Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets are rolling. With a 9-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Mets earned a series sweep over the Buccos and have now won four straight series to get back over .500. Luis Severino had another solid outing and the offense continued swinging their hot bats during their four-game win streak. Click here for a full breakdown of the Mets’ win on Wednesday. Now,...
Nobody knew what to expect from Kodai Senga in his first MLB season. People weren’t sure if there would be growing pains adjusting to baseball in the States after playing in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball League since 2012. Senga, however, put those concerns to rest quickly. He finished his first season with a 12-7 record, 2.98 ERA, 202 strikeouts, and an All-Star, and he...
With the Mets reportedly “going full bore” after Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shōta Imanaga, the Mets should shift to a six-man rotation.
Good morning, Mets fans! Carlos Correa sat out a second straight game on Monday due to back tightness. Correa was initially listed in the starting lineup for the Twins’ Monday afternoon matchup with the White Sox but was scratched an hour before the first pitch. Manager Rocco Baldelli said he expected this issue to only cost the shortstop one or two days. Latest Mets News Max Scherzer...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets are set to begin a three-game series with the Padres tonight. This will be the first meeting between the two teams since the Padres ended the Mets’ season in the Wild Card Series last October. Max Scherzer (1-1 6.35 ERA) will look to get his season on track against Yu Darvish (0-0 1.80 ERA). Darvish pitched seven innings of one-run ball in Game 1 of the...
Baseball fans across the globe are gearing up for the biggest stage for international play. Even with some big names recently opting-out of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), the tournament is set to begin on March 7. Clayton Kershaw, Jhoan Duran, Paolo Espino, Ramón Urías are among the names who opted out for various reasons, the most interesting reason being due to not gaining clearance by...
Good morning, Mets fans! Mets pitchers and catchers report today, officially. Of course, as you will see from the news below, lots of the Mets are already in camp. Latest Mets News As the final round of Mets players reach the spring training facility in Port St. Lucie, Mets new ace Justin Verlander is already throwing a bullpen session. Verlander signed a two-year deal with the Mets this...
Good morning, Mets fans! Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that the television home of the Mets, SNY, and Keith Hernandez have made progress on talks and are not far apart on a multi-year deal. Puma reports that while the sides are close, there’s still a lot of work to be done before a deal is signed. Now onto the morning briefing! Latest Mets News Steve Cohen and the New York Mets...
The Samurai Japan roster is set for the upcoming 2023 World Baseball Classic. Headlined by MLB-superstar Shohei Ohtani, the Samurai are the favorites to come out on top of Pool B. This not only due to their past success in the WBC, but they will also be playing in front of their home country. They will be competing with Korea, China, Australia and Czech Republic in the play-in round. Japan won...
Good morning, Mets fans! Team Japan has released its roster for the 2023 World Baseball Classic and it includes major leaguers such as Shohei Ohtani, Yu Darvish, Seiya Suzuki, Lars Nootbaar, amongst others. One notable absence is newly signed Mets pitcher Kodai Senga. Instead of joining Team Japan, Senga prefers to get acclimated to his new team facility in Port St. Lucie and with the Mets, but...
The New York Mets and right-handed pitcher Kodai Senga agreed on a five-year, $75 million deal that sends him from Nippon Professional Baseball to Major League Baseball. Senga, 29, wasn’t posted by the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and triggered an opt-out in his contract to become a free agent. He was therefore not subject to the MLB-NPB posting system. The system has brought many Japanese...
The 2022 World Series is almost set. Both the Philadelphia Phillies, surprisingly, and the more believable, Houston Astros, are each one win away. The Phillies marched to a thrilling 10-6 victory Saturday, thanks in large part to an electric performances by Rhys Hoskins (2 HRs, 4 RBI) and Bryce Harper (2-for-4, 2 RBI). This increased their series lead to 3-1 over the San Diego Padres. A World...
