Despite the bitter end to the season, 2022 was still a special year for the Mets. The team won 101 games and made the postseason for the first time since 2016. It saw dozens of unforgettable moments and outstanding individual performances from players like Pete Alonso, Max Scherzer, Jeff McNeil, and Edwin Díaz. Still, there is a sense of unfinished business around the Mets as they enter 2023....
Jacob deGrom is going to opt-out of the remainder of his contract with the Mets to become a free agent once the World Series is over despite missing significant time during the 2022 season. One rival told Jon Heyman of the New York Post that the Texas Rangers will “pony up” for the star pitcher. Down the stretch for the Mets, deGrom had an uncharacteristic 6.00 ERA over his final...
3 UP One Last Hurrah Based on his refusal to say in his postgame press conference he wants to return, and his repeated statements about opting out no matter what, we might’ve seen the last of Jacob deGrom. If he leaves, he leaves a winner. It wasn’t his most dominant outing. It was more reminiscent of his 2015 NLDS Game 5 start. It was gritty. It was tough. It was enough to win. It...
3 UP Batting Title On July 13, Jeff McNeil was batting .297, and he received what would be his last day off for the 2022 season. From there, McNeil would hit .360/.406/.500 taking the batting title away from Freddie Freeman. The fans would demand a curtain call from McNeil after the moment was official. For Mets fans and the entire Mets organization, there is extra meaning in taking this away...
3 UP McNeil Ready If there was anyone on the New York Mets who truly showed he was ready for the postseason, it was Jeff McNeil. Game-in and game-out, he was out there trying to will the Mets to victory. In the series, he was 7-for-13 with a homer and two RBI. He played well in right field. He gave tough at-bag after tough at-bat. He was a player who did not want to lose this division, and he...
3 UP Arigato, Thank You There was a clip floating around Twitter from June where a struggling Eduardo Escobar promised Mets fans that he was going to give them a reason to cheer for him. Escobar wasn’t entirely being fair to himself because he was awesome in April. That said, he was true to his word. In September, Escobar is hitting .330/.379/.638 with three doubles, a homer, and 24 RBI....
3 UP Homecoming Kings Chris Bassitt and Mark Canha came to the New York Mets after being important players for some Oakland Athletics postseason teams. They were greeted warmly by the crowd and received a tribute video. They both then went out and reminded the Athletics what made them so important to that franchise. For the second time this season, Bassitt threw eight innings. He picked up his...
There was not a lot to be happy about regarding the New York Mets on Saturday evening. New York loss 10-4 in Oakland against the lowly Athletics as their ace, and arguably the best pitcher in baseball (Jacob deGrom), made his worst start since 2019. Furthermore, to make matters worse, the Atlanta Braves defeated the Phillies. So, the Mets’ division lead trimmed back down to just 1.5 games....
There are bad losses, and then there are losses like the one the New York Mets (96-57) suffered at the hands of the Oakland Athletics (56-96) on Saturday afternoon, a 10-4 beatdown that was even worse than the score would suggest. Jacob deGrom was hit hard in a lackluster start, while the offense went missing after a big first inning. There are nine more games in the regular season to right the...
3 UP Big Two As noted on the broadcast, while this Mets team may be deeper than years past, this team will rise and fall with the production of Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor. That was all the more apparent on Tuesday when the pair helped steal a win. First, it was Alonso’s three-run homer in the sixth to bring the Mets within one. In the ensuing inning, Lindor hit a grand slam to give...
3 UP MaKing History Starting with Jacob deGrom striking out 13 batters over the first five innings, the New York Mets would tie a Major League record striking out 20 batters over a nine inning game. The other strikeouts would come from Seth Lugo (1), Joely Rodriguez (5), and Trevor May (1). As an aside, this beat the Mets record by one. Of course, that record was held by Tom Seaver, who struck...
