The Mets-Cardinals Saturday matinee has been postponed due to rain. The two teams will make up the contest with a split-doubleheader on Sunday. The games will take place at 1:15 and 6:15 EST. Thankfully for New York, Blade Tidwell was already set to make his major league debut tomorrow, so they won’t have to change any of their starting pitching plans for the weekend. The team has its next...
The terrible weather up and down the East Coast did not stop Brandon Sproat from showing off his elite stuff. Sproat, who struck out a career-high 13 batters on Friday, achieved an unreal feat–retiring 11 straight FisherCats via strikeout. Sproat’s 11 straight strikeouts were more than Tom Seaver’s major league record of 10 consecutive batters, which stood alone for more than 50...
Good morning, Mets fans! Former Met and former Giant Darin Ruf is a free agent, the Giants announced Saturday. He cleared waivers and elected free agency after recently being DFA’d. The Mets, meanwhile, only got to the third inning of Saturday’s game before it entered a long delay and was eventually suspended. They’ll continue the game today at 12:35 p.m. ET, and then play a...
Mets’ fans who were looking forward to returning to Citi Field will have to wait another day. The Mets announced on Wednesday that Thursday’s home opener against the Marlins would be delayed until Friday at 1:10 p.m. due to forecasted rain. The Mets originally had an off day planned for Friday, so the team will not have to play a double-header. The team stated that fans who...
New York Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman was not a happy camper after Sunday’s brief contest with the Miami Marlins that was called due to inclement weather after just three batters. As a result, Stroman’s outing lasted only nine-pitches before the umpires decided to call a delay and bring the tarp out onto the field. While umpires decide whether to stop play because of bad weather, the...
