Good morning, Mets fans! On Tuesday, the St. Louis Cardinals traded right-hander Sonny Gray to the Red Sox for pitching prospect Brandon Clarke and Richard Fitts, as first reported by Jon Heyman of the New York Post. ESPN’s Jeff Passan later added that St. Louis will kick in $20 million in the deal. Gray’s contract will also be slightly modified, likely as a reward for waiving his full...
Friday, May 2, 2025 • 8:15 PM Busch Stadium • St. Louis, MO RHP Clay Holmes (3-1, 2.64) vs. RHP Sonny Gray (3-0, 3.60) SNY The Mets have lost their last two games by a combined three runs. Hitters are getting on base, but the offense just hasn’t been able to push them across the plate. With the frequency the club is getting runners on, they eventually have to score more, and hopefully that...
Friday, April 20, 2025 • 1:40 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Sonny Gray (3-0, 3.13) vs. RHP Clay Holmes (2-1, 3.66) WPIX The New York Mets go for the elusive four-game sweep Sunday afternoon. Saturday, the Mets shutout the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in a brisk two-and-a-half hour game in front of a sold out crowd at Citi Field. Kodai Senga cruised through his first five innings and the bullpen...
Coming off a series sweep at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays, the New York Mets (16-18) are set for three games against the St. Louis Cardinals (15-19). Over the weekend, the Mets did not win a single game against the Rays. Whether it was the struggles of Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil at the plate, the inability of closer Edwin Díaz to notch a save or the control issues with the starting pitchers,...
Pete Alonso conjured his magic for historic homer No. 200 on Harry Potter Day at Citi Field, but Adrian Houser had nothing in his bag of tricks. The Mets fell 7-4 to the St. Louis Cardinals. Alonso’s 403-foot, two-run blast to right in the fifth inning off Sonny Gray was his eighth of the season. It brought New York to within two runs after the Cardinals had built a 6-0 lead. The Cardinals...
The New York Mets (13-11) are back home after a 3-3 road trip, securing two wins over the Los Angeles Dodgers and one against the San Francisco Giants. Francisco Álvarez did hit the injured list with a torn ligament in his left thumb while the team was out west, but the Metropolitans are finally set to have J.D. Martinez available for their homestand. The Mets will get their first look at the...
Good morning, Mets fans! Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto was named the MVP of the Pacific League for the third straight year. He becomes the first to win an NPB MVP award for three straight years since Ichiro from 1994-1996 and just the third player overall to do it. The 25-year-old Yamamoto is currently a free agent and is expected to talk to teams via Zoom soon. Latest Mets News Jay...
The Cardinals continue their jump on the mid-tier starting pitching market, as they’re nearing a deal with Sonny Gray, according to Jon Heyman. Ken Rosenthal reports the deal is for three years and $75 million. St. Louis has already signed Kyle Gibson and Lance Lynn to short-term deals this offseason as they look to improve a starting rotation that was 26th in baseball with a 5.08 ERA in...
Good morning, Mets fans! David Stearns was talking with the media yet again on Wednesday, where he gave some good news regarding Mets veteran outfielder Starling Marte. Stearns said that the club is confident that Marte will not need to undergo surgery on his groin this offseason. Marte has had medical struggles with his groin since the end of the 2022 season, which included having surgery prior...
The New York Mets enter the 2023 off-season with a few glaring holes in their rotation. Only two starters are under contract with guaranteed contracts for the 2024 season: Kodai Senga and Jose Quintana. The Mets have multiple internal options, who all ended the 2023 campaign with solid MLB success: David Peterson, Tylor Megill, Joey Lucchesi, and Jose Butto. Beyond those four, prospects such as...
Similar to last week when we looked at who the Mets could try to trade for from the Oakland A’s, at it seems like they’re going to start selling off some of their (in their eyes) more expensive pieces, let’s do the same for the Cincinnati Reds this week. Let’s get this started with the lack of ambiguity from the Reds’ front office. In a statement regarding the trade...
The Mets and Reds opened a three-game series on Friday night at Citi Field and it was “Blackout Night” as the Mets once again dawned their black jerseys by fan request for the first time since 2012. Writers who were at the game, which followed the announcement that the Mets had acquired Javier Baez, said the stadium was “hopping,” and that there was a great energy among the fans, as well as the...
