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It’s time for the Mets to move on from Mark Vientos

Mark Vientos is a bad player that the Mets should DFA at the earliest opportunity. End of article. *taps earpiece* I’m being told I actually need to substantiate this opinion. I’m not quite sure why—it’s one of the more obvious things that can be stated about the current Mets’ roster—but alright, here it goes. Mark […]

Mets option Jonah Tong to Triple-A, recall Joey Gerber

Ahead of their series finale against the Mariners, the Mets have optioned Jonah Tong to Triple-A. To take his place on the roster, the club has recalled right-hander Joey Gerber. Tong was brought up recently due to the mounting injuries to the club’s pitching staff and has experienced mixed results while primarily serving as a […]

Mets Morning News: Death by a thousand cuts

Meet the Mets The Mets were soundly defeated by the Mariners 8-3. All three Mets runs were driven in by Carson Benge, who had the first multi-home run game of his career. Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, MLB.com, Newsday, New York Post The Syracuse Mets broadcast booth has become a launching pad for broadcasters looking […]

Mets Daily Prospect Report, 6/3/26: Another day in paradise

Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (29-28) SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 6, SYRACUSE 5 (BOX) Early on, the RailRiders and Mets matched each other tit-for-tat, with both teams failing to score in the first and second and then both teams scoring a run apiece in the third and fourth. In the later innings, the RailRiders pulled ahead and took a lead […]

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Mets lose again to the red-hot Mariners

The Seattle Mariners proved once again why they’re the hottest team in baseball at the expense of the New York Mets. The Mets gave up three home runs and committed two errors as the Mariners won their eighth straight game. Meanwhile, the Mets’ lineup outside of Carson Benge couldn’t get much going in Tuesday’s 8-3 […]

Mets Player Performance Meter: Pitchers, May 18-31

The past couple of weeks have been a time of great flux for both the Mets’ rotation and the bullpen. David Peterson has slotted back into the rotation only to lose his job again in favor of Sean Manaea, who has been greatly improved of late. Jonah Tong has been called back up to the […]

Mets Minor League Players of the Week: Week Ten

Ryan Clifford Week: 6 G, 24 AB, .286/.375/.762, 6 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 3 BB, 6 K, 0/0 SB (Triple-A) 2026 Season: 55 G, 201 AB, .229/.307/.483, 46 H, 10 2B, 1 3B, 13 HR, 24 BB, 78 K, 4/6 SB, .292 BABIP (Triple-A) That wraps up a productive May for Ryan […]

A Pod of Their Own, Episode 276: No longer in last place!

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we begin by discussing the Mets’ up and down month of May, which at least ended on a […]

Mets Player Performance Meter: Position players, May 18-31

The second half of May saw the surging Mets come to a screeching halt, suffering three consecutive series losses to the Nationals, Marlins, and Reds before salvaging the month with a sweep of the Marlins at home to build some momentum as the calendar turned to June. Perhaps most importantly, the offense began to show […]

Mets Morning News: Streakless in Seattle

Meet the Mets The Mets saw their modest four-game winning streak come to an end yesterday in an extra innings loss to the Mariners. The lone offense for New York in the 3-2 defeat came on solo home runs from Jared Young and Marcus Semien, which happened to be their only two hits of the […]

Mets outpitched and outhit in loss in Seattle

Hot off four straight wins to end their homestand, the Mets were once again heading to the West Coast to play some baseball. This time they were facing the Seattle Mariners, with some great starting pitching to test their lineups. Emerson Hancock was making the start for the Mariners, and Austin Warren was starting for […]

Mets vs. Mariners: Lineups, broadcast info, and open thread, 6/1/26

Mets lineup Carson Benge – RFBo Bichette – SSJuan Soto – LFJared Young – 1BA.J. Ewing – CFMJ Melendez – DHBrett Baty – 3BMarcus Semien – 2BLuis Torrens – C SP: Austin Warren – RHP Mariners lineup J.P. Crawford – SSJulio Rodriguez – CFJosh Naylor – 1BRandy Arozarena – LFLuke Raley – RFCole Young – […]

