What a week that turned out to be for the New York Mets. Coming off the Trade Deadline, the new-look Mets hit the road and are currently an impressive 5-1 before opening up a series in Atlanta on Monday. After sweeping the Guardians, the Mets went into Pittsburgh and continued to be a lot of fun to watch on the way to taking two out of three from the Pirates. While wins and losses hold little...
Zac Thornton and the Mets (51-66) took on the Pirates (57-61) in the first game of a three-game set at PNC park. The Mets came in at 3-0 since the trade deadline following a sweep of the Guardians, and they kept the good times rolling. Thanks to more hitting and a stellar outing from the left-hander, the Mets won their fourth straight game, 6-2. A.J. Ewing led things off, looking to keep the...
Luke Weaver, the Mets’ most valuable trade asset, has been traded to the Pirates. Weaver, a 32-year-old relief pitcher, has another year of team control after 2026. After falling out of the playoff race, the Mets had a decision to make on whether to keep Weaver or trade him at his peak value. Ultimately, David Stearns chose the latter and decided to move him to Pittsburgh. In return, the...
Major League Baseball All-Star voting is officially open. Yeah, the season is flying by. It’s June and the usual suspects are cementing their names as among pennant chasers. The Dodgers, Braves, Yankees, and Brewers are all at the top of the league again. There are some newbies coming into their own as well. The Pirates are competitive as of the first week of June. And the White Sox would...
Cristopher Sánchez and the Phillies have been dominating under Don Mattingly. The club has jumped to a 25-26 record, going 16-7 under their new skipper to put Philadelphia back in the playoff hunt. Sánchez has been an important cog in the machine, and is currently trying to make history for the Phillies. After pitching eight scoreless innings Friday against Cleveland, Sánchez has increased his...
The 2026 MLB season could be defined by one word: Injury. Numerous teams have seen stars hit the injury list mid-way through May — and as a Mets website, you readers don’t need to be reminded of that. The Tigers have seen players such as Tarik Skubal, Javier Baez, Kerry Carpenter, and Gleyber Torres go down, the Yankees have seen Max Fried, Jasson Dominguez, and José...
Remember everything I said about the National League East? Trash that and reapply it to the NL Central. That division through April looks like the real deal. Every single team is above .500 and chock full of talent. The Pirates have finally put together a competent offense behind their rotation, the Reds have finally developed a rotation behind their star-studded infield, the Cubs are mashing...
Remember when nobody wanted Munetaka Murakami? The Japanese slugger was the most sought-after foreign free agent, then statistics came out that he couldn’t hit velocity, and he had to settle for a two-year, $34 million contract with the White Sox. Well, Murakami is proving just about everyone wrong, and currently is tied with Yordan Alvarez for the major league lead in homers with 11. Oh,...
Baseball hasn’t been kind to the Big Apple. The Mets and Yankees both struggled mightily last week, costing the Bombers a few spots on the top 10 and the Mets to fall off the list. The Amazins’ have dropped nine games in a row after starting 7-4 and fundamentally look like one of the worst teams in baseball. And the Yankees got swept by the Rays, split a series with the Angels, and...
Good morning, Mets fans! Jonah Tong made his 2026 season debut Friday in the Syracuse Mets’ Opening Day game. He threw four innings of scoreless baseball, allowing just one hit and two walks while striking out four. He threw 73 pitches (42 strikes). The Mets won 3-1 over Worcester to kick off the minor league season. Latest Mets News The Mets (1-0) play their second game of the season...
The sun was shining, the crowd was roaring, and the Mets were hitting. It was a picture-perfect Opening Day for the Mets, as they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 at Citi Field. David Stearns’ new-look lineup started off the season with a bang, piling up 11 hits, including two homers, a triple and a double. They shockingly drove reigning Cy Young award winner Paul Skenes out of the game before...
Thursday, March 26, 2026 • 1:15 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Paul Skenes (0-0, -.–) vs. RHP Freddy Peralta (0-0, -.–) NBC • Peacock The 2026 Mets officially take the field for the first time this afternoon! In 2005, the Mets signed Carlos Beltrán and Pedro Martínez. They rolled into the season with the slogan “The New Mets”. They should bring that slogan back this year with the...
