Mets Minors: Christian Scott changes minor league narrative

The Mets have a number of players in the minors right now who are playing well but their names are not the ones we were quite expecting. Jett Williams and Drew Gilbert were both Top 5 prospects and they are both injured, Luisangel Acuna and Kevin Parada are underwhelming and Ryan Clifford’s biggest asset right [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Cardinals 3 (5/6/24)

Brandon Nimmo broke a 3-3 tie with a solo homer in the top of the seventh to lift the Mets to a 4-3 win over the Cardinals in the opener of a three-game series Monday night in St. Louis. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak for New York. The Mets jumped on top early [...]

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Musings on an up-and-down Mets season

Umpiring and Replay Robbery Any true Mets fan knows full well that we have been getting screwed by umpires for decades. When others bemoaned the introduction of replay, I cheered. Over the years, umpires blew obvious calls that replays overturned. (Remember Omar Santos’ home run at Fenway Park?) In a recent season, the Mets were [...]

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Gut Reaction: Rays 7, Mets 6 (10 INN) 5/5/24

Edwin Diaz blew the save in the ninth inning and Jake Diekman couldn’t hold the lead in the 10th, as the Mets fell to the Rays, 7-6, Sunday afternoon. The Rays swept the three-game series and the Mets have now lost eight straight games in Tampa. For the third straight game, the Mets scored first, [...]

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Blade Tidwell shines in Double-A the same day as Christian Scott’s MLB debut

All of the early season buzz around pitching in the minor leagues for the Mets this season revolved around Christian Scott. And with the other-worldly strikeout numbers he was posting, it’s not hard to understand. And then Scott made his MLB debut last night and was electric. Perhaps the most impressive thing was that he [...]

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Gut Reaction: Rays 3, Mets 1 (5/4/24)

Christian Scott was terrific in his MLB debut but the Mets’ offense was MIA in Tampa, resulting in a no-decision for Scott and a 3-1 loss to the Rays Saturday night. The loss drops the Mets under .500 for the first time since April 14. The Mets staked Scott to a 1-0 lead two batters [...]

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The 2023 and 2024 Mets have the same record after 32 games

In 2023, the Mets started out 14-7 but by game 32 they had a 16-16 record. In 2024, the Mets started out 0-5 but by game 32 they had a 16-16 record. It turned out that start last year was the high point of the Mets’ season. Will the stretch the Mets went on to [...]

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Gut Reaction: Rays 10, Mets 8 (5/3/24)

All it took was a road trip to revive the Mets’ struggling bats. Unfortunately, the move away from Citi Field wasn’t as kind to the pitchers and the result was a 10-8 loss to the Rays Friday night in Tampa. The Mets jumped on top early, to the surprise of everyone, on a 3-run homer [...]

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