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Mets Morning News for June 25, 2025

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Your Wednesday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.

Meet the Mets​

The Mets continued to scuffle tonight, blowing an early lead in a 7-4 loss to the Braves. Frankie Montas went five innings in his Mets debut, giving up no runs and tallying five strikeouts. But the bullpen was the issue tonight, with Brazobán giving up three runs and Castillo and Lovelady each giving up two. Baty had two RBI and McNeil and Mauricio each had one apiece, but once again the tepid offense was unable to outhit the struggling pitching staff.

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David Wright Day is in less than a month, but if it weren’t for Mike Hampton we might not be having a David Wright Day.

ESPN insiders have listed the Mets as a landing spot in a potential Alex Bregman trade.

Sean Manaea has suffered a setback during his rehab from his oblique strain.

Laura Albanese has updates on both Manaea and Winker’s injuries.

Francisco Alvarez exited tonight’s game in Syracuse in the first inning, suffering from dizziness and heat-related issues.

The Mets are calling up pitching prospect Jonathan Pintaro, who has been primarily starting in the minors but will likely be used in the bullpen in the majors.

Around the National League East​

Despite a great start by Ranger Suárez, the Phillies lost to the Astros 1-0. Suárez went 7.2 innings but a solo home run from Cooper Hummel was the deciding blow for Houston.

The Nationals lost yet another game, falling 4-3 to the Padres. Trevor Williams went five innings and gave up all four runs on seven hits and two walks.

The Marlins secured a 4-2 victory over the Giants. Edwards, Sánchez, and Lopez each had two hits with Edwards and Lopez each tallying an RBI as well.

Around Major League Baseball​

Former Mets All-Star Noah Syndergaard has signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox.

ESPN has released a ranking of the top 50 trade candidates leading up to the deadline.

Ken Rosenthal discussed why even scuffling teams are reluctant sellers now.

Whit Merrifield has announced his retirement from baseball.

MLB.com predicted this year’s Gold Glove Award winners.

Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue​

A Pod of Their Own is back with another episode.

Steve Sypa has another week of Mets Minor League Players of the Week.

This Date in Mets History​

53 years ago today, first baseman Carlos Delgado was born.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/6...ett-wright-manaea-alvarez-pintaro-syndergaard

 

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Mets 7, Braves 3: Five-run inning helps lead Mets to much-needed victory

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Juan Soto hit two homers as the Mets snapped a three-game losing streak.

Folks, the impossible has happened. The Mets—after losing the first five games they played against the Atlanta Braves this year—have finally beaten their division rivals in a baseball game. On a night when the team badly needed a win—after losing ten of the past past eleven games and stumbling into second place—the bats finally broke out in one big inning, resulting in a 7-3 victory to snap their three-game losing streak.

Clay Holmes took the mound looking to rebound from a tough start last week against these same Braves. He was helped out in a big way early on in tonight’s game, as Jeff McNeil—playing in center field, where he remains fairy inexperienced—made a remarkable defensive gem in the top of the first inning by robbing Marcell Ozuna of a two-run homer with a leaping catch. Didier Fuentes, meanwhile—the Braves’ 20-year-old rookie—made his second major league start, and he matched Holmes by putting up zeroes for the first couple innings (aided by a double play ball off the bat of Brett Baty following two singles in the second). The Mets finally broke through to draw first blood in the bottom of the third thanks to a leadoff solo homer from Ronny Mauricio, his third of the year. Alas, another home run from a rookie would quickly tie the game in the following inning, as Holmes surrendered a one-out solo homer to Drake Baldwin to make it a 1-1 game.

