With just two weeks away from the start of the regular season, the New York Mets turned to their Opening Day starter against the Washington Nationals on Saturday. Clay Holmes was announced as the Mets Opening Day starter on Friday by manager Carlos Mendoza. Holmes will become the fourth different pitcher to start on Opening Day for the Mets in the last four seasons. New York would fall to the...
It is a busy day in Mets land as the organization with have two split-squad games happening simultaneously. Half the team will stay in Port St. Lucie against the Marlines while the other half with travel to West Palm Beach to face the Nationals. Each game will feature several important everyday players. Specifically, the Opening Day starter in José Quintana versus Miami and a pitcher who has...
Spring Training games are here, and it’s the beginning of baseball games. The New York Mets lined up against the St. Louis Cardinals in their first in-game action of the season. The Mets will play some starters and someone like Brandon Nimmo won’t play much to start the spring. Tylor Megill took the mound for the Mets to begin Grapefruit League action. With Kodai Senga starting the...
Good morning, Mets fans! Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor made history yesterday, becoming the fourth player in Mets history to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season. Lindor entered Wednesday’s doubleheader with 27 home runs and 30 stolen bases on the season, needing just three more balls to leave the yard to hit the esteemed 30-30 mark. Francisco got to work early as he...
The rubber game of the Mets and Astros three-game series in Houston had a little bit of everything. The teams combined for 18 runs, 19 hits, 16 walks, eight stolen bases and three errors. There was a run-scoring wild pitch, a violation for running out of the baseline, a catcher’s interference call, a pitch-clock violation strikeout, and a successful safety-squeeze. After three hours and 32...
The New York Mets, having led the National League’s eastern division essentially all season, find themselves coming down stretch headed for a likely photo finish to claim divisional superiority. The Atlanta Braves just do not want to go away, having trailed the Mets by as many as ten and one-half games. Going into action On August 27, the Mets hold a slim two-game lead over manager Brian...
Good morning, Mets fans! Yesterday was a terrific day for the New York Mets. The team swept two games from the Atlanta Braves which extended their division lead to 5.5 games. In game one, David Peterson was terrific. and Francisco Lindor helped propel the Mets’ offense. In game two, Max Scherzer showed why he is still one of the best pitchers in the game. At the end of the day, it led to...
The Mets (40-22) are finally returning home to Citi Field after an extended west coast road trip, where they went 5-5 against the Dodgers, Padres, and Angels. Now the Mets are starting a seven-game home stand, beginning with a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers (34-28). It was a strange trip to California for the Mets. Things stated off badly when Francisco Lindor fractured the tip...
When the New York Mets complete their game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 3, the Mets will have played exactly one-third of their 162-game schedule. We know that the team from Flushing is off to a rollicking start, despite injuries to starters Max Scherzer, Jacob deGrom, and Tylor Megill. In an article in The Athletic, Jayson Stark points out some of the key trends in baseball this...
For the first time since winning it all in 2021, the Atlanta Braves (10-13) are coming to Citi Field to face the Mets (16-7) in a four-game series. The Mets are heading into the series hot, having continued their winning ways against the Phillies. The Mets took the rubber game in decisive fashion with a 10-6 win, crushing the Phillies’ bullpen. With this win against the Phillies, the Mets have...
The New York Mets (3-3) took on the Houston Astros (3-4) at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, FL. It was the Mets’ sixth spring training game this season. The contest was a low scoring affair, as the Astros ultimately emerged victorious by a score of 2-1. Tylor Megill started the game for the Mets in his second appearance of spring. He went 3 2/3 innings tallying four...
