Carson Benge played a crucial role in the New York Mets’ 7-3 victory over the Padres in San Diego on Sunday, helping the team take the series and finish their road trip splitting the six games. Although they remain at the bottom of the National League East, this win improves the Mets’ record to 29-36, marking another step in their journey towards .500. With this victory, the Mets have won...
Sunday, June 7, 2026 • 4:10 PM Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Huascar Brazobán (3-1, 2.25) vs. RHP Randy Vásquez (5-3, 3.31) SNY If the New York Mets win Sunday, they will have a .500 road trip where they played a surging Seattle Mariners team and sinking San Diego Padres team. The Mets had a shot to win the series Saturday, but the Mets’ bats couldn’t get much going against the Padres who...
In what seems to be the norm for the 2026 New York Mets, they grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory Saturday night against the Padres. The Mets lost 3-2 thanks to a two run home run by Freddy Fermin off Austin Warren in the bottom of the seventh inning. Fermin entered the game with a .392 OPS and had yet to hit his first home run of the season. Despite the loss, Nolan McLean threw another very...
Christian Scott and the New York Mets (28-35) took on the San Diego Padres (32-30), kicking off a three-game series. It was a strong performance, powered by Scott and Luis Torrens, with the Mets winning 5-0. After the Mets went down in order in the top of the first, Scott took the mound. The young righty worked around a leadoff single, keeping the game scoreless through one. In the top of the...
Friday, June 5, 2026 • 9:40 PM Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Christian Scott (1-0, 2.97) vs. RHP Michael King (4-4, 3.18) WPIX The Mets avoided the sweep on Wednesday, beating the Mariners after two rough games. Now, they head to southern California to take on a recently-struggling San Diego Padres team who has gone 1-9 in their last 10 games, dropping to a 32-29 record. The Mets are still in...
The New York Mets (27-35) looked to be moving in the right direction after winning four-straight games to finish their last homestand. That feeling quickly evaporated. The Mets lost two of three against the Seattle Mariners this week, leaving them six games back of a Wild Card spot in the National League. They will look to win their first road series since the second week of May, this time...
A lot has been made of the New York Mets’ payroll recently. Specifically, where it may up by the time the season begins. With that being said, let’s take a look at where the team’s payroll currently sits and where it may be by the time the season starts. Currently, according to Cot’s Baseball Contracts, the Mets have a competitive balance tax (CBT) 40-man payroll of...
Updated Post: Dec. 19 at 1:25 p.m. After hammering out a three-team deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros that saw them send second baseman Brandon Lowe to the former, the Tampa Bay Rays are also trading right-handed starting pitcher Shane Baz to the Baltimore Orioles. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal was the first to report the news. Per ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Tampa Bay will...
Dylan Cease Position: SP B/T: R/RAge: 29 (12/28/1995)2025 Traditional Stats: 32 G, 168 IP, 4.55 ERA, 1.327 WHIP, 215 SO, 71 BB2025 Advanced Stats: 94 ERA+, 29.8 K%, 9.8 BB%, 3.46 xERA, 3.56 FIP, 3.56 xFIP 3.4 fWAR/ 1.1 bWAR Rundown It was an odd season for Dylan Cease in 2025. He threw harder than ever (97.1 mp fastball velocity), had the highest K/9 among starting pitchers (11.9), and completed...
Things are looking a little bit better for the New York Mets. With the end of the regular season fast approaching, the Mets moved another step closer to securing a postseason berth after taking the series from the San Diego Padres. The Mets took two out of three from San Diego at Citi Field. As a result, New York is now a full two games ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Cincinnati Reds...
There appears to be more movement on the horizon in the New York Mets’ rotation. Early Sunday afternoon, Will Sammon of the Athletic reported that the Mets are temporarily moving left-handed pitcher Sean Manaea to the bullpen. He expanded on his report saying that Manaea would be available on Sunday, and if not used then, likely be deployed behind right-handed starter Clay Holmes during...
The New York Mets desperately needed to find a way to get a victory and end their eight game losing streak on Sunday at Citi Field. In a game that felt like an exact blue print copy of Saturday’s game, the Mets reversed the end result as Ryne Stanek pitched a clutch 10th, and Pete Alonso launched a walk-off homer. This culminated in the 5-2 extra-innings victory. Nolan McLean started the...
