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[New York Mets]

Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series: 3-3

2023, Home Run Applesauce

This week, Chris and Brian take the temperature of the team after week one.

Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.

The Mets had a .500 road trip, highlighted by an excellent bullpen stretch and a new approach from Pete Alonso. Brian and Chris discuss the state of the team as they enter their second week of baseball.

Chris’s Music Pick:
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

Brian’s Music Pick:
James Elkington - Pastel de Nada

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And, until next time, Let’s Go Mets.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...-series-episode-192-3-3-alonso-holmes-bullpen

 

[New York Mets]

Flushing is Burning: Dawn of a new season

Real baseball is finally upon us.

The Mets are back, and so is Grace. She starts by discussing some major spring training storylines she missed, and then discusses the beginning of the 2025 season. She also talks about Daniel Murphy’s addition to the SNY broadcast team and thorny emotions that has and continues to provide.

Next, she gets into the Oscars. The highs, the lows, the good, the very very bad. She discusses the No Other Land win and subsequent attack on one of it’s co-directors, and the recent drama with Rachel Zegler and how disingenuous it all feels to pile on a young girl for her beliefs.

Finally, a 2025-centric movie minute. One gigantic satire, and one sly, sexy espionage thriller. Both excellent in their own ways, but two very different vibes to be sure.

Follow us on Twitter/X @FIBPod, on Instagram @FlushingisBurningPod, and email us at [email protected]! Plus, we’ve joined Bluesky at flushingisburning.bsky.social!

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Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4/5/24401474/mets-podcast-flushing-is-burning-dawn-of-a-new-season

 

[New York Mets]

Mets come back in Wink of an eye, win on Lindor sac fly

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Chris Bassitt shut the Mets down through six-plus innings, but they came back to win late.

For seven innings, the Mets’ bats were mostly silent on a chilly, damp night at Citi Field. Former Mets starting pitcher Chris Bassitt, who’s already in the third and final year of the deal he signed with the Blue Jays after his lone season with the Mets, shut them out through six-and-two-thirds innings. But the Mets turned a late 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 win thanks in large part to Jesse Winker and a walk-off sac fly by Francisco Lindor.

Toronto got on the board with a run in the fifth despite being presented with an opportunity to score a whole lot more. Mets starter Griffin Canning put up four scoreless innings, but he threw quite a few pitches before took the mound to start the fifth inning. After giving up back-to-back singles, Canning was lifted in favor of José Butto.

Butto gave up a single to Vladimir Guerror Jr., hardly the worst thing a pitcher could do in that situation, and proceeded to issue a one-out walk to load the bases. He didn’t break, though, as he notched a strikeout and induced a ground out to get through the inning with minimal damage.

The Blue Jays scored their second run in the sixth, as Butto went back out there to pitch the inning and quickly got the first and second outs. But back-to-back two-out doubles by Alan Roden and Bo Bichette plated a run, and Carlos Mendoza turned to Huascar Brazobán.

You really couldn’t have dreamed up a better start to the 2025 season for Brazobán, whose outings have made his poor performance after joining the Mets last summer feel like a distant memory. Brazobán got the out to get the Mets out of the sixth, and he went on to throw two more innings. He gave up just one hit, recorded one strikeout, and didn’t walk anybody.

And that brings us to the bottom of the eighth inning, which started with Mets leadoff hitter Francisco Lindor drawing a four-pitch walk. Juan Soto singled, and Lindor advanced to second base. The Mets were in business.

Pete Alonso struck out, and Brandon Nimmo flew out to center field. The latter out allowed Lindor to move up to third, but it felt like the Mets’ best opportunity of the night might slip away, just as the Jays’ best one had earlier in the game.

Jesse Winker had something to say about that, though. Having already doubled and—in part thanks to a misplay by George Springer in right field—tripled in the game, Winker smoked a line drive to right field again. On a different night, it may very well have been a three-run home run, but tonight, it had just enough in it to make it to the fence. Springer almost got to it, but he didn’t—and hit the wall awkwardly, hurting himself to the point that he was removed from the game. Winker raced to third base again, and Lindor and Soto scored easily to tie the game.

Edwin Diaz threw a scoreless—but eventful—top of the ninth, striking out the first batter he faced before giving up a pair of singles. The second of those came on a slowly-chopped ball up the middle, and Díaz tipped it with his glove rather than allowing it to go straight to Lindor at shortstop for a possible out.

With runners on first and second and just one out, Díaz struck out Anthony Santander, but he threw a wild pitch in the process that moved the runners up to second and third. That wasn’t a problem, as he struck out Andrés Giménez to send the game to the bottom of the ninth with the score still tied.

Jose Siri drew a one-out walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Luis Torrens singled to left field, but Siri had to hold up long enough between second and third that sending him home wouldn’t have made sense. After a pitching change, Francisco Lindor smoked a line drive to center field, easily deep enough for Siri to tag up and score, giving Lindor a walk-off sac fly.

This Mets team is already incredibly fun to watch, they’ve got a 5-3 record on the season, and tomorrow afternoon, they’ll attempt to complete a sweep of the Blue Jays.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Jesse Winker, +51.2% WPA
Big Mets loser: Pete Alonso, -21.0% WPA
Mets pitchers: +20.1% WPA
Mets hitters: +29.9% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Jesse Winker hits a two-run triple in the eighth, +43.7% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Bo Bichette hits an RBI double in the sixth, -12.8% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...cores-winker-lindor-comeback-new-york-toronto

 

[New York Mets]

Open thread: Mets vs. Blue Jays, 4/6/25

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The Mets look to complete a sweep of the Blue Jays with David Peterson on the mound.

Mets lineup​

1. Francisco Lindor - SS
2. Juan Soto - RF
3. Pete Alonso - 1B
4. Brandon Nimmo - LF
5. Jesse Winker - DH
6. Mark Vientos - 3B
7. Brett Baty - 2B
8. Jose Siri - CF
9. Hayden Senger - C

SP: David Peterson (LHP)

Blue Jays lineup​

1. Bo Bichette - SS
2. Vladimir Guerrero - 1B
3. Anthony Santander - RF
4. Andrés Giménez - 2B
5. Alejandro Kirk - DH
6. Ernie Clement - 3B
7. Davis Schneider - LF
8. Tyler Heineman - C
9. Myles Straw - CF

SP: Bowden Francis (RHP)

Broadcast info​

First pitch: 1:40 PM EDT
TV: WPIX
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...s-tv-watch-pitchers-peterson-francis-new-york

 

[New York Mets]

Mets 2, Blue Jays 1: Completing the sweep!

