Good morning, Mets fans! Happy Leap Day! After Kodai Senga’s injury, which will have him on the IL through at least opening day, there was a lot of chatter on whether the Mets would be looking to add to their rotation. President of baseball operations David Stearns seemed to dismiss the idea right away, as he told the media, “I don’t think so” when asked if they were...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets announced Sunday that Buck Showalter will not be the team’s manager in 2024. He had one year remaining on his contract. “It became clear that he [David Stearns] wanted to go in a different direction and that’s certainly his right and I gave him that right,” Steve Cohen said. “This is not a reflection on Buck. Buck did everything we wanted...
On the final day of the regular season, a meaningless final regular season game took a back seat to the big news of the day. That being the announcement that the Mets are parting way from manager Buck Showalter at year’s end. In Showalter’s final game of his Mets’ tenure, his team posted a performance that summarized the 2023 season perfectly. A 9-1 loss. José Butto got the...
After the New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader 4-3, the two clubs squared back up for a night-cap at Citi Field in the penultimate game of the 2023 regular season and the last game for the month of September. Tylor Megill (9-8, 4.70 ERA) pitched 7 1/3 innings in Game 1, giving up just four hits to take the win in one of his most dominant outings...
The New York Mets (56-66) began a seven-game road trip on Thursday in Busch Stadium against the St. Louis Cardinals (54-68). After not getting a lot of length from their starters during the Pirates series, José Quintana (1-4, 3.03 ERA) was able to provide the Mets with a quality start. Thanks to another home run by Pete Alonso, New York was able to take the series opener by a final score of 4-2....
The Mets returned home on Monday, putting behind a successful, yet eventful west coast road trip. The team finished with a 7-3 record against the Athletics, Dodgers, and Giants, and could have potentially gone 8-2 if they capitalized on their offensive opportunities on Sunday night. Max Scherzer was in the spotlight for the later part of the trip, and was ejected on April 19 against the Dodgers...
Baseball fans are still getting used to larger bases, pitch clocks, pitching rubber disengagement limitations, and shift restrictions. Some of us are still adjusting to the designated hitter in the National League. However, there may be more Major League Baseball rule changes on the horizon. The Atlantic League, the laboratory where these ideas are tested, is getting ready to try out three more...
Good morning, Mets fans! Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session in Port St. Lucie today, the second he’s thrown since arriving there over the weekend. If all goes well, Verlander will throw live batting practice and then make a rehab start shortly thereafter. Assuming there are no setbacks, Verlander could join the Mets at the end of next week. He was placed on the...
With the game hanging in the balance, center fielder Brandon Nimmo delivered with his bat, helping the New York Mets defeat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Saturday. In the top of the seventh inning, the game was tied 2-2. Nimmo came up to plate with a runner on second and two outs, as he prepared to face former New York reliever Trevor May. On the first pitch of the at bat, Nimmo took a 95 mph...
Highly-touted Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga made his major league debut for the New York Mets (2-1), who took on the Miami Marlins (1-2) at loanDepot Park in the final game of the Opening Day series. The Mets took the final game, 5-1, on Sunday afternoon. This thanks in large part due to the aforementioned Senga and a huge day by Tommy Pham. Marlins’ starting pitcher Trevor Rogers put...
The new rules in Major League Baseball for 2023 have been discussed over and over. Is the pitch clock good or bad for the game? Will the larger bases protect infielders and encourage more stolen bases? How about the “two disengagements” rule? Will base runners (such as Tim Locastro) feel emboldened to take off after two attempted pickoffs, knowing that if the pitcher throws over...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets announced on Monday that they have designated Darin Ruf for assignment, ending a tough tenure in orange and blue for the 36-year-old. In 74 plate appearances after coming over from the Giants last summer, Ruf recorded just three extra-base hits and hit an anemic .152/.216/.197. This spring, he was just 5-for-30 while dealing with a wrist injury. “It was a...