Monday Stat Party: A Slam and a Sweep

MONDAY Nolan McLean became the first Met to allow 16+ runs in a two-start span since Jerad Eickhoff in July 2021. TUESDAY Juan Soto hit his fourth home run on a pitch at 97+ mph, giving him the most in MLB this season. (source: Sarah Langs / MLB) David Peterson became the first Met to […]

The Mets ride a four-game winning streak to the Pacific Northwest

The New York Mets (26-33) travel across North America to play the Seattle Mariners (31-29) in a three-game series at T-Mobile Park. The series sees both teams arrive with winning streaks of four and six games, respectively, and it kicks off the Mets’ final West Coast swing of the year. The last few weeks have […]

Mets Prospect Report Card: May

With the second month of the minor league season in the books, we‘re checking in on the top 25 Mets prospects who made our list ahead of the 2026 season. 1) Nolan McLean April: 6 G (6 GS), 35.1 IP, 20 H, 12 R, 10 ER (2.55 ERA), 10 BB, 45 K, .234 BABIP (MLB) […]

Mets Morning News: New Month, New Hope

Meet the Mets The Mets not only won one game against the Marlins, not two games, but three games in one series! In the business, we call that a sweep. Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, Faith and Fear in Flushing, MLB.com, Newsday, New York Post Nolan McLean wasn’t quite back to the early peaks that […]

Mets Daily Prospect Report, 6/1/26: Oh yeah, that’s the Cluff

Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (29-27) SYRACUSE 11, ROCHESTER 6 (BOX) Believe it or not, both teams struggled to score early on in this one. Syracuse broke the ice in the fourth, putting up a six spot in the top of the inning, and then Rochester followed suit by getting on the board in the bottom of […]

New York Groove, sweep edition

The Mets kept the good train rolling on Sunday afternoon, as they finished off the series sweep of the Miami Marlins by a score of 10-1. The Mets, now winners of four straight ballgames, sit at 26-33, six games out of a Wild Card spot. The Mets’ offense was the star of the show today, […]

Mets vs. Marlins: Lineups, broadcast info, and open thread, 5/31/26

Mets lineup Carson Benge – RFBo Bichette – SSJuan Soto – LFJared Young – DHMark Vientos – 1BA.J. Ewing – CFBrett Baty – 3BMarcus Semien – 2BLuis Torrens – C SP: Nolan McLean – RHP Marlins lineup Xavier Edwards – 2BLiam Hicks – COtto Lopez – SSKyle Stowers – DHJakob Marsee – CFConnor Norby – […]

Juan Soto is worth the price of admission

Things are bleak for the New York Mets, towering walk-off home runs from MJ Melendez and a three-game win streak aside. The team has under-performed, been bitten by the injury bug, and overall has been abysmal offensively. The boom-or-bust cycle of the Steve Cohen era is trending once again toward bust in 2026. It’s painful […]

Mets Daily Prospect Report, 5/31/26: Guzman goes long

Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (28-27) ROCHESTER 5, SYRACUSE 3 (BOX) Syracuse rallied late but came up short, ultimately unable to come back from Jack Wenninger’s rough outing. Errors from Christian Pache and Nick Morabito didn’t help matters either. Double-A: Binghamton Rumble Ponies (18-32) BINGHAMTON 4, PORTLAND 3 (BOX) Another walkoff win for the Rumble Ponies, this time in regulation. Chris […]

Tonight the Mets are gonna party like it’s 1999

On a day the organization inducted two beloved former Mets into the Mets Hall of Fame, the team followed the ceremony with a complete 6-1 victory over the Marlins to win their third in a row. Before the game, Lee Mazzilli and former manger Bobby Valentine were inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame with […]