Good morning, Mets fans! Abbey Mastracco of The Daily News is reporting that Mets prospect Mark Vientos could be an option anywhere in the infield. Vientos came with three different fielding gloves to player several different positions and could realistically be another first baseman option behind Alonso and current designated hitter Daniel Vogelbach. “I’m ready to play in the big leagues every...
According to our own Jacob Resnick, the Mets have added top prospect Ronny Mauricio to their 60-player pool. The Mets transferred catcher Rene Rivera to the 45-day injured list to make room in the player pool. He will be eligible to come off the IL on September 13. Mauricio, 19, slashed .268/307/.357 in 504 plate appearances for the Class-A Columbia Fireflies in 2019. The switch-hitting...
The Mets have placed catcher Rene Rivera on the injured list with a hyperextended left elbow and recalled right-handed pitcher Franklyn Kilome, per Tim Britton of The Athletic. Kilome originally came up with the Phillies organization, and was traded to the Mets in 2018 in the Asdrubal Cabrera deal. He made seven starts for the Rumble Ponies in 2018, posting a 4.03 ERA and 9.9 K/9 before going...
Friday, July 31, 2020 • 7:10 p.m. Truist Park • Atlanta, GA RHP Rick Porcello (0-1, 27.00) vs. LHP Sean Newcomb (0-0, 2.70) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM The Mets are in mid-season form: they have left a ton of runners in scoring position the last two nights. In each of the last two nights – just one hit – by the Mets in one of several opportunities probably means the Mets win the ball game....
Good Morning, Mets fans! After another frustrating loss last night, the Mets travel to Atlanta for a four-game set starting tonight at 7:10 EST. The Mets opened the season with a three-game series against the Braves, losing two out of three. Rick Porcello will try to redeem himself in his second start as a Met. Latest Mets News The Mets made several roster moves including selecting Brian Dozier...
Sunday, July 26, 2020 • 7:08 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Sean Newcomb (2019: 6-3, 3.16) vs. RHP Rick Porcello (2019: 14-12, 5.52) ESPN • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM We are only a few days into the new season and I’m going to offer my controversial Hot Take from yesterday: I think Díaz threw a good pitch, and sometimes you get beat. It’s hard saying that in the backdrop of what...
The New York Mets (7-9) defeated the Houston Astros (7-10) this afternoon at the score of 7-4. On the Mound: Rick Porcello had another impressive outing on the mound on Tuesday afternoon against the Houston Astros. He allowed nine hits, struck out one batter, and allowed two earned runs. What made the difference for Porcello’s outing today was he that was able to induce three double plays...
New York Mets (6-9-3) vs Houston Astros (7-8-2) 1:05 PM FITTEAM Ballpark, West Palm Beach RHP Rick Porcello vs LHP Framber Valdez The Mets tied the Miami Marlins by a score of 1-1 on Monday afternoon in Jupiter. It was the third tied result of the spring. The Mets’ offense was virtually silent once again, but pitching continued to shine. Walker Lockett looked good, allowing only three hits in...
The Mets defeated the Houston Astros by a score of 3-1 on Sunday afternoon. Mets’ pitchers proved strong once again, and the offense put up just enough to take the W. Pitching Noah Syndergaard came out of the gate strong, striking out two in a one-two-three first inning. After a clean second, Syndergaard surrendered a run in the third on a Alex De Goti double to left. The right-hander...
Marcus Stroman made his third start of the spring this afternoon, hurling three scoreless frames in an eventual 4-1 Mets victory. Donning his regular light blue glove, Stroman walked Tommy Edman and nicked Matt Carpenter to start his outing. However, Rene Rivera cut down Edman after the RedBird attempted to take second base during Carpenter’s at-bat. Carpenter was later retired on a...
MLB Network insider Jon Heyman reports that the Mets have “checked in on” free agent catcher Russell Martin, as have the Oakland Athletics. Martin, who turned 37 on the 15th, has already turned down offers this winter, citing a family situation (first mentioned last week by the New York Post’s Joel Sherman). He appeared in 83 games with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019, slashing...
Happy first day of baseball in 2020! In short order, we will be able to hear the SNY tune with the Mets booth welcoming us to St. Lucie and the Mets renovated stadium. The Mets will play a split-squad schedule to open up spring, with half the squad taking on the Marlins at home and the other half going to Jupiter to take on the Cardinals. And right away this year we jump into the main position...
