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Mets Minors Recap: Megill, Fujinami Post Scoreless Outings

Led by Tylor Megill and Shintaro Fujinami, the Syracuse Mets pitched a combined one-hitter in their victory over the Durham Bulls. Binghamton’s shortstop Wyatt Young has had a torrid August, reaching base every game in August while having an OPS of .949. Triple-A Durham Bulls (59-66) 0, Syracuse Mets (68-55) 1 BOX SCORE SS Luisangel Acuña: 0-for-3, RBI (.656 OPS) RF Drew Gilbert: 0-for-2,...

Morning Briefing: Mets Fall Out of Wild Card Spot

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets came into Saturday night’s matchup against the Angels with their eyes set on a series-clinching win to kick off their west coast trip. However, the Mets’ offense was stifled for the first six innings as Angels pitcher José Soriano shut them out, putting the Amazin’s in a 2-0 deficit going into the seventh. Having Soriano in the rearview mirror,...

Morning Briefing: Mets Release Adrian Houser

Good morning, Mets fans! With a struggling bullpen and an influx of moves on the horizon, the Mets DFA’d both RHP Adrian Houser and RHP Shintaro Fujinami on July 26. While Fujinami cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday, Houser was released by the club on Wednesday, per Will Sammon of The Athletic. The Mets also released RHP Ty Adcock.  Houser, who was acquired...

Morning Briefing: Mets Take Over Top Wild Card Spot

Good morning, Mets fans! With the Mets’ (55-48) 8-4 victory over the Braves (54-48) Friday night, New York took over the top Wild Card spot, surpassing the Braves in the standings. The Mets were as many as 10 games behind the Braves in early June but have now overtaken Atlanta, who are the losers of six in a row. Latest Mets News J.D. Martinez, Mark Vientos and Francisco Alvarez each...

Núñez Lands on IL; Houser, Fujinami DFA’d

The New York Mets are in the middle of a playoff race in late July and are also about to play game two of a key four-game series against the Atlanta Braves on Friday night. Before the start of the game, the Mets made a series of roster moves that included reinstating starting pitcher Kodai Senga from the injured list. Senga will make his season debut on Friday. That wasn’t all. New York...

Mets Minors Recap: Brett Baty, Luke Ritter Homer for Syracuse

Syracuse, powered by a solid, if brief, outing from Christian Scott and five home runs, took a win against the Buffalo Bisons. Jesus Baez hit a double in his first game for Brooklyn. Triple-A Buffalo Bisons (37-38) 2, Syracuse Mets (47-28) 10 BOX SCORE 2B Luisangel Acuña: 2-for-5, R, RBI (27), 2 K (.703 OPS) LF Luke Ritter: 1-for-5, R, HR (17), RBI (54), 2 K (.876 OPS) 3B Brett Baty: 1-for-4, R,...

Mark Vientos Homers in Syracuse Loss

The Syracuse Mets (Triple-A) continued their season-opening series against the Rochester Red Wings, The Washington Nationals Triple-A affiliate. Jose Buttó took to the bump against Thaddeus Ward. Buttó started the game giving up a lead-off single to Jacob Young, but quickly erased the baserunner with a slick pickoff move. Buttó would run into trouble, giving up consecutive hits to James Wood and...

3 Up, 3 Down: Let The Real Games Begin

We’ve made it, everybody. Spring training is finally over and Opening Day is now just exactly two sleeps away as the New York Mets prepare to get the 2024 regular season underway. Spring, as it always is, proved to be a long slog down the home stretch as appetite for games that actually matter grew and grew by the day. After all, there’s only so much  Grapefruit League action a sane...

Mets Announce Martinez Signing, Other Roster Moves

The Mets officially announced they signed J.D. Martinez to a one-year contract on Saturday. The contract totals $12 million, but is broken out to benefit the Mets. Martinez’s base salary for the 2024 season is set at $2 million, and has $7.5 million deferred, which will be paid in $1.5 million installments from 2034-2038. He also received a $2.5 million signing bonus. The Mets assigned...

Taylor Homers in Mets’ 6-1 Win Over Astros

With about two weeks left before Opening Day, the New York Mets took on the Houston Astros on Saturday at West Palm Beach. Michael Tonkin got the start on this day. So far in Spring Training, Tonkin had thrown 3 1/3 innings in three games. He hasn’t allowed a run, struck out three, and given up only two hits in these three games. Tonkin would be up against the likes of José Altuve and Kyle...

Mets Bullpen Gets Mixed Results in Friday’s Loss To Nationals

The Mets got both sparkling and disastrous performances from their pitchers in Friday night’s game against the Nationals. On the positive end, Brooks Raley, Jórge Lopez, Junior Santos, and Phil Beckford gave up no run and just a combined two hits in the Mets’ 7-3 loss to the Nationals. Raley struck out six, Santos struck out one, and Phil Bickford fanned two to keep the Mets competitive....

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