But wait, we’re not done with solo homers just yet! This time a non-rookie got in on the fun, as Juan Soto led off the bottom of the frame with his 18th homer to put the Mets back in front. The team then made the radical choice to try scoring without relying on solo homers, as a hit-by-pitch and double off the bat of McNeil put runners on second and third with nobody out. Starling Marte then hit a sharp line drive to center field which scored the Mets’ third run of the game and moved McNeil to third base. Baty followed this by making up for his double play earlier, grounding a ball through a drawn-in infield to make it 4-1. Two more singles—one from Mauricio and one from Hayden Senger, his first hit since returning to the major league team—ended Fuentes’s night much earlier than the Braves were hoping for. Aaron Bummer came on to try to keep the game within reach for Atlanta, but the Mets wisely decided to keep piling on. Francisco Lindor greeted the bullpen by lining a sacrifice fly to left field, and Brandon Nimmo followed with a single up the middle. Those two plays brought home two runs to make it 6-1, and while Soto followed with a strikeout to end the inning, the Mets nevertheless had completed their best offensive inning in weeks.

Holmes would face a little bit of trouble in the top of the fifth—giving up a walk (his fourth of the night) and a single—but kept the Braves off the board. It would prove to be his last inning of the night, and while it was far from an ideal night for him (too many walks, only two strikeouts, not enough length), he still managed to only surrender the one run through five innings of work. And while the bullpen has had some challenges during the team’s recent skid, having a five-run lead gave them plenty of breathing room. Brandon Waddell was the first man up, and he overcame a leadoff walk (thanks in part to a nice double play ball to end the frame) to put up a scoreless inning. José Buttó followed in the seventh and provided a scoreless outing of his own with a couple strikeouts. The offense, meanwhile, went a couple innings without adding more runs to their lead, but Soto decided to change that in the bottom of the seventh against new pitcher Austin Cox, leading off with his second solo homer of the game to make it 7-1 Mets.

The Mets came close to scoring more an inning later, but Michael Harris—who came close to robbing Soto’s second homer—made a terrific catch to rob Lindor of a two-run homer. But it didn’t end up making a difference, despite some struggles to close things out at the very end. Ryne Stanek had already held the Braves off the board with a perfect eighth, and new Met Jonathan Pintaro came on for his major league debut in the ninth. He surrendered a walk and a single to start his big league career and ended up giving up two runs thanks to a two-out, two-run single from Ronald Acuña. Another walk forced Carlos Mendoza to turn to Edwin Díaz to finish things off—less than ideal when you enter the inning with a six-run lead. But given where the Mets are right now, it’s hard to complain too much about the circumstances as long as the end result is a win. And Díaz did indeed induce a groundout on the first batter he faced to finish things off and get the team the win they so desperately needed.

The Mets are now 1-5 against the Braves this year. Still not great! But they will have a chance to go for the series tie against them tomorrow. Baby steps, y’all.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Ronny Mauricio, +13.2% WPA
Big Mets loser: Brett Baty, -4.8% WPA
Mets pitchers: +13.2% WPA
Mets hitters: +36.8% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Juan Soto solo homer in the fourth, +13.6% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Drake Baldwin solo homer in the fourth, -13.5% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/6...eded-victory-braves-atlanta-new-york-baseball

 

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Mets 4, Braves 0: Mets overcome Griffin Canning injury with dominant bullpen performance

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The Amazins split the series against Atlanta thanks to the best bullpen performance of the year.

Two days ago, the Mets had lost their fifth straight game against the Braves. It also marked their tenth loss in the past eleven games, and the team found themselves a game and a half behind the Phillies in the NL East. It seemed like the sky was falling with no end to the struggles in sight. Now, two days later, things are looking a little bit different. The team’s recent ailments are certainly still a cause for concern—and it’s suddenly looking like the team will need to continue piecing their pitching staff together—but following a much-needed win last night, the Mets followed with a second-straight victory against Atlanta to split the series and put them back in front in the NL East.

Unfortunately, the first noteworthy moment from this game was one which has the potential to dramatically alter the state of the Mets’ pitching staff for the remainder of the year. Griffin Canning was tonight’s starter, and he was looking to rebound following some rough outings thus far in June. He had held the Braves off the board for the first couple innings, and then with one out in the third and a runner on Nick Allen hit a groundball to shortstop. As he was turning to the ball, Canning’s left ankle seemingly gave out and he collapsed to the ground. He was unable to put any weight on the ankle as he was gingerly helped off the field, and while we don’t know definitively yet, it looked an awful like an Achilles tear of some kind. Such an injury—or one of similar significance—would certainly mark the end of Canning’s year, which is the last thing this team needs given the current state of its pitching staff.