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Two runs proved to be enough in the Mets’ sixth win of the season.

The Mets scored just two runs in their series finale with the Blue Jays this afternoon at Citi Field, but thanks to another fantastic performance by their pitching staff, they completed a three-game sweep of Toronto with a 2-1 win.

David Peterson got the start and threw four-and-two-thirds innings with three strikeouts, five walks, and one run allowed. It very well could’ve been more runs, though, as the Mets made a curious decision to let Peterson continue pitching in the fifth inning when he grimaced with some sort of discomfort.

A visit from the training staff and manager Carlos Mendoza resulted in Peterson being left in the game, even though he was already fading before the injury concern. He then issued a walk, struggling to hit the strike zone and loading the bases in the process, and got a visit from Jeremy Hefner. Still, he remained in the game, and Peterson promptly plunked former Mets infielder Andrés Giménez to force in a run.

The Mets finally gave the lefty the hook after that, and thankfully Max Kranick induced a foul pop out from Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk to escape the inning without further damage that would’ve been charged to Peterson. And Mendoza clarified after the game that Peterson was feeling nauseated over the course of facing those final few batters.

Before all of that, the Mets had taken the lead with what turned out to be their only two runs of the afternoon. Pete Alonso singled in the team’s first run of the game in the third, and Brandon Nimmo followed that up with a sac fly that put them up 2-0.

Kranick went on to pitch the sixth and put up a zero, and he was followed be three other Mets relievers, all of whom threw a scoreless inning apiece: Reed Garrett, A.J. Minter, and Edwin Díaz. In total, the bullpen gave up just one hit, struck out five, and didn’t walk anybody, but it’s worth noting that Díaz made things interesting by hitting the first batter he faced in the ninth before hitting another one with two outs to bring up Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with the tying and go-ahead runs on base. Thankfully, he got him to ground out to short to end the game.

Even with the quiet day at the plate for the lineup as a whole, Pete Alonso continued his excellent start to the season. He went 2-for-3 with the aforementioned RBI and was hit by a pitch, and he now has a .291/.421/.645 line through the first nine games of the season.

The Mets are set to host the Marlins for a three-game series starting tomorrow night in Queens, and it’s a series that presents them with an opportunity to build on their very good 6-3 start.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Max Kranick, +18.4% WPA
Big Mets loser: Brett Baty, -10.3% WPA
Mets pitchers: +58.9% WPA
Mets hitters: -8.9% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Pete Alonso plates a run with a single in the third, +14.3% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: David Peterson hits Andrés Giménez to force in a run in the fifth, -11.7% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...-jays-bullpen-peterson-sweep-new-york-toronto

 

[New York Mets]

MLB’s blackouts of Mets games on WPIX create catch-22 for fans in upstate New York

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Living in-market without access to WPIX is a frustrating experience.

The Mets’ win in their series finale over the Blue Jays yesterday was the first regular season game of the 2025 season to air on WPIX. If you’re a Mets fan living in upstate New York, though, you might have had no other choice but to listen to the game on the radio.

For years, Major League Baseball’s blackout policy has considered a huge geographical region to be “in-market” for broadcast purposes, but for those who live outside the range of WPIX, trying to watch the whopping 24 games that air on the network—nearly 15 percent of the Mets’ regular season—is a challenge.

Let’s say you’re paying for traditional cable of a streaming platform equivalent that includes SNY and your local networks. Here’s Mets fan Chris S. from the Albany area with a quick explanation of how that often plays out.

“Here in the Albany area, we’re fortunate enough to get both SNY and the PIX games on CW15. However, in the past few years, an increasing number of the PIX games have been blacked out on CW15, seemingly due to conflicts with other sports programming. It’s frustrating as a consumer in a primary market that there are no options to get these games legally, especially when paying for both SNY and CW15 as part of a cable package—one which I only keep for sports.”

Television listings for the CW are often inaccurate, adding to the frustration, as you don’t really know if a particular Mets game will be airing until the broadcast has begun and you go and check the network manually. And despite the fact that you’re paying for the product that MLB wants you to buy to watch your favorite team, paying for MLB.tv won’t get you those games on its own, either. You’re an in-market fan, and you’re blacked out.

There was briefly some hope that a solution might have finally landed for Mets fans living in this catch-22 reality when SNY announced a direct-to-consumer streaming service ahead of this season.

Chris S. explains, “With the news that SNY would be offering direct-to-consumer streaming, I thought it would be an easy switch, until finding out that these PIX games were not included. That’s a non-starter to me, as it’s not an insignificant number of games, and although frustrating that more are being blacked out by CW15, the SNY service still pales in comparison. It seems as though even the easy solutions for MLB streaming are becoming harder to get right.”

With national games on ESPN, Apple TV+, FOX, and the Roku channel, even the most dedicated fan with subscriptions to all of the platforms that air Mets games might not anywhere near 100 percent of those games on TV on the devices they use to watch the Mets.

Jason, a Mets fan living in the Binghamton area, feels the pain: “I’ve been resigned to the fact that those amazing Sunday afternoon matinees have to be enjoyed with Howie on 660 only. ‘Dammit, it’s a PIX game’ is a common quote in our house.”

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...mes-upstate-new-york-ny-stremaing-cable-mlbtv

 

[New York Mets]

Mets 2, Marlins 0: Courtesy of the Mets pitching lab

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The Mets bats were inconsistent yet again, but a strong display by all four Mets who took the mound saw the Mets through to their fifth win in a row.

The Mets moved to 7-3 on the young season, including winning five games in a row, all while battling bats who have not woken up yet and weather that baseball has no business being played in — and they owe it to their pitching, both starters and relievers.

Kodai Senga got the ball to start the game and performed amicably. He did not have his best stuff overall, but he blanked the Marlins for five innings, striking out four and scattering five hits and two walks. Senga, who absolutely hates to see a first inning coming (he came into the game with a 4.65 ERA in the first inning, and a 2.60 ERA after it), got into a jam in the first, allowing the first two runners on. A ground out, caught stealing, and strike out got him out of the inning, and really set the tone for his day.

