Good morning, Mets fans. The Mets suffered a crushing loss on Wednesday night as a bang-bang play at the plate in the bottom of the ninth was the final blow for the Amazins. Pete Alonso’s hand bounced up before the plate, allowing the tag to be placed before he scored and subsequently ending the game. However, an even bigger story is how the Mets’ offense has continued to struggle...
Welcome to the first 3 Up, 3 Down of the 2024 regular season! I wish I were starting things off on a far more positive note as far as the New York Mets are concerned. Instead, I don’t think even the most negative of fans/pundits could have predicted just how much of a stinking dumpster fire the opening weekend of the 2024 season would be for the Mets. It was bad. Period. There were very...
Sunday, March 31, 2024 • 1:40 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Colin Rea (0-0, -.–) vs. RHP Tylor Megill (0-0, -.–) SNY The New York Mets (0-2) will try to avoid being swept this afternoon as they take on the Milwaukee Brewers (2-0) for the third and final game of the series. The Mets’ offense woke up yesterday and scored six runs thanks to three homers (Francisco Alvarez,...
Major League Baseball announced Sunday afternoon that New York Mets relief pitcher Yohan Ramírez and manager Carlos Mendoza are being suspended for the wild pitch that went behind Milwaukee Brewers designated hitter Rhys Hoskins on Saturday. Ramírez is being suspended three games and Mendoza one. Major League Baseball is ruling that pitch that Ramírez threw was intentional. Ramírez is appealing...
Rhys Hoskins is not exactly looked upon fondly in New York right now. The former Phillie has been in the middle of two separate controversies in the Mets’ opening series of the 2024 season. The first of which unfolded in the eighth inning of Friday’s home opener. After the said first incident, Hoskins found himself in controversy again in the top of the seventh of Saturday’s...
In the first start of what Luis Severino hopes will be a bounceback year, things didn’t go quite like he envisioned. Severino suited up in orange and blue for his first official regular season appearance with his former team’s crosstown rival on Saturday. Though the spring brought some signs that Severino might be primed to return to his dominant form, he opened his Mets career with...
Updated Post – 3/30/24, 3:42 PM The drama between the Mets and Rhys Hoskins bled into Saturday’s game in the seventh inning. With a runner on first and one out, Hoskins stepped to the plate against Yohan Ramírez, who threw a 94-mile-per-hour fastball behind the Brewers DH on the first pitch of the at-bat. Ramírez charged toward the plate after the pitch as Francisco Álvarez retrieved...
It wasn’t a Good Friday for the Mets’ offense. Freddy Peralta fanned eight in six innings of one-hit ball to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 win over New York on Opening Day at Citi Field, spoiling the managerial debut of Carlos Mendoza. It was the fewest hits ever for the Mets on Opening Day, with the previous low being two in 1963. New York’s only hit and run came on a...
Good morning, Mets fans! After years of being a divisional pest, former Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins agreed to a two-year, $34 million contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. ESPN’s Jeff Passan was the first to report the agreement. The deal comes with an opt-out after the first season, according to Passan. Hoskins, 31, missed last season after suffering a torn ACL during...
RHYS HOSKINS Position: 1B/DH Age: 30 (03/17/1993) 2022 Traditional Stats: 156 G, 672 AB, .246/.332/.462, 30 HR, 33 2B, 79 RBI, 272 TB, 145 H 2022 Advanced Stats: 2.9 bWAR, 123 OPS+, .216 ISO, 90.2 EV, 44.5 HardH%, 25.2 SO%, 10.7 BB%, 4.5 HR% RUNDOWN Rhys Hoskins had an early, unfortunate end to his 2023 season. After clubbing 30 homers and going to the World Series in 2022, Hoskins tore his ACL...
Joc Pederson Position: DH/OF, B/T: L/L Age: 31 (04/21/1992) 2023 Traditional Stats: 121 G, 425 PA, .235/.348/.416/.764, 15 HR, 51 RBI, 14 2B, 57 BB, 89 SO 2023 Advanced Stats: 111 wRC+, 20.9% SO%, 13.4% BB%, .268 BABIP, .368 xwOBA, 0.6 fWAR, 0.6 bWAR RUNDOWN The Dodgers selected Joc Pederson in the 11th round of the 2010 MLB draft. He soon made his major league in 2014 and became an everyday...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Giants and Red Sox have both offered Yoshinobu Yamamoto a contract that exceeds $300 million, according to MLB Analyst Jim Bowden. Yamamoto was rumored to receive a contract of this size all offseason, and now the front-running Dodgers, Yankees, and Mets will have to match or outbid this offer. With the Yamamoto news, the Giants continue their push for top-tier...
