Mets Minors: Jeremy Rodriguez emerges as a Top 10 prospect

This season has not gone well for the Mets and while it wasn’t supposed to be a banner year the Mets look like they might once again find themselves as sellers at the trade deadline. Last year when the Mets were in a similar position, names like Drew Gilbert, Luisangel Acuna and Ryan Clifford stole [...]

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Questions for David Stearns, including: Why is Mark Vientos sitting?

Have the New York Mets already decided it is “starting figuring out next year” time? Has someone in the front office decided the Mets need to be well above .500 before rolling into June, and if not, the decision to fish or cut bait must be made quickly. Even as the electrons were drying on [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Giants 3 (5/26/24)

Omar Narvaez picked a great time to post his first hit at Citi Field this year, as his RBI single in the bottom of the ninth capped a three-run inning and led to a 4-3 walk-off win against the Giants Sunday afternoon. The victory snapped a five-game losing streak for the Mets. Brandon Nimmo led [...]

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A look at the Mets’ HR hitting here in early 2024

Baseball-Reference shows that so far here in 2024, the 30 MLB teams have combined to hit 1,620 HR in 1,564 games, which is a little over one per game. It rounds to 1.04 HR/G. The Yankees have hit the most homers in the league with 80 in 54 games, an average of 1.48 per game. [...]

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The 2024 Mets might just be a collection of imperfect parts

We’ve arrived at a fairly standard juncture in a baseball season when fans and pundits opine on where the season is headed based on the results thus far. We’re roughly 30% into the 2024 campaign and, depending on your personal viewpoint, it’s either getting late early or we still need additional time to assess. The [...]

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