After a 1-2-3 second inning, he got into more trouble in the third. Xavier Edwards (who, by my count, has strong potential to be a Mets killer as his career continues) hit a single and promptly stole second, but he also got another potential Mets killer in Otto Lopez to fly out to end the threat.

The first two innings for the Mets bats were a similar brand of frustrating that they have been through ten games, despite the Mets missing Marlins ace Sandy Alcántara due to the birth of his child, and instead getting spot-starter Valente Bellozo, who just pitched in Triple-A on Friday. They loaded the bases with two outs in the first inning with a Francisco Lindor single, Pete Alonso single, and Mark Vientos walk, but a Jesse Winker fly out ended the threat. Tyrone Taylor led off the second with a single but was promptly caught stealing, and Luisangel Acuña and Hayden Senger went down quietly to end the inning.

The bats came alive (at least a little bit) in the third due to their stars. Lindor laid down a beautiful bunt single up the third base line, and Juan Soto rewarded him by taking a 1-2 cutter into the left center field gap for an RBI double. A passed ball got him to third with just one away, but a Brandon Nimmo pop out and a 108 MPH line out by Vientos ended the inning 1-0.

That score would stand for a fair few innings. Kodai Senga allowed two base runners in the fourth, but a Ike Davis-like catch by Pete Alonso on the dugout railing and a double play got them out of the jam. Graham Pauley led off the fifth with a single, but a double play and an Xavier Edwards strikeout saw Senga’s day end.

Danny Young came in to replace Senga and worked around a lead off single. José Buttó came in for the seventh and eighth and worked around some traffic as well. He allowed just one base runner in the seventh and promptly picked him off, and worked around an Xavier Edwards walk in the eighth.

The Mets offense was equally not up to the task in the middle innings. Lindor singled and Soto walked to lead off the fifth, but a Pete Alonso double play and a Nimmo ground out ended the inning quickly. Mark Vientos led off the sixth inning with a walk, but a Winker fly out and back to back strikeouts by Tyrone Taylor and Acuña ended the frame.

The seventh inning was more of the same. After Senger and Lindor got out to start the frame, Soto got something going with a hard hit single. Alonso hit a double to make it second and third with two away, but a routine fly out by Nimmo ended the threat.

The eighth inning gave the Mets an important, and ultimately superfluous, insurance run. Vientos started it off with a walk (his third of the game, which is a great sign for the struggling third baseman), with Jose Siri coming in to pinch run for him. A stolen base put him in scoring position, and a hard hit single by Taylor chased him home, making it 2-0.

Ryne Stanek, pitching the ninth for an Edwin Díaz who had been used both Saturday and Sunday, pitched a clean and easy ninth to cap off an impressive performance for Mets pitching.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Kodai Senga, +27.6% WPA
Big Mets loser: Brandon Nimmo, -17.6% WPA
Mets pitchers: +62.9% WPA
Mets hitters: -12.9% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Juan Soto’s RBI double in the third, +13.9% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Kyle Stower’s single in the sixth, -6.1% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...david-stearns-jeremy-hefner-mets-pitching-lab

 

[New York Mets]

Octavio Dotel, who debuted with the Mets in 1999, has died

Dotel was among the victims who lost their lives in when a nightclub roof collapsed in the Dominican Republic.

Octavio Dotel, who debuted with the Mets in 1999 and went on to play for a total of thirteen teams in his major league career, has died. The 51-year-old was one of dozens of victims who lost their lives last night when the roof at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic collapsed.

Dotel made his professional debut as a 21-year-old with the Gulf Coast League Mets in 1995 and earned a promotion to the St. Lucie Mets during that season. Over the course of the years that followed, he worked his way up the Mets’ minor league system with stops in Double-A Binghamton and then-Triple A Norfolk. Baseball America ranked him 45th on their list of the top prospects in baseball ahead of the 1999 season.

In late June of that year, Dotel made his major league debut in a start against the Braves. He went on to throw a total of 85.1 innings that year, working mostly out of the bullpen, and finished his rookie campaign with a 5.38 ERA. Following the season, the Mets included Dotel in the trade that brought Mike Hampton and Derek Bell to Queens.

After putting up similar numbers in his sophomore season in 2000, Dotel really broke out in 2001, and from the beginning of that season through the end of the 2003 season, Dotel put up a 2.33 ERA over 289.1 innings of work with the Astros. And after 34.2 more good innings with the Astros in 2004, Dotel was traded to the A’s.

The rest of his stops from that point through the end of his career in 2013 were with the Yankees, Royals, Braves, White Sox, Pirates, Dodgers, Rockies, Blue Jays, Cardinals, and Tigers. Dotel finished his major league career with a 3.78 ERA in 951.0 innings of work.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4/8/24404101/mets-octavio-dotel-dead-obituary-new-york

 

[New York Mets]

Mets 10, Marlins 5: Mets score ten, beats Marlins again

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The Mets scored plenty of runs and improved to 8-3 on the season.

On a cold afternoon at Citi Field, the Mets beat the Marlins with ease, extending their winning streak to six games in the process. After falling behind in the top of the first, they evened things up one run at a time before taking the lead and breaking the game open in the middle innings, winning 10-5 in the end.

Clay Holmes put the Mets in an early hole as he struggled to find the strike zone in the top of the first. With two outs and a runner on first, Holmes walked back-to-back batters to load the bases and served up a two-run single to Liam Hicks. He settled in from there, though, and got out of the inning without further damage before putting up zeroes through the top of the fifth. And he racked up strikeouts along the way.

Francisco Lindor wasted no time in getting the Mets on the board in the bottom of the first, as he hit a shot into the Coca-Cola Corner to lead off the inning. And in the bottom of the third, Pete Alonso hit a wind-assisted double on a pop fly to shallow right field that drifted away from all of the fielders trying to track it down before landing in fair territory and bouncing up against the netting behind first base.

If you hadn’t realized that a ball could hit the netting but remain in play before then, well, you weren’t alone. But Juan Soto, who was on first base on Alonso hit the double, scored on the play, as the rules apparently say that the ball didn’t go out of play. Soto would have scored by any reasonable measure on the play, but it was nice that he actually did.

