David Byrne famously remarked, “Same As It Ever Was” in the Talking Heads hit track “Once In A Lifetime.” While they weren’t looking for their big, beautiful house, the New York Mets displayed an offensively lackluster performance that has unfortunately been a recurring theme this season and echoes Byrne’s lyric closely. They dropped the series finale against...
Sunday, August 2, 2026 • 1:40 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Sandy Alcantara (11-6, 3.82) vs. RHP Robert Stock (0-0, -.–) SNY The New York Mets look to split the series with the Miami Marlins Sunday afternoon behind a spot start from Robert Stock. Saturday was a quiet day for the Mets in multiple ways. On the field, the Mets scored only two runs on seven hits, going 0-for-1 with runners...
Sunday, March 22, 2026 • 1:10 PM Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium • Jupiter, FL LHP David Peterson (1-0, 5.63) vs. RHP Sandy Alcantara (1-1, 5.63) Marlins.TV The New York Mets play their last spring training game Sunday afternoon. On Thursday, the Mets will open the season against Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates in Queens. Saturday, outfielder Mike Tauchman, who was on the precipice of...
Sandy Alcantara Position: RP B/T: R/R Player Data: Age: 30 (09/7/1995) 2025 Traditional Stats: 31 GS, 11-12, 174 2/3 IP, 5.36 ERA, 1.271 WHIP, 142 SO, 7.3 SO/9 2025 Advanced Stats: 82 ERA+, 19.1% K%, 7.7% BB%, 4.58 xERA, 4.28 FIP, 0.1 bWAR Rundown Sandy Alcantara’s 2025 was one to forget. The 2022 NL Cy Young missed the entire 2024 season due to Tommy John, and struggled in his returning...
The New York Mets wrapped up a rough series at Citi Field on Sunday with a 5-1 loss to the Miami Marlins, dropping three of four and watching their Wild Card cushion shrink to just four games over the Cincinnati Reds. The starting pitching once again faltered and New York was unable to recover from another early deficit. Kodai Senga’s struggles since coming back from injury showed up again as he...
Sunday, August 31, 2025 • 1:40 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Sandy Alcantara (7-11, 5.87) vs. RHP Kodai Senga (7-5, 2.73) WPIX The New York Mets will try to salvage the series with the Miami Marlins Sunday afternoon. It’s been a wild series with the Mets beating themselves Thursday, routing the Marlins on Friday, and almost completing a major comeback on Saturday. At one point, Saturday, the...
According to the New York Post’s Mike Puma, the Mets are among the teams to have checked in on Marlins right-handed starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara. However, the chances of a deal seem slim. Miami’s asking price is extremely high, and the Mets consider the starting pitching market difficult to navigate. Alcantara, who won the 2022 NL Cy Young Award, has struggled since returning...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Padres, who have had several questions concerning their financial status, were able to lock up one of their young stars on Wednesday. San Diego’s center fielder, Jackson Merrill, had an All-Star campaign in his rookie year, slugging 24 home runs with a .292/.326/.500 slash line. Merrill agreed with the club on a nine-year, $135 million contract extension which...
Sunday, February 23, 2025 • 1:05 PM CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches • West Palm Beaches, FL RHP Ty Adcock (0-0, -.–) vs. LHP Shinnosuke Ogasawara (0-0, -.–) MASN What a start for the 2025 New York Mets on Saturday! Juan Soto hit a home run in first spring at-bat as a Met. Clay Holmes tossed three perfect innings in his first start. Not to mention, fans almost broke the attendance...
We’ve reached Part 2 of 4 of our breakdown of the other farm systems in the National League East. After heading down south to Georgia for Part No. 1, we’re going a bit farther south to Vice City for this installment. LEAGUE RANKINGS Baseball America: 18 MLB Pipeline: 15 FanGraphs: 20 All three outlets generally agree that the Marlins have a middle-of-the-road farm system. Not great,...
Each offseason, teams around the league need to make tough decisions in regards to which Rule 5 draft eligible players will be added to the 40-man roster to ensure they are not taken by another team. This is a lighter group than normal for first year Rule-5 eligibility because the group corresponds to the abbreviated 2020 MLB Draft class. There are, of course, more players in the minor league...
Good morning, Mets fans! The season continues to wind down as September rolls on. The New York Mets have dropped two in a row to Philadelphia Phillies this weekend. They will look to avoid a sweep in the series finale Sunday evening at 6:05 p.m. ET (rescheduled from 1:05 p.m. ET late Saturday night). José Butto will get the ball for the Mets on Sunday afternoon. Latest Mets News Per Tim Britton...
