major sports team leaves, following the Raiders and Warriors, many fans voiced mixed emotions. Some even...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets had a golden opportunity to clinch a series win and an above .500 record on their West Coast swing last night. However, their bullpen let them down again. With two outs in the eighth inning and a runner on first, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza decided to go to Edwin Díaz to get a four-out save. Unfortunately, Díaz’s command was erratic again, leaving him in a...
It was a difficult week for the New York Mets prior to the Marlins’ series. Finishing out west by getting swept by the Seattle Mariners, then losing two out of three to the Oakland Athletics at Citi Field are not the results that a team in the hunt for the wild card race wants. Luckily, they had a bounce-back series against the Miami Marlins. One positive from this stretch has been...
After being swept by the Mariners to conclude their long road trip, the New York Mets (61-57) return home to face the Oakland Athletics (50-69). The Mets struggled mightily against the Mariners over the weekend, only scoring one run among three losing efforts. They sit one game behind the Braves for the final Wild Card spot after winning four of 10 games on their road trip. This series against...
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! Former Met and future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander is reportedly a couple of weeks behind schedule and his timetable is TBA at the moment, per Brian McTaggart of MLB.com. Verlander also had a delayed start to his 2023 season due to an upper back/shoulder issue, which seems to be ailing him this year as well. The three-time Cy Young award winner said he was going about...
Good morning Mets fans! Rintaro Sasaki, a Japanese high school phenom and the potential No. 1 pick in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft, officially decided to forego the NPB on Tuesday, signing a national letter of intent to play college baseball with Stanford, the university announced. Sasaki will graduate from Hanmaki-Higashi High School, the same school Shohei Ohtani attended, in...
Good morning, Mets fans! Adam Ottavino is back. Per Joel Sherman of the New York Post, Ottavino and the Mets are in agreement on a one-year, $4.5 million contract pending a physical. Latest Mets News Per Zack Meisel of The Athletic, Carlos Carrasco is headed back to the Cleveland Guardians on a minor league deal with an invitation to major league spring training. Carrasco pitched for the...
