Mets Minors: Carson Benge and the 2024 draft class

The Mets came away from the 2024 draft with Carson Benge OF/RHP, Jonathan Santucci LHP, Nate Dohm RHP, Eli Serrano III OF, Trey Snyder SS/3B, Corey Collins 1B and others. The team didn’t have the greatest assortment of picks coming into the draft thanks to their bloated payroll but ultimately came away with a few [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Marlins 4 (7/22/24)

After a seeming three-game hangover, the offense busted out for the first time in the second half, producing 11 hits and three home runs en route to a 6-4 win over the Marlins Monday night in Miami. The Mets split their four-game set against their division rival and finish this weak part of their schedule [...]

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Mets’ scuffling offense helps mask the real problem

The Mets’ offense was so good for so long that it became okay to imagine that it could overcome mediocre starting pitching. Then the second half started against a Marlins squad that had six starting pitchers on the IL and the Mets’ offense went into hibernation. Normally, you would shrug your shoulders and say something [...]

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Francisco Lindor’s hot stretch, Luis Severino versus the dregs, Jose Butto succeeds despite the walks

On Saturday’s broadcast, Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez were discussing Francisco Lindor and how his season turned around once he moved to the top of the lineup. To his credit, Cohen wondered if it was purely coincidental, as Lindor was going to heat up regardless of where he hit in the order. Hernandez countered with [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 1, Marlins 0 (7/20/24)

In a season where some think pitching has been too dominant, the Mets won their first 1-0 game of the season in their 97th contest of the 2024 campaign Saturday afternoon in Miami. The win gets the Mets back to three games above .500 at 50-47. The 2023 Mets were four games worse at 46-51 [...]

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Harrison Bader and the Mets have a great partnership

It is rare in sports, and in life in general, that you see a partnership work out equally well for both partners. For the New York Mets and Harrison Bader, they seem to have struck a perfect chord, as he has flourished this season. The Mets signed Bader this past offseason to a one year, [...]

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Gut Reaction: Marlins 6, Mets 4 (7/19/24)

The second half of the season didn’t get off to the start the Mets hoped for, as they fell behind by four runs and ended up with a 6-4 loss to the Marlins Friday night in Miami. Sean Manaea started and didn’t have it. He threw too many pitches over the heart of the plate [...]

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