Everything appeared to click for the New York Mets on the West Coast. After a disappointing start to the road trip, the Mets took three out of four from the Giants in San Francisco. All in all, they finished their first road trip of the year 4-3. Furthermore, several encouraging trends emerged from the series against the Giants. The pitching continued to look strong, while the offense showed...
Good morning, Mets fans! According to Will Sammon of The Athletic, the Mets are still interested in multiple additions to the bullpen after acquiring lefty reliever Gregory Soto from the Orioles for minor league pitchers Wellington Aracena and Cam Foster Friday morning. Danny Coulombe, Griffin Jax, and David Bednar stand out as potential targets for a team looking to fill its biggest need....
The Mets (60-44) brought their hot bats with them to San Francisco, scoring eight runs in the series opener against the Giants (54-50) in a comfortable 8-1 victory Friday night. The win extends the Mets’ streak to five games and keeps them half a game ahead of the Phillies in the NL East. The Mets scored early and often off of Giants ace Logan Webb, who looked nothing like himself from the...
Good morning, Mets fans. The Mets lost to the Giants on Friday, 8-7, as the team found yet another brutal way to lose. The Mets entered the eighth inning up 6-2, but surrendered five runs before allowing another in the ninth. It was the fifth time in the past 11 games that the Mets had the lead after five innings and ultimately gave it up. Right now, everything that could go wrong is going wrong...
Talk about a productive road trip for the New York Mets. The Mets finished .500 on their West Coast swing. During that span, they took 2 of 3 from the juggernaut Dodgers, before avoiding the sweep against the Giants. All in all, some positive trends continued to emerge. However, some red flags did appear as it pertains to one or two fatal flaws that may ensure this is nothing better than a .500...
The Mets (12-10) traveled to San Francisco (11-13) on Monday to continue their West Coast road trip after winning two out of three against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Jose Quintana (1-2, 4.21 ERA) took the mound against righty Keaton Winn (2-3, 3.54), but Quintana’s early season struggles with command continued, and it allowed the Giants to coast to a 5-2 win. Quintana entered the day with...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, the San Francisco Giants fired Gabe Kapler after four years as the team’s manager. The highlight of Kapler’s tenure was an out-of-nowhere 107-win season in 2021, but the results in his other three years as the team’s leader were underwhelming. The Giants are officially eliminated from playoff contention after having a dreadful second half of...
Good morning, Mets fans. The Mets lost 5-4 to the Giants on Friday night after the bullpen blew yet another late lead. The loss gave the Mets a record of 7-19 for the month of June, marking the worst record in any calendar month for the team since June 2018 when they went 5-21. It was also the second-worst record of any MLB team in the month of June, only in front of the 23-59 Royals. The loss...
The Mets hosted the Giants for the first game of a three-game set on Friday night. The game officially marked the beginning of the second half of the season for the Mets, and if this game is a sign of things to come, the team will only continue to disappoint. After a five-iinning start by Carlos Carrasco was followed up by two solid combined innings from Jeff Brigham and Brooks Raley, David...
The Mets played their second game of a four-game series against the San Francisco Giants late Friday night. Joey Lucchesi, who hadn’t pitched in a major league game since the 2021 season, got the start for the Mets in place of the injured Carlos Carrasco. Meanwhile, starting for the Giants was Anthony DeSclafani, who had been pitching excellently through his first three starts of the...
“You know, Keith, no Met has ever hit three home runs in a game at home.” If you’ve watched as many Mets games as I have over the years, then you’ve undoubtedly heard Gary Cohen make this statement whenever a Met has come up to the plate after hitting two home runs in a home game. It’s true. Nine Mets players have hit three home runs in a game. But Jim Hickman,...
Beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams is dead at the age of 63. The apparent cause of death was suicide by asphyxiation, according to police who found Williams unconscious at his home in nearby San Francisco, California. He had been battling severe depression and spent time in rehab for it as recently as July, his publicist said in a statement. Williams was best known for his starring roles...