The Mets finally took the lead in resounding fashion in the bottom of the fifth, as they loaded the bases on a single, an error, and a walk. With one out and the bases loaded, Brandon Nimmo ripped a double to left field, plating two runs. Later in the inning, Starling Marte drove in two more on a bloop single, and the Mets had a fairly comfortable 6-2 lead.

Holmes took the mound for the sixth, though, and got into some trouble. A one-out walk was followed by a double to right-center field, a ball that Soto arguably should’ve caught but didn’t, leaving runners on second and third. Carlos Mendoza turned to Huascar Brazobán out of the bullpen, and for seemingly the first time this season, a Mets reliever looked human. The Marlins scored a run on a ground to cut the Mets’ lead to 6-3, which was no big deal. But Derek Hill follow that up with a two-run home run to right-center, cutting the Mets’ lead to one.

In the end, Holmes was charged with four runs, all earned, in five-and-one-third innings of work. He struck out ten, walked three, and gave up five hits, and he’s sitting on a 4.30 ERA with a far lower 2.39 FIP through his first three starts.

In the bottom of the sixth, with runners on first and third and one out, the Marlins opted to intentionally walk Soto to loaded the bases, which brought the red hot Pete Alonso up to the plate instead. Alonso made them pay for it as he drilled a double to left field, clearing the bases and putting the Mets up 9-5. And after the Mets reloaded the bases, an outstanding catch by Derek Hill on a long fly ball off the bat Tyrone Taylor ended the inning on what would’ve been another bases-clearing double.

The Mets tacked on a run on a sac fly by Lindor in the bottom of the seventh, and the combination of Brazobán, A.J. Minter, Danny Young, and Reed Garrett finished the game without issue.

With that, the Mets have the opportunity to complete a sweep as they try to win the seventh game in a row in the series finale against the Marlins tomorrow afternoon in Queens.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Pete Alonso, +28.8% WPA
Big Mets loser: Huascar Brazobán, -12.0% WPA
Mets pitchers: -9.3% WPA
Mets hitters: +59.3% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Brandon Nimmo hits a two-run double in the fifth, +18.7% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Liam Hicks hits a two-run single in the first, -17.0% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...lonso-lindor-soto-nimmo-marte-holmes-new-york

 

[New York Mets]

Marlins 5, Mets 0 - Meyer, Marlins avoid the sweep

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The Mets’ bats were frozen on this chilly matinee.

The Mets were looking for their second straight series sweep and sixth win in a row when they closed off the first home stand of the year against the Marlins. However, the bats couldn’t wake up and Miami pitching was quite sharp, leading to a 5-0 Marlins victory.

Throwing in the cold is never a fun exercise, and Tylor Megill was not having a good time of it early on today. After walking the first two batters and allowing a single to load the bases, Megill struck out Griffin Conine to end the first. After getting the first two outs in the second, Megill allowed two baserunners on a walk and a single before, again, getting a strikeout, this time to Kyle Stowers, to end the inning.

In the third, again, after two outs, Megill allowed a Dane Myers single before striking out Conine again to end the threat. In the fourth - you guessed it - with two outs Javier Sanoja singled, but didn’t score.

Megill’s pitch count was up over 80 before he came out for the fifth. Stowers greeted Megill with a leadoff single. Jonah Bride then hit what could’ve been a double play ball, but Brett Baty made a terrible throw to Francisco Lindor, and so both runners were safe. Matt Mervis hit a grounder up the middle to score Stowers, break the tie, and boot Megill from the game. Four plus innings, three walks, six hits, and seven strikeouts was the final line on Megill.

Max Kranick was first out of the ‘pen for the Mets, and he got two quick outs. Nick Fortes then hit a shallow fly ball to left that was misplayed by Brandon Nimmo, which allowed Bride to score, putting the Fish up 2-0.

Two unearned runs shouldn’t have been a big deal for the Mets to overcome, but Max Meyer looked excellent today. Meyer’s slider was quite sharp today, and he was able to keep the Mets off the basepaths, aside from two walks and two hits, the first of which wasn’t recorded until the sixth inning. When Pete Alonso laced a single in the seventh, that was it for Meyer, and he was relieved by Anthony Bender, who got out of the inning unscathed.

Kranick, Ryne Stanek, and Huascar Brazoban kept the Marlins off the board through the eighth inning. Met pitching, through eight, struck out twelve. Edwin Diaz pitched the ninth, and he did not look sharp at all. Diaz walked the first batter to face him, and then sailed a ball to the backstop to advance the runner. A long fly ball led to a tag up, putting Xavier Edwards on third with one out. Bride then laced a ball the other way to bring in the Marlins’ third run.

Hopes of a comeback were dashed after Mervis hit an oppo-dinger to score two, putting the Mets down 5-0. Diaz looked rough all inning, with diminished velocity and poor control.

New York went quietly in the bottom of the ninth, aside from Pete Alonso stinging a ball to dead center that Myers caught before smashing face-first into the wall.

And so, the Mets’ six game winning streak comes to an end, and they were handed their first shutout loss of the season. After the game, the Mets travel to West Sacramento for a three-game series against the location-less Athletics. Griffin Canning will start the series for the Mets on Friday, facing off against JP Sears.

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What’s WPA?

Big winner: None

Big loser: Juan Soto, -11.9% WPA

Total pitcher WPA: +0.2% WPA

Total batter WPA: -50.2% WPA

Teh aw3s0mest play: Pete Alonso’s seventh inning single, +6.7 WPA

Teh sux0rest play: Nick Fortes’s RBI single, -12.5% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...l-meyer-kranick-stanek-brazoban-mervis-fortes

 

[New York Mets]

Can you guess this Mets second baseman in today’s in-5 trivia game?

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’d like to introduce you to our brand new 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.

After you correctly guess the player, you can click “Share Results” to share how you did down in the comments and on social media. We won’t go into other details about the game as we’d like your feedback on it. How it plays, what you think of it, the difficulty level, and anything else you can think of that will help us improve this game. You can provide feedback in the comments of this article, or you can fill out this Google Form.

