Mets News

Game Chat: Cardinals vs Mets, 7:45 PM

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 • 7:45 PM Busch Stadium • St. Louis, MO RHP José Buttó (0-2, 2.57) vs. RHP Miles Mikolas (2-4, 5.68) SNY The Mets won a game! Monday night the Mets took an early 3-0 lead against the Cardinals playing small ball, stringing hits together, bunting players over, and hitting sacrifice flies. Sean Manaea cruised through the first five innings of the game but hit a rough patch in...

Mets Thoughts

It’s Time for Jose Iglesias in Queens

For my money, the best play I’ve ever seen an infielder make was on August 12, 2013, by Jose Iglesias. Then in his first of what would be five seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Iglesias was at shortstop when Josh Phegley looped a broken-bat flare just over pitcher Doug Fister. Iglesias, who was playing back, sprinted in, barehanded it, and made a seemingly impossible throw to Prince Fielder at...

Mets Minors

Mets Minors 2024 Prospects: No. 10 Mike Vasil

No. 10 Mike Vasil, SP B/T: L/R Age: 24 (03/19/2000) Height: 6’5 Weight: 244 Ibs Acquired: 8th round of 2021 draft from the University of Virginia Previously Ranked: 10th 2023 Stats (AA/AAA): 26 GS, 124 IP, 4.65 ERA, 138 SO, 46 BB, 1.218 WHIP, 10 K/9, 7.6 H/9 Background The Mets selected Mike Vasil out of the University of Virginia in the eighth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball...

Interviews

MMO Weekly Episode 72: Mets Pitching Prospect Paul Gervase

Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week I’m joined by Mets pitching prospect Paul Gervase! We had some great discussions about his 2023 season and experiencing a playoff run with Binghamton, how biomechanics and other training have taken him from a little-known division three player to LSU and eventually to the professionals, expectations for the 2024 season, and much more! What...

Fan Shot

Fan Shot: Mets Should Still Consider 6-Man Rotation

This fan-shot is by Tom Sokol Baseball’s starting pitchers are throwing harder and getting injured at a higher rate than ever before. Starting pitcher innings and pitch counts are decreasing year after year. Something needs to change in baseball around the starting pitcher, and one possibility is the idea of a six-man rotation. We already see six-man rotations in Japan, and we saw it in...

MLB News

Hall of Fame Manager Whitey Herzog Dies at 92

Whitey Herzog, a Hall of Fame manager who led the St. Louis Cardinals to three World Series and the 1982 championship and worked for the Mets as a coach and director of player development from 1966-1972, has died. He was 92. “Whitey spent his last few days surrounded by his family,” the Herzog family said in a statement released through the Cardinals. “We have so appreciated...

Podcasts

MMO Weekly Episode 77: Tim Britton Talks Mets Early Struggles

The Mets have started the 2024 season 0-4, followed by multiple postponements, and fans are understandably restless. Tim Britton of The Athletic joined MMO Weekly to talk about the Mets’ early-season struggles. Britton also discusses the state of the Mets starting rotation after the signing of Julio Teheran to a major league deal. Make sure to subscribe to the show on YouTube and follow us...

Mets History

60 Years Ago: First Game at Shea Stadium

In it’s 45-year history, Shea Stadium played host to baseball, football, boxing, soccer, the pope, The Who, and The Beatles. It started 60 years ago today with the team that called Shea home for its entire existence. The Mets and Pirates opened the multi-purpose facility on a Friday afternoon in conjunction with the nearby World’s Fair, despite the park not being fully complete. The...