On a night that the Mets inducted their new Hall of Fame class, the club came up with an inspirational comeback, tying the game in the ninth inning and then winning it in the 10th on a Brandon Drury hit, emerging with a 5-4 win over the Reds Saturday night in Citi Field. The Mets [...]
Jeff McNeil’s RBI double in the first inning Friday night extended his hitting streak to 16 games, the longest by a Met this season and the longest since Wilson Ramos had a 26-game streak in 2019. The club record for longest hitting streak is the 30 games that Moises Alou had back in 2007. If [...]
A night that started out with such electricity ended with a thud as the Reds downed the Mets, 6-2, Friday night at Citi Field. Whether it was due to the acquisition of Javier Baez earlier in the day, or the return on the black jerseys or the long-awaited debut of Carlos Carrasco – the atmosphere [...]
The Mets send former first-round pick Pete Crow-Armstrong to the Cubs for Javier Baez and Trevor Williams. Crow-Armstrong seems like a heavy price to pay for a rental and a swing man but Baez does offer something that the club really needs in his ability to hit LHP. In 80 PA versus LHP this year, [...]
Big names or being traded left and right while the Mets have been on the sidelines, allegedly suffering from "sticker shock" when they checked in on the price to get Jose Berrios from the Twins. In addition to Berrios, the Mets have been rumored to be in on Javy Baez and Kris Bryant from the [...]
The Mets outhit the Braves 12-7 but three of the Braves’ hits went for homers, resulting in a 6-3 loss for the Mets Thursday afternoon at Citi Field. Taijuan Walker started and took the loss. He had no trouble in the first three innings but gave up back-to-back homers in the fourth and two more [...]
One of the biggest challenges for managers, GMs and, yes, even fans is to think both short-term and long-term at the same time. We’re at one of those critical times now with the trade deadline. It’s very appealing to think about adding a big starting pitcher or a late-inning reliever or a righty bat with [...]
Michael Conforto came up with the play of the game, throwing out a runner at the plate in the ninth inning to preserve the Mets’ lead and they held on for a 2-1 win over the Braves Wednesday night at Citi Field. Brandon Drury gave the Mets the lead with a pinch-hit homer in the [...]