The New York Mets placed starting catcher Francisco Alvarez on the 15-day injured list with a left thumb sprain Saturday. Alvarez, 22, appeared to sustain the injury in the second inning of the Mets’ 9-4 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. While running the bases, he stumbled while going around first, then planted […]
Continue readingThe New York Mets say slugger Pete Alonso has a bone bruise and sprain of his left wrist and is expected to be out 3-4 weeks. He’s been placed on the 15-day injured list in a move that is retroactive to Thursday. “We got better news than it could have been,” New York manager Buck […]
Continue readingNEW YORK — San Diego Padres starter Joe Musgrove knew Sunday was the biggest start of his life and felt sick to his stomach all day. The stakes were high. A winner-takes-all playoff finale pitching in front of a hostile New York City crowd at Citi Field. San Diego needed a strong start from the […]
Continue readingNEW YORK — All players and coaches for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets will wear No. 21 jerseys during their game Sept. 15 to commemorate Roberto Clemente Day, it was announced Thursday. The 2022 season marks the 50th anniversary of Clemente’s tragic death in a plane crash while on a mission to bring […]
Continue readingWith just over a month left in the regular season before the MLB playoffs begin, it is the perfect time to start looking ahead at what a showdown between two 2022 heavyweights could mean come October, so we asked ESPN MLB experts Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez, Joon Lee and David Schoenfield to weigh in on […]
Continue readingEdwin Diaz is such a dominant, lights-out closer right now that when he enters the game in the ninth inning, the Mets TV broadcast doesn’t even go to a commercial break. Instead, the camera follows him as he enters the field through the bullpen gate and heads to the pitcher’s mound, the stadium loudspeakers blaring […]
Continue readingThe Mets’ catchers — McCann, Tomás Nido and Patrick Mazeika — have been solid defensively while working with a staff that had a 3.56 ERA heading into their game against Atlanta, the fifth-lowest mark in the majors. But the catchers had combined for three homers and a .523 OPS at the plate. Mets general manager […]
Continue readingWelcome to trade deadline day. We finally got a rush of action on Monday, so let’s see if the momentum holds into what should be a busy day. The deadline comes at 6 p.m. ET, so that gives Padres GM A.J. Preller a few extra afternoon hours to swing a deal … or three. Of […]
Continue reading“Just as good as he is now as he was back then,” Vogelbach said of Lindor on Saturday, a day after the Mets acquired Vogelbach from Pittsburgh for rookie reliever Colin Holderman. “I can’t talk highly enough about the person he was then and playing against him it seems like he’s the same guy now. […]
Continue readingThe 32-year-old was injured while reaching to apply a tag in the sixth inning of New York’s 5-4 extra-inning victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday. The Mets got better news on outfielder Starling Marte, who left Saturday’s game in the fourth inning with left groin tightness but apparently will avoid being placed on the […]
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