Alas, the larger ramifications of this potential injury are for another time. For the moment, the Mets needed to piece together 6.1 innings from the bullpen and try to win a baseball game. Austin Warren—just added to the active roster today—came on to replace Canning, and he performed as admirably as one could hope for. He got a quick out to finish the third and followed that with another two scoreless innings in the fourth and fifth. It’s entirely possible that he will immediately find his way back to the minors in favor of another fresh arm, but for tonight Warren’s contributions were exactly what the doctor ordered.

Meanwhile, the Mets offense was tasked to try to put some runs on the board against Grant Holmes—one of the less imposing arms in the Braves’ rotation—but they failed to get anything across the first three innings. In the bottom of the fourth, they finally broke through. Juan Soto walked to lead off the inning, and Pete Alonso followed with a single (one that just barely missed being a home run to right field) to put runners on first and third with nobody out. Jeff McNeil then hit a fly ball to center field, and while Soto looked like he was going to attempt to score as Michael Harris caught the ball, he decided against doing so. That decision didn’t end up making much of a difference, as Tyrone Taylor then hit another fly ball—this one to right field, and bit deeper—which did score Soto from third for the first run of the ballgame. The Mets didn’t add on in that inning, but they did in the bottom of the fifth (in what would prove to be Holmes’s final inning for Atlanta). After Ronny Mauricio struck out to begin the frame, Francisco Lindor and Brandon Nimmo hit back-to-back singles to once again put a runner in scoring position. Soto then popped out in the infield for the second out, but Alonso made sure the scoring opportunity wasn’t wasted, as he lined a two-out single to center field to score Lindor and make it 2-0.

Dedniel Núñez came on in the top of the sixth inning, and his outing turned out to be even more impressive than Warren. He pitched two perfect innings, striking out the last four batters he faced. It was easily his best outing of the 2025 season, and given all the horrors that have befallen the team’s pitching staff in recent weeks, one most hope that it indicates that someone resembling the 2024 Núñez is back. His scoreless outing also provided the offense with the opportunity to add to their lead, which they did in the bottom of the seventh. New pitcher Dylan Dodd recorded the first two outs in the frame, but Soto then hit a sharp gorund ball single to right field, and Alonso followed with a double to left to put runners on second and third. McNeil then provided a much-needed clutch hit, lining the first pitch he saw just out of the reach of Allen at shortstop into center field to score both runs and give the Mets a 4-0 lead.

That proved to be plenty for the Amazins, whose bullpen continued to shine. Ryne Stanek pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning with a strikeout, and after the Mets went down in order in the bottom of the frame, Edwin Díaz came on to finish things off in the ninth. He allowed a two-out single to Matt Olson—the first Braves baserunner since the fourth inning—but otherwise shut Atlanta down to end the game. It concluded a remarkable game for the relief corps following the Canning injury, as they combined for 6.1 scoreless innings with two hits, no walks, and eight strikeouts.

And just like that, the Mets find themselves with a series split against the Braves. They also find themselves back in first place by half a game following these last two wins and a sweep of the Phillies in Houston. It has certainly been a challenging stretch for the team, and we will need to hear the official news on Canning and see how the club responds. But one may hope that they are finally out of the woods. They will now head to Pittsburgh for a three-game series against the Pirates.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Pete Alonso, +21.8% WPA
Big Mets loser: Francisco Lindor, -9.7% WPA
Mets pitchers: +43.3% WPA
Mets hitters: +6.7% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Pete Alonso RBI single in the fifth, +11.4% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Marcell Ozuna single in the fourth, -5.1% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/6...jury-bullpen-braves-atlanta-new-york-baseball

 

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Pirates 9, Mets 2: Life comes at you fast

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The game was a highly competitive one until it was not, as the warts of the late June Swoon reared their ugly heads again.

