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Your Saturday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the MetsAfter going .500 during a six-game West Coast road trip, the Mets returned to Citi Field to begin a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals. José Buttó made his fourth start for the Mets and got hurt early on by the long ball, giving up home runs to Alec Burleson and Willson Contreras in the second and third innings, respectively, to put the Amazins in...
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Catch up on all the Mets prospects in yesterday’s minor league action!
Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (12-11)COLUMBUS 7, SYRACUSE 5 (BOX)
The lone loss of the night came in Syracuse, where homers from Ben Gamel, Mark Vientos, and Rhylan Thomas weren’t enough to overcome an all around poor pitching performance. Mike Vasil only lasted two innings, walking four and giving up two runs while committing an error to boot. Tyler Jay gave up two more, Yacksel Rios another,...
Miles Mikolas combined with three relievers on an eight-hitter Friday night for the visiting St. Louis Cardinals, who beat the New York Mets 4-2 in the opener of a three-game series.
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J.D. Martinez had a nice debut, but the Mets came up short.
The Mets opened their three-game series against the Cardinals with an uninspiring loss this evening, as the team fell to a team that had been struggling by a 4-2 score.
José Buttó had his worst major league start of the season thus far as he allowed four runs in five-and-two-thirds innings, all of them earned. He struck out four, walked three, and gave up a three-run home run to Alec...
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José Buttó starts and J.D. Martinez makes his Mets debut as the team begins a three-game series against the Cardinals.
Mets lineup Brandon Nimmo - LF Starling Marte - RF Francisco Lindor - SS Pete Alonso - 1B J.D. Martinez - DH Jeff McNeil - 2B Harrison Bader - CF Brett Baty - 3B Tomás Nido - CJosé Buttó - RHP
Cardinals lineup Brendan Donovan - LF Willson Contreras - C Lars Nootbaar - RF Nolan Arenado - 3B Paul Goldschmidt -...The New York Mets could be players to add another star pitcher next to their ace Kodai Senga this season. As Bleacher Report’s Tim Kelly noted (h/t Patrick McAvoy of Fan Nation’s Inside the Mets), the Miami Marlins are forecasted to be big sellers ahead of the July 30 trade deadline.
The New York Mets’ chances of seeing postseason success are highly contingent upon how well shortstop Francisco Lindor plays this season. Hence why his early season slump at the plate has been a major cause for concern for the team.
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The veteran hitter joins the Mets’ lineup for their series opener tonight.
The Mets have officially recalled J.D. Martinez from Triple-A Syracuse, where he spent two games as he worked toward being ready for major league action, and designated Zack Short for assignment to make room for him on the roster.
SIgned just a week before the 2024 season began, the 36-yerar-old right-handed hitter figures to be the Mets’ designated hitter the vast...
Players with at least five years of service time cannot be optioned to the minors without their consent, but the veteran agreed to be sent down since he missed the spring and needed to get some at-bats.
It’s the move that Mets fans have been waiting years for. J.D. Martinez is finally slated to make his New York Mets debut on Friday, as the team officially activated him from a minor league assignment.
J.D. Martinez is expected to make his long-awaited New York Mets debut on Friday when the team opens a seven-game homestand against the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Lots of interesting, funny, idiotic, and insightful things were said by the Mets—and about them—recently. Here are some of our favorites.
Your 2024 New York Mets: It’s going to get better.
“I feel like we’re not close to where we want to be and where we should be. It’s going to continue to grow and get better.” -Francisco Lindor [New York Post]
Still weird to me that Brandon Nimmo is a Veteran Leader.
“I’d...
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Each of the games will air on a different network.
Having completed a 3-3 road trip that saw them take a series from the Dodgers but drop one to the Giants, the Mets (13-11) return to Citi Field this weekend for a three-game series against the struggling Cardinals (11-14). While the Mets sit in third place in the National League East, the Cardinals enter the series as the National League Central’s cellar dwellers, a-game-and-a-half...
One of the early stories this season for the New York Mets has been the play of superstar shortstop Francisco Lindor. The 30-year-old started the season going hitless in seven of his first eight games, and has spent most of the season with a batting average well below the Mendoza line.
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Your Friday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the MetsThe Mets had the day off yesterday coming off their six-game trip out west, but there was a little bit of news, as the Yankees claimed Michael Tonkin off waivers from the Mets.
J.D. Martinez is expected to make his Mets debut tonight. If you’re looking to watch the game, this is your reminder that the game will be on Apple TV+, which has a two-month...
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Catch up on all the Mets prospects in yesterday’s minor league action!
Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (12-10)COLUMBUS 9, METS 1 (BOX)
Well the Mets never led this one, but it was also closer than the score suggests it was for most of the game, Old friend Adam Oller (for those of you who do not remember, Oller and J.T. Ginn were traded for Chris Bassitt in March of 2022) threw a gem against his former organization. The Mets only managed...
The New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals are still receiving regular reminders of their disappointing performances in 2023. But wins on Wednesday may be evidence the Mets and Cardinals are getting closer to the form they displayed in 2022.
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Tonkin joins his third organization of the young season.
The Yankees have claimed right-handed relief pitcher Michael Tonkin off waivers from the Mets, marking the second time that New York’s National League franchise has lost Tonkin after designating him for assignment during the 2024 season.
Tonkin broke camp with the Mets but found himself in a couple of less-than-ideal situations, as Carlos Mendoza twice deployed him in extra innings. Neither...
The New York Yankees claimed right-hander Michael Tonkin off waivers from the New York Mets on Thursday. The Mets designated Tonkin, 34, for assignment -- for the second time this month -- on Monday.
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It’s early, but the results are encouraging.
If you’ve been following the Mets at all this year, it would be hard to miss just how good the bullpen has been through the first few weeks of the season. It’s been discussed on the team’s broadcasts, broken down in Allison McCague’s excellent weekly pitcher performance meters, and garnered the attention of several other outlets.
Mets relievers have combined for a 2.95 ERA that...