Good morning, Mets fans. The Mets began the second half of the season on Friday night with a 6-0 loss to the Dodgers. Brandon Nimmo led off the game with a double, and the Mets were unable to record a hit for the rest of the game afterwards as Julio Urías shined. Justin Verlander also struggled in the game, giving up three earned runs over five innings while walking six batters. The loss is the...
The Mets entered the second half of the season with a Friday night matchup against the Dodgers, looking to put their first half of the season behind them. Needing to win now with the trade deadline just weeks away, the Mets looked as flat as could be and dropped the game 6-0 to fall to 42-49. After Julio Urías gave up a leadoff double to Brandon Nimmo that was initially ruled a home run but...
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...
Both USA and Puerto Rico are set to play their third games of the World Baseball Classic. In game one for the United States, they defeated Great Britain 6-2. Adam Wainwright was credited with the win, and the USA was led by Kyle Schwarber and his two-run home run offensively. In game two the USA was heated badly by Mexico, 11-5, and with that their chances of advancing out of pool play were...
The National League East enters the 2023 campaign with a perfect blend and mixture of talent at the second base position. After a recent trade by the Marlins, both batting title winners from 2022 are in the division while another familiar face re-enters the fold following an unfortunate series of injuries. With that, here is MMO’s rankings of the NL East second baseman headed into next...
Jeff McNeil was ranked the second-best second basemen in MLB by MLB Network on Wednesday night. Since the 2010 season, MLB Network has aired their segment Top Ten Right Now at every position. The segment calls upon the shredder to analyze every position and pick the top ten players. McNeil was ranked second overall after a historic bounce-back season. After finishing 2021 with an 87 OPS+, McNeil...
MLB Pipeline has released their rankings of their top third base prospects in the game, and Brett Baty was ranked No. 2. This marks the second straight year Baty was rated in the top 10. In fact, Baty was the highest-rated player from last year’s rankings. If not for Baltimore Orioles prospect Gunnar Henderson switching positions from shortstop to third base, Baty would actually be the top...
After being previously contacted about joining Team USA for the 2023 World Baseball Classic by manager Mark DeRosa, it appears that Jeff McNeil is officially on board. DeRosa recently told The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal that McNeil would be “taking” second base. This, of course, comes after the recent right elbow injury to Trevor Story, which will sideline the Boston Red Sox...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Astros defeated the Phillies 5-0 last night to even the World Series at 2-2. The Astros threw the second-ever World Series no-hitter. Cristian Javier started and pitched the first six innings, then Bryan Abreu, former Met Rafael Montero, and Ryan Pressly each pitched an inning to secure the combined no-hitter. Javier, through a translator, told FOX after the game...
It seemed like the baseball gods intended for the Mets to win it all and the Red Sox curse to continue. But the postscript to Game 6’s epic theater was anything but a formality. Sunday rain let Boston manager John McNamara give Bruce Hurst the starting nod. Hurst proceeded to reinforce his credentials for series MVP — an award all but in possession before the Mets’ epic comeback two nights...
As the Yankees season ended Sunday, the Aaron Judge rumor mill soon got underway. Judge said immediately after the season ended that “we’ll see what happens” with regards to his free agency. “I’ve been clear about that since I first wore the pinstripes,” he said. Now, new reporting from MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand says that the Los Angeles Dodgers could be...
Tylor Megill was one of the lone bright spots in the New York Mets’ 6-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday afternoon. After six innings of one-run ball from starter Taijuan Walker, he, David Peterson, and Drew Smith all combined to give up five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to put the game out of reach for the Mets. Megill came on in the eighth and used 11 pitches to...