Well, this once was a close game, but it ended up being an eventful 9-2 loss to the Pirates, one that started exactly 4:25 from the time I am typing this sentence.

In fact, the Mets actually led this game, funny as that seems now. Juan Soto put them ahead with an RBI single following a Francisco Lindor double. The bottom of the first inning went without a hitch for Paul Blackburn.

Then, the skies opened up. An hour and a half long rain delay put the Mets in neutral, as they lost the lead upon the resumption of the game and never recovered it.

DETOUR ALERT!: Welcome to the first annual rain delay review! This delay was actually quite well done by the Pirates and the umpires, though it had a weird little wrinkle at the end. They called the game with Mark Vientos up to bat, giving him a nice long hour and a half long plate appearance, right before it starting to rain pretty heavily. The SNY cameras showed some good hustle from the grounds crew, who are heroes in each and every stadium across the league, and they got the tarp out rather quickly. Apparently they showed Amazin’ Finishes 2007 (which could be considered a threat by some considering how that year ended), but truth be told I did not watch it and played a few matches of Rematch instead. A few friends of mine who were (unfortunately) at the game said they even had leaf blowers to dry the grass quicker before resuming play, which is a nice touch. The only weird thing was it was still raining a bit when they resumed play but, these things happen. Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

If you ever wondered why. exactly, most teams pull their starters after a rain delay, look no further than this game — Blackburn retook the mound in the bottom of the second inning and was as terrible as one would expect any starter to be when they were forced to sit for over an hour. He gave up three straight hits to give up the lead, a sacrifice fly to give the Pirates a 2-1 lead, and another single to load the bases. José Buttó came in and did what he could, getting out of the inning with only one more run surrendered, giving the Pirates a 3-1 lead going into the third.

For roughly 99% of people reading this, the rest of this game was a slog at best and another nightmare in a two week stretch of nightmares at worst. Carlos Mendoza got ejected arguing balls and strikes, and honestly probably to try and light a fire underneath the offense. Speaking of the offense, their performance was apropos of this year’s team as a whole, as they were a dreadful 2-8 with runners in scoring position, leaving ten Mets on base. This has been a three month problem, and something they really do need to figure out going forward, despite their consistent place at or near the top of the division. Brandon Nimmo had the second hit with runners in scoring position (with Soto in the first inning being the first), driving in Pete Alonso with a single, making it 3-2 in the fifth.

After that, the offense went silent. They only had three base runners from the sixth inning on, getting shut down by Dennis Santana, Caleb Ferguson, and David Bednar (the trio followed a solid performance out of the pen for Braxton Ashcraft, who bent but did not break after the rain delay).

The bottom of the eighth inning was where disaster struck, and the Mets sleep paralysis demon showed up at the foot of their bed (if you are wondering, it is in the shape of an L and has googly eyes with an angry eyebrow over them. They HATE to see that L coming). Huascar Brazobán continued his slump, surrendering four runs (two of them scored after he exited the game). He loaded the bases with a combination of hits and walks, the latter being especially problematic for Brazobán in this recent stretch. Recently selected Colin Poche came to try and keep it a game and did not, allowing the last two runs on Brazobán’s ledger to score, and two of his own. In the blink of an eye it was 9-2 Pirates, and the Mets were well on their way to losing their 12th game in the last 15 games, as well as a team meeting postgame according to basically every beat writer on Twitter.

Brandon Waddell deserves his flowers, here, before we sign off on this recap. Following José Buttó’s strong two inning performance, he threw three innings of one hit ball out of the pen, striking out three, walking none, and keeping the Mets in the game. While it will end up going unremembered because of the eventual loss, he was a bright spot and he looks like a Major League arm, which is always a nice little silver lining.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Brandon Waddell, +13.4% WPA
Big Mets loser: Paul Blackburn, -29.7% WPA
Mets pitchers: -13.4% WPA
Mets hitters: -36.6% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Brandon Nimmo’s RBI single, +9.5% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Spencer Horwitz second inning single, -9.1% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/6...-a-team-meeting-afterwards-pirates-mlb-scores

 

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Open thread: Mets at Pirates, 6/29/25

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The Mets try to salvage the finale against the Buccos.