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Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4/10/24405260/sb-nation-mets-daily-trivia-in-5

 

[New York Mets]

The Mets’ bullpen has been phenomenal so far in 2025

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This is a bullpen appreciation post.

The 2025 Mets are 8-4—half a game out of first place in the NL East—and just snapped a six-game winning streak. A huge part of this early success has been the Mets’ bullpen, which has been nothing short of remarkable in this young season. The Mets bullpen has pitched to a collective 1.70 ERA in the first 12 games of the season. Up until yesterday, the Mets had the best bullpen ERA in baseball and it was only just surpassed by the Padres last night. They have allowed just two home runs as a group. In just about every category measuring pitching performance, the Mets are near the top of the list.

Of course, it’s hard to imagine the bullpen will be quite this good across a whole 162-game season. But there are plenty of reasons to believe the bullpen will remain a strength of this team all year and chief among them, in my opinion, is the versatility of the pitchers in the relief corps. The Mets don’t have one long man. They have multiple pitchers capable of pitching more than one inning in relief. The Mets don’t just have one set-up man or two or three guys Carlos Mendoza has to go to again and again in high leverage. All eight Mets relievers currently on the roster have already pitched in high leverage spots. Edwin Díaz is the closer, but Ryne Stanek and Huascar Brazobán have already each recorded a save. Every reliever in the bullpen besides Díaz and (somehow) Max Kranick has at least one hold.

“You’re not just beating four guys to death,” Ryne Stanek recently said to The Athletic on the matter. “We have eight guys that are all capable of getting outs in leverage. That matters. That’s how you get really good bullpens over the course of a season, is guys comfortable in a variety of roles.”

Assessments of the Mets’ depth when it comes to relievers go beyond the big league roster. Dedniel Núñez continues to work his way through his progression in the minors and will contribute to the team at some point in the near future. There are a plethora of other interesting arms in the minor leagues that could contribute to the big league bullpen this season, like Tyler Zuber and Luis Moreno, who impressed in spring, or even Brandon Sproat, who David Stearns hinted in his recent presser could be used as a reliever.

“They’ve been a huge reason behind our success,” Brandon Nimmo said of the bullpen. “They have amazing stuff. We have a few different weapons that can matchup well with the other side — it’s not just one guy, we have different guys in different positions in order to get it to Díaz.”

“We’ve needed them and they’ve performed at a very high level,” David Stearns said. “Clearly we wouldn’t have the record we have right now without the contributions from every single member of that pen — that’s probably been the most impressive part to me.”

Another encouraging fact: it may feel like the bullpen is being a tad overtaxed (at least it felt that way to me) in the early going because the starting rotation, while also performing well, is not going that deep into games. But the bullpen’s collective 47 2⁄3 innings pitched thus far are tenth in baseball and they were even lower down the list until Megill’s early exit from yesterday’s game. Huascar Brazobán and Danny Young lead the team with six appearances apiece. But, they’re both outside the top 30 in the league in appearances this season. So even though it may feel like the relievers are being used a lot, the Mets are not really above average when it comes to bullpen usage across baseball.

On an individual level, there are a lot of kudos to hand out. Max Kranick has been a revelation. In his first big league appearance in three years, he was immediately thrown into the fire and produced results—and has done so again and again since that first appearance in Houston. It looks every bit like his rising star that he put on display in spring training is the real deal. Reed Garrett has built on his success last season and has turned into the Mets’ primary fireman, retiring 14 of the 18 hitters he has faced via a strikeout, popup, or ground ball. Edwin Díaz has looked shaky at times and had his first true meltdown yesterday (to be fair to him and the rest of the pitching staff, it was freezing), but he has yet to blow a save and perhaps more importantly, he has silenced concerns about his velocity that arose during spring training. He looks mostly like Edwin Díaz. José Buttó and Huascar Brazobán have taken big steps forward and already look like better versions of themselves than last season, which is huge for the long-term outlook for the pitching staff, considering the years of control both have remaining. Ryne Stanek has picked up right where he left off when he was an essential part of the Mets’ playoff success last season. A.J. Minter looks healthy and has already shown why he was a positive addition to the team, recording several key outs and providing much-needed left-handed firepower out of the bullpen.

This piece is mostly about giving the pitchers who have worked their butts off their flowers. But, David Stearns, the front office, and the coaching staff deserve credit too. Although guys like Edwin Díaz and José Buttó were in the organization prior to Stearns assuming the helm, this bullpen is now primarily made up of guys signed or acquired in the David Stearns era. And his fingerprints are all over this pitching staff. On paper, this bullpen does not look all that remarkable. It includes multiple pitchers who were let go by their previous organizations or in some cases were out of Major League Baseball entirely. But we now find ourselves in an unfamiliar position: we can trust the organization’s leadership to target the right cast-offs and trade targets from other organizations and we can trust the organization’s player development staff to maximize their potential.

Over the past decade or so under the previous regime, the most interesting reliever the Mets developed on their own was Drew Smith and the team was forced to use its resources to sign name-brand free agents to fill out their bullpen (often using the patented Closer for the Eighth Inning approach). Drew Smith is great and I hope his recovery is going well, but if the Mets are to truly realize Steve Cohen’s ambition of being “Dodgers East,” they need to follow the model of organizations like the Dodgers, who frequently produce a half-dozen Drew Smith-or-better types every season, seemingly by spontaneous generation. The Mets aren’t quite there yet, but we’re seeing the blueprint in this 2025 bullpen and it’s exciting.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...rrett-minter-stanek-brazoban-diaz-butto-young

 

[New York Mets]

Mets Daily Prospect Report, 4/11/25: Can lose them all

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Catch up on all the Mets prospects in yesterday’s minor league action!

Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (3-8)​

LEHIGH VALLEY 5, SYRACUSE 1 (BOX)

A bad start from Justin Hagenman and a paltry four hits from the Mets meant this one wasn’t particularly close. The top five hitters in the lineup all went hitless, that’s basically a surefire way to lose.

