We’ve now approached the final full week of April, and the New York Mets are 12-9. It’s been a solid start to the season, to say the least after being 0-5 in the beginning.
Jose Quintana didn’t have it tonight and he put the Mets in an early hole from which they could not recover, as they lost the opener of a three-game series to the Giants, 5-2 Monday night in San Francisco.
José Quintana didn’t have his best stuff, and the Mets lacked offensive at Oracle. After rattling off six straight wins in which they averaged 5.8 runs per game, the Mets took a powder yesterday against the Dodgers, getting shut out 10-0.
After a brutal 0-5 start, the New York Mets are rolling behind a surprise cast of role players. The biggest surprise on the roster may be 31-year-old pitcher Reed Garrett, who didn’t make the Mets out of spring, leads the majors with 21 strikeouts out of the bullpen in 10 ²/₃ innings (an Edwin Diaz-like rate) and has yet to allow an earned run.
What a weekend full of ups and downs for the New York Mets in Los Angeles. New York took two of three from the Dodgers to win a fifth straight series. That was the good.
The New York Mets designated Michael Tonkin for assignment Monday for the second time this month and activated fellow right-hander Sean Reid-Foley off the 15-day injured list.
It’s the second time the Mets have designated the pitcher for assignment within the season’s first three-and-a-half weeks.
A quick review of how the Mets’ pitchers fared over the past week. The Mets’ pitching staff fared well again this week as a unit with the obvious exception of yesterday’s game where Adrian Houser was shellacked by a potent Dodgers lineup.
Adrian Houser is off to a rocky start to the 2024 MLB season for the New York Mets, and that got exacerbated by his poor showing in the Mets’ 10-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.
A quick review of how the Mets’ position players fared over the past week. The Mets had an excellent week, stopping the surging Pirates in their tracks with a three-game sweep at home before taking the first two out of three from the Dodgers in LA.
The Mets and Giants are set to play a three-game series starting tonight. Having seen their winning streak come to an end the finale of a series they won in Los Angeles, the Mets (12-9) travel north to San Francisco for a three- game series against the Giants (10-13).
The Mets are coming off a scorching hot week where they swept the Pittsburgh Pirates and took two out of three in Los Angeles against the Dodgers, finishing the week with a 5-1 record while improving to 12-9 on the season.
The New York Mets' six-game winning streak was snapped with a 10-0 loss Sunday at the Los Angeles Dodgers, two days after starting catcher Francisco Alvarez suffered a torn ligament in his left thumb.
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hit an absolute tape measure job of a home run on Sunday afternoon, depositing an Adrian Houser pitch deep into the right field pavilion of Dodger Stadium to give his team a 2-0 lead.
The Mets announced that left-hander Brooks Raley has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to elbow inflammation.
A key offseason addition is nearing his debut with the Mets.
New York Mets slugger Francisco Lindor is doing his best to stay positive, amidst a hitting slump. Lindor is out to a .167 start with his batting average through the first several weeks of the season.
As the New York Mets are on this stretch where they’ve won 11 of their last 14 games, they are now getting hit with injuries. It started in Spring Training when they lost their ace, Kodai Senga, to a shoulder injury.
The subpar quality of MLB uniforms was once again on full display during Friday’s matchup between the Dodgers and Mets.
After leaving Tuesday’s game early with hamstring tightness, Brett Baty has yet to return to the lineup. And in an all too familiar feeling around the New York Mets, injuries to important players might be starting to pile up.
Imagine a world in which the New York Mets sign Juan Soto and the New York Yankees spite-sign Pete Alonso in retaliation.
Could the Mets trade a pair of fan favorites if they fall out of contention ahead of the trade deadline?
The Mets began the season with a five-game losing streak that understandably had fans fearing the worst.
The New York Mets stopped Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney from throwing the first pitch following the two boxers’ encounter on the Empire State Building. Haney and Garcia are desperately trying to promote their fight on April 20 after tickets are struggling to sell.
While the 2023 season was extremely disappointing for the New York Mets at the big league level, at least they used the down-year productively to bolster their farm system.
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