Mets lineup​

1. Francisco Lindor - SS
2. Brandon Nimmo - LF
3. Juan Soto - RF
4. Pete Alonso - 1B
5. Jeff McNeil - CF
6. Mark Vientos - DH
7. Brett Baty - 3B
8. Luis Torrens - C
9. Ronny Mauricio - 2B

SP: Frankie Montas (RHP)

Pirates lineup​

1. Adam Frazier - 2B
2. Andrew McCutchen - DH
3. Bryan Reynolds - RF
4. Spencer Horwitz - 1B
5. Ke’Bryan Hayes - 3B
6. Oneil Cruz - CF
7. Tommy Pham - LF
8. Jared Triolo - SS
9. Henry Davis - C

SP: Mike Burrows (RHP)

Broadcast info​

First pitch: 1:35 PM EDT
TV: PIX 11
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App 92.3 HD2

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/6...tes-lineups-watch-sny-montas-new-york-pirates

 

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Mets trivia: Your in-5 daily game, Monday edition

Think you can figure out what Mets player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out.

Hello Mets fans! We’re back for another day of the Amazin Avenue In-5 daily trivia game. The objective is to guess the correct active OR retired Mets player in as few guesses as possible. Full game instructions are at the bottom. Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in this Google Form.

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The goal of the game is to guess the correct Mets player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED PLAYERS each week. It won’t be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it. The game will appear in the No. 3 slot of the Amazin Avenue layout each day this week and as noted above, will appear in this article exclusively.

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Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/6/30/24458746/sb-nation-mets-daily-trivia-in-5

 

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Mets prospects Jonah Tong and Carson Benge named to Futures Game

Carson Benge | Photo: Chris McShane

Two of the Mets’ most exciting prospects will appear in the showcase during All-Star Game festivities.

Jonah Tong and Carson Benge, two of the Mets’ top prospects, have been selected to take part in the Futures Game during the festivities leading up to the All-Star Game. Both players are currently playing for the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies, and here’s some of what the team had to say in its press release about Tong.

Tong leads all of minor league baseball with 115 strikeouts and is second in the minors with a 1.73 ERA in 14 starts. Tong is also second in MiLB and first in all of Double-A with a .137 opponent’s batting average. Additionally, his strikeout percentage (K%) of 40.5% is second in all of MiLB. The 22-year-old was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Month in May. One of the highlights of Tong’s season came on May 10, when he threw six and two thirds perfect innings against Reading with a career-high 13 strikeouts, headlining the first perfect game in Binghamton’s 33-year franchise history. He also threw five no-hit innings on June 4 vs. Somerset, with 11 punchouts. On June 21 at Harrisburg, Tong went a career-high seven and two thirds innings, allowing just two hits (neither of which left the infield), one walk, with 11 strikeouts.

As for Benge:

Benge was promoted to Binghamton on June 23 after a terrific start to the year with High-A Brooklyn. Benge slashed .302/.417/.480 with an .897 OPS in 60 games with the Cyclones. He also had 68 hits, 37 RBIs, and four home runs with Brooklyn. At the time of his promotion, Benge was tied atop the South Atlantic League (SAL) leaderboard with 18 doubles. He was second in the SAL with 47 runs scored, third in on-base percentage, hits, and OPS, 4th in batting average and XBH (27), and 5th in slugging percentage. The Yukon, Oklahoma native also stole 15 bases in 17 attempts.

In his first week with Binghamton, Benge already had four hits, five walks, and two stolen bases in five games. He also hit a game-tying RBI double on June 28 for his first RBI of his Double-A career.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/6...cts-tong-benge-futures-game-all-star-new-york