• RF José Azocar: 0-4, BB, 2 K
• SS Niko Goodrum: 0-4, 3 K, E (1)
• 1B Jon Singleton: 0-3, BB, K
• DH Joey Meneses: 0-4
• 2B Donovan Walton: 0-2, R, BB, K
• LF Luke Ritter: 1-3, BB
• CF Gilberto Celestino: 2-4, RBI, 2 K
• C Chris Williams: 1-3, BB
• 3B Luis De Los Santos: 0-3, 2 K, E (2)
• PH Diego A. Castillo: 0-1
• RHP Justin Hagenman: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, L (0-1)
• LHP Anthony Gose: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• RHP Tyler Zuber: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• RHP Chris Devenski: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• RHP Grant Hartwig: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• RHP Kevin Herget: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Double-A: Binghamton Rumble Ponies (1-3) ​

POSTPONED (RAIN)

High-A: Brooklyn Cyclones (4-2)​

HUDSON VALLEY 8, BROOKLYN 3 (BOX)

Best prospect in the system Eli Serrano III (slight exaggeration, but he’s been awesome) couldn’t get anything done in this one, and Brooklyn lost as a result. More seriously, rough relief outings from Austin Troeser and Jace Beck sunk the Cyclones, as did - again - another hitless performance from the top-5 hitters in the lineup.

• DH Boston Baro: 0-3, BB, 2 K
• CF Carson Benge: 0-2, RBI, 2 BB
• 3B Jacob Reimer: 0-4, K
• LF Eli Serrano III: 0-3, R, BB, 3 K, SB (3)
• C Ronald Hernandez: 0-3, BB, K
• 2B D’Andre Smith: 1-4, R, 2 K
• 1B Estarling Mercado: 3-4, R, K, E (1)
• RF Diego Mosquera: 0-4, 4 K
• SS Kevin Villavicencio: 1-4, RBI, 2 K
• RHP Noah Hall: 4.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
• RHP Austin Troesser: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, L (0-1)
• RHP Jace Beck: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
• RHP Alfred Vega: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• RHP Eduardo Herrera: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2

Single-A: St. Lucie Mets (2-4)​

LAKELAND 7, ST. LUCIE 6 (BOX)

Drew Gilbert had a great rehab game and Simon Juan made an incredible catch. St. Lucie was on track to win, and then Wilson Lopez gave up five runs without recording an out. So it goes.

• REHAB ALERT: RF Drew Gilbert: 2-4, 3 R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB
• SS Colin Houck: 1-4, 2 R, BB, 2 K
• 2B Marco Vargas: 2-4, R, 2B, BB
• PR-2B Yonatan Henriquez: 0-0, SB
• CF A.J. Ewing: 1-5, 3 RBI
• C Daiverson Gutierrez: 3-5, 2 RBI
• DH Jeremy Rodriguez: 1-4, BB
• 3B Trey Snyder: 0-5, K
• 1B Trace Willhoite: 0-3, BB, K
• LF Simon Juan: 1-4, K
• RHP Nate Dohm: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• RHP Irving Cota: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• RHP Wilson Lopez: 0.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• RHP Chandler Marsh: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Rookie: FCL Mets (0-0) ​

NO GAME (SEASON BEGINS 5/03/2025)

STAR(S) OF THE NIGHT​

None

GOAT OF THE NIGHT​

Wilson Lopez

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4/11/24406070/mets-daily-prospect-report-4-11-25-can-lose-them-all

 

[New York Mets]

Open thread: Mets vs. Athletics, 4/11/25

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The Mets play their first ever game at Sutter Health Park.

Mets lineup​

1. Francisco Lindor - SS
2. Juan Soto - RF
3. Pete Alonso - 1B
4. Starling Marte - DH
5. Brandon Nimmo - LF
6. Mark Vientos - 3B
7. Luisangel Acuna - 2B
8. Luis Torrens - C
9. Jose Siri - CF

Griffin Canning - RHP

Athletics lineup​

1. Lawrence Butler - RF
2. Brent Rooker - DH
3. Tyler Soderstrom - 1B
4. Shea Langeliers - C
5. JJ Bleday - CF
6. Jacob Wilson - SS
7. Miguel Andujar - LF
8. Gio Urshela - 3B
9. Max Muncy - 2B

JP Sears - LHP

Broadcast info​

First pitch: 10:05 PM ET
TV: SNY
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...eups-broadcast-how-watch-open-thread-new-york

 

[New York Mets]

Can you guess this Mets lefty in today’s in-5 trivia game?

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’d like to introduce you to our brand new 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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Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4/12/24406770/sb-nation-mets-daily-trivia-in-5

 

[New York Mets]

Athletics 3, Mets 1: Mets bats sputter once more

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A former Mets farmhand got the win against his former organization

After putting up seven runs in the series-opening win in Sacramento last night, the Mets provided something that has been rare thus far this season: a low-scoring game in Sutter Health Ballpark. Unfortunately, the Mets proved to be the lower-scoring team in the matchup, as their offense continued their 2025 struggles in a 3-1 loss to the Athletics.

Today’s outing saw David Peterson face off against former Mets farmhand J.T. Ginn making his first major league appearance of the season. The first few innings of the game were a fairly quiet affair, save for an injury scare for the Amazins. In the second inning, Jose Siri fouled a ball off the inside of his knee and immediately went down in a heap. It took him a while to get up, and when he did he struggled to put much weight on his leg. He immediately left the game for Tyrone Taylor, who played in center for the remainder of the afternoon.

Other than that, as mentioned, the first few innings didn’t see a ton of action. The Mets did get runners on in each inning—including putting runners on first and second with one out in the third thanks to two walks—but failed to get any runs across against Ginn. For his part, Peterson looked very solid for the first few innings, but then got touched up in the fourth. Jacob Wilson led off the frame with a double to right field, and he shortly after moved to third on a sacrifice fly. Tyler Soderstrom then brought home the first run of the game with a single to center field. Two more singles then loaded the bases, and a second run subsequently scored on a fielder’s choice ground ball to second. Peterson managed to escape the frame without any additional damage, but the Athletics ended the fourth with a 2-0 lead.

The Mets, meanwhile, continued to not do much against their former pitching prospect, but they finally got on the board against Ginn in the sixth, when Brandon Nimmo led off the frame with a long solo homer to cut the lead in half. After striking out the next batter, Ginn’s day was done after 5.2 strong innings, and Justin Sterner came on and continued to shut Mets batters down, finishing the sixth and also pitching a 1-2-3 seventh. On the other side, outside of that rough fourth inning, Peterson pitched pretty well for the Amazins overall. He made it through six innings—a rarity for the Mets so far this year—and gave up just the two runs while walking none and striking out five.

