The New York Mets (20-23) lost to the Tampa Bay Rays (32-11) 8-5 on Tuesday night. Justin Verlander had a forgetful debut in Queens, surrendering multiple home runs and allowing six earned runs across five innings. Verlander's debut in Queens started strong. The 40-year-old stranded runners in...
NEW YORK -- At least the Mets still had Justin Verlander. When the team wasn’t hitting and the rotation was crumbling, when Max Scherzer was battling injury and Francisco Lindor was slumping, when the crowds at Citi Field began booing and the narratives began darkening, at least the Mets knew
Expert recap and game analysis of the Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Mets MLB game from May 16, 2023 on ESPN.
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Jeff Passan of ESPN reports the New York Mets are calling up Mark Vientos to the majors. Vientos, 23, has been destroying the ball down in Triple-A this season, hitting .333/.416/.688 with 11 doubles, 13 homers, and 37 RBI. Vientos' early season power surge has been nothing like we have seen in...
After reports circulated this morning that the Mets were set to call up slugger Mark Vientos from Triple-A Syracuse, the question was what the team would do as a corresponding move. The Mets announced it will be utility infielder Luis Guillorme being sent down to Triple-A Syracuse in exchange...
Mark Vientos has done more than enough to earn a spot back on the big-league club, and, on Wednesday, the Mets finally agreed. Vientos reportedly will be called up today and will presumably slot in as the Mets' everyday DH moving forward. A corresponding move for Vientos' impending addition has...
After dropping the series opener 8-5 to the Rays on Tuesday night, the Mets called up Mark Vientos from Triple-A Syracuse to make his 2023 debut on Wednesday night. Kodai Senga threw six brilliant innings, while Vientos and fellow rookie Francisco Álvarez hit game-tying home runs in the seventh...
NEW YORK -- Amid a team-wide power outage and despite some organizational reservations, the Mets on Wednesday relented to make a move they have resisted for several weeks. The team called up corner infielder Mark Vientos and started him at third base against the Rays, in hopes that he could
NEW YORK -- The future was laid out before the Mets, plain to see: one at the plate, one in the on-deck circle, one near the dugout exit awaiting his turn to bat. The Mets were trailing the best team in baseball by three runs in the ninth, but they
NEW YORK -- If the early season has taught the Mets anything about Kodai Senga, it’s that his signature ghost forkball is as unhittable as they had hoped. Senga set a Mets record for Japanese-born pitchers with 12 strikeouts in a walk-off, 8-7 win over the Rays on Wednesday night,
The Mets will take on the Rays in the finale of their three-game series on Thursday at 1:10 p.m. ET at Citi Field. Tylor Megill(4-2, 4.02 ERA) will start for the Mets. He got the win in his most recent start, allowing two runs (one earned) over five innings against the Nationals on May 12. Taj Bradley(3-0, 3.52 ERA) will make his fourth start of the year for the Rays.
Fresh off of the comeback win on Wednesday night, the New York Mets (22-23) were looking to win their first series in about a month on Thursday afternoon. Thanks to another home run from Pete Alonso, a solid start from Tylor Megill, and the bullpen doing its job, the Mets were able to take the
NEW YORK -- For the second straight day, a gaggle of reporters crowded around Pete Alonso’s locker in the Mets’ postgame clubhouse, eager to learn the secret of his success. They kept a safe distance from Alonso, however, wary of spreading the illness that was clearly affecting him: red nose,
The Mets will continue their homestand on Friday night when they begin a three-game series against the Cleveland Guardians (19-23). Carlos Carrasco (0-2, 8.56 ERA) returns to the rotation against his former team, and he will go up against RHP Cal Quantrill (2-2, 3.97) for Cleveland.
According to Andy Martino of SNY, the New York Mets are calling up catcher Gary Sánchez from Triple-A Syracuse. Sánchez, 30, was signed by the Mets to a minor league deal earlier this month after a brief stint in the San Francisco Giants organization. It was previously reported he would make...
The New York Mets took two out of three against the league-leading Tampa Bay Rays earlier in the week, their first series victory in over a month. Buck Showlater's team got timely hits from some of their young guys, most notably Mark Vientos and Francisco Álvarez. With Gary Sánchez getting...
Mets find a way to win another in extra innings walk-off fashion. They're back to .500....Pete hit a GS...Baty went yard...the 2 Frankie's came through late...
Coming off the team’s first series win in a month, the Mets hosted the Guardians on Friday for the first game of a three-game series. In the first game between the two teams since the blockbuster trade that brought Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco to New York and sent Andrés Giménez and Amed...
NEW YORK -- Francisco Lindor spent nearly a full decade in the Guardians’ organization. Cleveland drafted him, developed him, gave him his first platform to shine. When it came time to trade Lindor, the mid-market Guardians were honest with him about the situation. To this day, Lindor harbors “a lot
The Mets will play the second game of the three-game set against the Guardians on Saturday afternoon at 4:10 p.m. ET. Max Scherzer (3-2, 4.88 ERA), coming off a start in which he gave up one run in five innings, will be on the mound for the Mets looking to provide length and consistency. For the Guardians, impressive rookie Tanner Bibee (1-1, 3.22) gets the start after a fantastic performance in his last start in which he gave up one run in 7 2/3 innings
The New York Mets have gotten contributions from quite a few players during their three-game winning streak, but the combination of their three rookies has stolen the show. Brett Baty, Francisco Álvarez and Mark Vientos have given this team a much needed lift, consistently providing quality...