Talk about an apt ending to the first half of the 2026 season for the New York Mets. The Mets got swept by the Red Sox and invented new ways to lose in all three games. It was a miserable end to what has been a rotten 2026 season so far. What happens now with the Trade Deadline rapidly approaching remains to be seen. But what is clear is that these Mets aren’t anywhere close to being good...
At 40-57, the New York Mets have very little to look forward to for the second half of the season. They own the second-worst record in the National League and are 12 games back of the final Wild Card spot. Returning to the playoffs for the first time since 2024 will have to wait, at least until next season. Speaking of next year, that should be the Mets’ focus after the All-Star break....
Sunday, July 12, 2026 • 1:40 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Payton Tolle (5-6, 3.14) vs. LHP Zach Thornton (0-1, 4.35) WPIX The New York Mets look to salvage the series against the Red Sox Sunday afternoon before heading into a long, All-Star break. New York is continually struggling to score, as has been the case the last two days. A win Sunday would mean the Mets have gone 3-3 in their last...
One day after the New York Mets and their offense were held to 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position against Sonny Gray, the Mets continued their struggles with runners on base in Saturday’s 4-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Saturday was the ninth time this season they’ve been shut out. New York’s offense was held to just three hits, all singles, against Boston’s bullpen...
Mitch Voit was slashing .207/.288/.360 after going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts on May 14. The 2025 first-round pick out of the University of Michigan has found his stroke since. He homered Wednesday for the second straight game to raise his slash line to .249/.355/.425 in High-A Brooklyn’s 13-7 victory over Frederick. He is tied with John Bay for the team lead in homers and leads the...
There is no magic cure-all for the 2026 New York Mets. Even after firing manager Carlos Mendoza on Friday, the Mets couldn’t rally under a new voice. Interim manager Andy Green lost two of his first three games in charge in a series loss to the Phillies. While there were some positives on display, we also saw more of the same old problems that have helped to create the current mess the...
Five pitches into his Citi Field debut, Zach Thornton had allowed a run on a double and two singles. Given how the Mets’ starting pitching has fared over the last week, it looked like it could be another long night. Instead, Thornton escaped trouble with a pair of strikeouts sandwiched around a diving play by Jared Young on a sharp grounder down the first-base line. “You have to be...
Good morning, Mets fans. The Mets fired manager Carlos Mendoza on Friday, ending his tenure at the helm of the club at two-and-a-half years. He finished 206-199. Former Padres manager Andy Green took over as interim manager for the remainder of the season, and a full search for a new manager will occur in the offseason. Latest Mets News Mendoza released a statement following his firing, thanking...
Zach Thornton and the Mets (34-48) took on the Phillies (46-36) in their first game since the firing of Carlos Mendoza. The first game of the series went the same way as the first half of the season went: a 2-1 loss, their seventh in a row. Thornton was rudely greeted by the Phillies, who scored a run after tallying three straight hits on six pitches to take an early lead in the first inning....
Francisco Alvarez went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored Sunday in Triple-A Syracuse’s 4-3 victory over Scranton. He also picked off a runner at first and allowed a passed ball. Carlos Mendoza said he could return to the big-league team during the six-game homestand that starts Tuesday. Alvarez has gone 3-for-13 with a double, four strikeouts and one walk in four games at Syracuse. He...
Less than three weeks after meniscus surgery on his right knee, Francisco Alvarez connected Tuesday for a pair of opposite-field doubles in his first rehab game with Triple-A Syracuse. One was a towering fly off the right-field wall and the other was lined down the line. You can see both hits here. He also caught six innings behind the plate and threw out a runner stealing. Low-A St....
The New York Mets showed plenty of good and bad after splitting a series with the Nationals. After exploding offensively in the opener, the Mets dropped back-to-back clunkers in Washington. However, the team was able to claw out a win in the finale to avoid dropping the series. As has often been the case recently, there was a mixture of positives and negatives from the four games against the...