Unfortunately, the A’s got the one run back when José Buttó—who would pitch the final two innings of the game—came on for the seventh, as a one-out single from Max Muncy was followed by a run-scoring double off the bat of Jhonny Pereda to make it 3-1. That would prove to be a final score; the Mets did manage to get the tying run to the plate in each of the last two innings, but Tyler Ferguson and Mason Miller managed to shut the door and complete the victory for the Athletics.

The two teams will square off in the series finale tomorrow, with Kodai Senga facing off against old friend Luis Severino.

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Big Mets winner: Juan Soto, +4.8% WPA
Big Mets loser: Pete Alonso, -17.1% WPA
Mets pitchers: -5.6% WPA
Mets hitters: -44.4% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Brandon Nimmo solo homer in the sixth, +12.3% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Jhonny Pereda RBI double in the seventh, -10.6% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...ss-athletics-sacramento-new-york-baseball-mlb

 

[New York Mets]

Mets Morning News for April 13, 2025

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Meet the Mets​

The Mets offense could only muster one run in their 3-1 loss to the Athletics. Brandon Nimmo provided the entirety of the offense with a solo home run in another futile effort in Sacramento. David Peterson was shaky but limited the damage to just two runs. José Buttó also surrendered a run but the loss is on the offense that managed just five hits. To add injury to insult, Jose Siri left the game mid at-bat when he fouled a ball off of his leg. The Mets still have an opportunity to take the series in the finale when they face off against old friend Luis Severino.

Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, Daily News, MLB.com, Newsday, Post

Jose Siri was diagnosed with a shin contusion after the game when X-rays came back negative on his leg.

After Siri left the game Gary Cohen and Ron Darling commented on the ridiculousness of one of the injury carts breaking down on the field.

Brett Baty got a hit but also struck out twice in the loss and his manager wants him to have fun playing baseball again instead of putting pressure on himself.

Around the National League East​

The Braves finally won their first road game of the year with their 5-4 victory over the Rays.

The Marlins defeated the Nationals 7-6 behind big days at the plate by Kyle Stowers and Griffin Conine.

The Phillies took down the Cardinals by a score of 4-1 in St. Louis.

The Nationals placed shortstop CJ Abrams on the IL with a right hip flexor strain.

Around Major League Baseball​

The Yankees placed Marcus Stroman on the IL with knee inflammation.

Reds star Elly De La Cruz hit a grand slam on the same night as his bobblehead giveaway.

The Rockies unveiled their new City Connect uniforms that highlight Denver sunsets.

Shohei Ohtani threw his third bullpen session as he works his way back towards being a two-way player for Los Angeles.

This Date in Mets History​

On this date in 1967, Tom Seaver made his Major League debut against the Pirates.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...-in-sacramento-athletics-peterson-siri-injury

 

[New York Mets]

Mets finally find their bats in win over Athletics

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Hits with RISP? In this economy?

The Mets defeated the Athletics by a score of 8-0 in the series finale to take the series in Sacramento. It took awhile but the floodgates finally opened for the Mets offense when they scored four runs in the ninth inning.

Brandon Nimmo got it started with a single that was deflected off the glove by second baseman Max Muncy and it went downhill from there for the Athletics. Centerfielder Seth Brown lost a ball in the sun off the bat of Mark Vientos that led to a run, and the shortstop also made an error that allowed the eighth run to score. Despite the help from the A’s, the balls hit that inning were all hit hard and went for extra bases. Luis Torrens hit a ground rule double and Brett Baty hit a triple that both brought home runs.

It was a close game up until the ninth. The rubber match started as a pitcher’s duel between former teammates Kodai Senga and Luis Severino. The Mets righty was quick and efficient for the day and exited after seven innings and having thrown just 77 pitches. He did get into trouble in the first two innings, but he erased the threat with a double play, one courtesy of a nifty play by Brett Baty. After that he settled in and looked to be in complete control. He struck out four and didn’t allow a run and is the first Mets pitcher this season to pitch seven innings.

As for Severino he was clearly amped facing his former team and he pitched well. He was helped out a little bit by the Mets’ offense that struggled early with runners in scoring position. They did however get his pitch count up so he exited with two outs in the sixth. He gave up one run and struck out six facing his former team.

The one run came off the bat of Severino’s former batterymate Luis Torrens in the sixth inning when he finally broke the scoreless tie and brought a runner in scoring position home.

The Mets also tacked on runs in the seventh and eighth when Francisco Lindor brought Luisangel Acuña home with a double, but the next runs scored came courtesy of a bases loaded walk and a questionable balk call.

The frustrating lack of hitting with RISP earlier in the game was all forgotten by the time the ninth inning was over and the Mets walked away with another series victory.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Kodai Senga +40.2%
Big Mets loser: Brett Baty -10.9%
Mets pitchers: +42.6%
Mets hitters: 7.4%
Teh aw3s0mest play: Luis Torrens RBI double in the sixth
Teh sux0rest play: Lawrence Butler single in the third

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...senga-severino-sacramento-new-york-mlb-scores

 

[New York Mets]

Jose Siri has fractured tibia

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The Mets’ center fielder will likely miss considerable time.

After tonight’s 5-1 victory against the Twins, Mets’ manager Carlos Mendoza announced that center fielder Jose Siri had a fractured tibia and would be hitting the Injured List. Mendoza did not speculate as to how much time Siri would miss, but indicated he would be out “for awhile.”

Carlos Mendoza says Jose Siri has a fractured tibia pic.twitter.com/rCp0MxaetY

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 15, 2025

Siri fouled a ball off of his leg in the second inning of Saturday’s loss to the Athletics and needed help both getting back to the dugout and then being placed on a golf cart. Without being able to put weight on his leg, things did not look great for Siri, but with injuries like this, it is often hard to tell exactly how bad something is until testing is done.

