The 2024 New York Mets are a difficult and weird team to try and figure out. There was the 0-5 start, then the hot streak, and now we’re in another strange stretch where the bullpen continues to reign supreme, but yet there are notable red flags across the offense and the defense. We saw the great, the not so great and the confusing sides of the Mets throughout the four-game set against...
You can’t clinch anything in April, but you most certainly lose everything. It looked like that was starting to happen when the New York Mets started the season 0-5. However, as the calendar flips to May 1, the Mets enter play Wednesday night with an over .500 record. While many players have contributed to the turnaround, the main catalyst for the bounce back has to be the relievers. Out of the...
Good morning, Mets fans! The MLB uniform fiasco is going to be addressed, Jeff Passan of ESPN reported Sunday after obtaining a memo to the MLBPA. Most notably, the uniforms will have larger lettering on the back of jerseys, and modifying issues the players brought up about their pants. The modifications will come no later than the beginning of the 2025 season. Latest Mets News With the Mets...
What a weekend full of ups and downs for the New York Mets in Los Angeles. New York took two of three from the Dodgers to win a fifth straight series. That was the good. However, the team was hit with bad news on the injury front. Furthermore, there is legitimate concern over the backend of the rotation. And there are now question marks over how the offense and the bullpen will cope without two...
The Mets are coming off a scorching hot week where they swept the Pittsburgh Pirates and took two out of three in Los Angeles against the Dodgers, finishing the week with a 5-1 record while improving to 12-9 on the season. The offense kept the train rolling for the Mets, scoring 33 runs (5.5 per game), including two nine-run performances in back-to-back days. Offensive Player of the Week:...
Resilient. That’s been the word to describe the 2024 New York Mets this early in the season. On Saturday afternoon against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the road, the Mets continued their resiliency in a thrilling 6-4 win at Dodger Stadium. Despite the pitching walking ten Dodgers batters, the Mets managed to hold their ground. In the sixth inning, with the score tied at 4-4, Starling Marte...
With the New York Mets recent surge to get over .500 after an 0-5 start, the bullpen has been one of the main reasons why. They have logged the most strikeouts in the National League (87), allowed the second lowest batting average (.209), thrown the fifth most innings (69.2 innings). True, the Mets have Edwin Díaz as their closer, but the reliever who has had the best start to the year is...
New York secured its fourth consecutive series victory with a 3-1 win over the Pirates on Tuesday evening, building on a 9-3 stretch that has brought the club above the .500 mark for the first time this season. It is the first time the club has been over .500 since June 3 last season. The triumph was backed by solid contributions from the bullpen, which blanked the Pirates’ offense through...
After losing their first five games of the season, the New York Mets were determined to flip the script. In the second game of their doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers, the Mets went with Jose Buttó as their starter. Despite being recalled from Triple-A Syracuse on short notice as the team’s 27th man, Buttó set the tone in a major way. He acknowledged the uncertainty surrounding his...
After a tough loss in Game 1 of the doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers to drop to 0-5 on the year, the New York Mets rallied in the ninth inning in Game 2 to win 2-1 at Citi Field on Thursday. The Mets were looking to avoid a 0-6 start for the first time since the franchise’s infancy. Buttó finished 2023 strong and had solid spring training heading into this spot start. Butto...
The New York Mets announced on Friday that left-hander Joey Lucchesi, a candidate to fill the final spot in the rotation that opened as a result of Kodai Senga’s injury, was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse. The 30-year-old went 4-0 with a 2.89 ERA in nine starts for the Mets last season, striking out 32 in 46 2/3 innings. He gave up four earned runs in 1 1/3 innings this spring. New York...
David Stearns and the Mets were busy last week. The organization rehauled the bullpen for the upcoming season, re-signing Adam Ottavino on Jan. 31, and inking free agents Jake Diekman and Shintaro Fujinami on Feb. 2. These three signings marked serious investments toward the bullpen for next season. Before, Stearns had made 13 smaller moves that didn’t move the needle, but instead fit the...