In the postgame presser, Mendoza mentioned Jesse Winker and Starling Marte as potentially getting more time in the corner outfield spots, with Tyrone Taylor getting the bulk of the center field playing time. Mendoza said that he needed to talk with David Stearns to see who would be getting the call up to take Siri’s spot on the roster. In addition to Brandon Nimmo, who has experience in center, the Mets have a number of potential minor leaguers who could come up as a backup centerfielder. It seems unlikely that one of the Mets’ highly touted prospects like Jett Williams or Drew Gilbert would be called up to mostly ride the pine, so it looks more likely that a veteran who is accustomed to part-time playing like Jose Azocar or Rafael Ortega would get the nod.

Siri also spoke to the press after the game, and talked about his disappointment with the injury.

Jose Siri says he's disappointed with his fractured tibia

"I'm a quick healer, so hopefully something good can come out of it" pic.twitter.com/eaUs3eLUM5

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 15, 2025

Siri said, based on conversations he’s had with the Mets’ staff, that he does not expect surgery on his leg.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4/14/24408676/mets-injury-jose-siri-fractured-tibia-center-field

 

[New York Mets]

Mets Minor League Players of the Week: Week Three

A.J. Ewing | Photo by Jared Blais/MLB Photos via Getty Images

What minor league players put up the best numbers this past week, April 8th to April 13th?

A.J. Ewing​

Week: 5 G, 22 AB, 11 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 1 BB, 3 K, 3/4 SB (Single-A)

2024 Season: 8 G, 35 AB, .448/.514/.690, 13 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 BB, 5 K, 5/7 SB, .500 BABIP (Single-A)

A multi-sport athlete who also played football at Springboro High School, AJ Ewing really stood out on the diamond in his senior year, winning Great Western Ohio Conference Player of the Year honors. He had a commitment to the University of Alabama but was drafted by the Mets in the free agent compensation round of the 2023 MLB Draft, the 134th overall pick gained when Jacob deGrom signed with the Texas Rangers. The two sides agreed to a $675,000 signing bonus, roughly $200,000 above the MLB-assigned slot value of $483,000. The shortstop was assigned to the FCL Mets and appeared in 7 games, hitting .286/.524/.357 in 14 at-bats with 1 double, 1 stolen base in as many attempts, and 5 walks to 6 strikeouts.

He remained in the complex when the 2024 season began and got off to a hot start. In 19 games for the FCL Mets, he hit .254/.422/.571 with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs, 5 stolen bases in 6 attempts, and 19 walks to 22 strikeouts. He was promoted to the St. Lucie Mets in June and remained there for the rest of the season, hitting .228/.345/.344 in 71 games with 10 doubles, 2 triples, 5 home runs, 8 stolen bases in 13 attempts, and drew 44 walks to 87 strikeouts. All in all, he appeared in 90 games in 2024, hitting .233/.361/.390 with 13 doubles, 3 triples, 10 home runs, 13 stolen bases in 19 attempts and drew 63 walks to 109 walks.

Ewing stands square at the plate, holding his hands high and wrapping his bat behind his head at 9:30. His swing was longer and whippier in 2024, as this season, he looks to have shortened it up a bit. At 5’11”, 160-pounds, Ewing has room to continue growing and adding muscle mass, but he still is capable of making surprisingly loud contact. In 2024, he registered 8 100+ MPH exit velocities, averaging 88.75 MPH; so far this season, he has registered 5 100+ MPH exit velocities, and is averaging 93.8 MPH. He did more damage against right-handers than fellow left-handers in 2024, whereas this season he is not showing any significant platoon splits whatsoever- though that certainly may be subject to the small sample size caveat given that he has a total of eight games under his belt so far this year. Likewise, it is too early to determine if he has improved against secondary pitches. He was an excellent fastball hitter in 2024 but struggled against breaking balls and off-speed pitches. When he is not making contact with the ball, Ewing shows a strong eye at the plate; he ended 2024 with a 16.8% BB% and in the 80th percentile vis-à-vis chase rate and is showing equally strong discipline to start off the season.

Drafted as a shortstop, the Mets began using Ewing in centerfield almost immediately and he has received the majority of his defensive innings there. Possessing above-average speed and a fringe-average arm, he provides more value in the outfield than he would at second base, where he has also played over the years, receiving about a third of the playing time as he has in the outfield. At center, he is still a work-in-progress insomuch as he still needs to refine his routes and read the ball quicker off the bat, but with both roaming speed and closing-in speed, Ewing should be able to stick in center with no real issues.

Not to take away from Ewing, but I would be remiss if I didn’t talk about Drew Gilbert’s week a little. Gilbert went 8-15 in four games this week, hitting two doubles and two home runs while drawing three walks and not striking out a single time. He is rehabbing in St. Lucie though, so who knows if he would’ve had that kind of week in (presumably) Syracuse, against more level/age/talent appropriate competition. Here’s crossing my fingers that, in a couple of weeks when his rehab assignment is over, he does just that.

Zach Thornton​

Week: 1 G, (1 GS), 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (High-A)

2024 Season: 2 G (2 GS), 10.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER (0.00 ERA), 2 BB, 14 K, .250 BABIP (High-A)

All in all, this was a tough week to figure out who Pitcher of the Week honors were going to. Noah Hall (4.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K) and Jack Wenninger (5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K) both had strong starts, but Zach Thornton just barely edged them out, his 68 Gamescore slightly better than theirs (66 and 67, respectively). This is the second week in a row now that Thornton is Pitcher of the Week and the first time since 2021, when Tylor Megill did it, that the same pitcher start off the season with back-to-back nods.

Thornton made his Brooklyn Cyclones debut last season and pitched fairly well there in limited innings. Making six starts and appearing in seven games from the beginning of August until the end of the season in September, the left-hander posted a 3.67 ERA in 27.0 innings, allowing 30 hits, walking 2, and striking out 22. That excellent control and command has been a hallmark of his pitching ability since his college days and at least through this point in his young career, it is still a big part of his game. Hitters in Double-A, and eventually Triple-A, are much more selective and swing at far less than their A-ball and complex-level counterparts. Thornton doesn’t exactly have dominant stuff and seems to fit the mold of the type of pitcher that gets exposed in the upper minors after enjoying success in the lower minors, so we shall see.

Players of the Week 2025​

Week One/Two (March 28-April 6): Joey Meneses/Zach Thornton​

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...the-week-three-cf-a-j-ewing-lhp-zach-thornton