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Justin Hagenman to start Wednesday

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Hagenman is filling in for the ill Griffin Canning.

Due to Griffin Canning being unavailable due to an undisclosed illness, Justin Hagenman will start tomorrow for the Mets’ matinee with the Twins.

Hagenman, a free agent signing in the offseason who will be making his big league debut, was one of the typical David Stearns singings - a pitcher with some hidden upside that he feels can be maximized. He is already on the 40-Man Roster, and so should be the corresponding move when Jose Siri is placed on the IL for a fractured tibia. Here is how our Lukas Vlahos described him earlier this year:

Justin Hagenman... had an ugly ERA and worse peripherals as a swingman for Boston’s Triple-A affiliate. He also has a highly rated sweeper (95th percentile stuff) and four-seam fastball (90th percentile), neither of which he threw often enough. He also has a solid enough change and slider that bulk out the diversity of his arsenal, something that should make him a viable candidate to start.

And this is how our Steve Sypa wrote him up when discussing potential starting rotation depth:

The 27-year-old right-hander throws from a low-three-quarter arm slot with a bit of effort in his delivery. Hagenman has been a dependable strike-thrower despite this, with a cumulative 7% BB% over 409.0 innings (2.9 BB/9). The 6’3”, 205-pound right-hander mainly relies on four-pitch mix that includes a two-seam fastball, a cutter, a slider, and a changeup. None of his pitches grade out as much better than fringe-average. While the right-hander has been reliably able to get punchouts with his stuff, running a 25% K% over the course of his minor league career (9.3 K/9), his stuff is still fairly hittable, with batters hitting .249/.318/.485 in 2024. The right-hander gives up too many fly balls, and too many of those fly balls have been going for home runs.

Hagenman is not off to a great start in Syracuse, appearing three games with a 6.97 ERA. His last start, on April 10th, he went just two and two-thirds innings while throwing 64 pitches, but only gave up one run while striking out five and walking two.

The Mets will need another starter for Friday night’s game against the Cardinals. José Ureña would be lined up for the start, but would need to be added to the Mets’ 40-Man Roster.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...an-to-start-wednesday-griffin-canning-illness

 

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Mets recall Justin Hagenman, option Max Kranick to Triple-A

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The move comes after it was revealed Griffin Canning would miss his start today.

Yesterday, we learned that Griffin Canning would miss his start today in the series finale with the Twins due to an illness. Today, the Mets shared that Justin Hagenman has been recalled. As a corresponding move, the club sent Max Kranick to Triple-A.

While it was initially believed Hagenman would get the start in place of Canning, the club has opted to go with Huascar Brázoban as an opener. Hagenman will likely come in as the long man behind Hagenman, or will at least see considerable work in this game.

Hagenman has given up 11 runs (eight earned) on 15 hits over 10 1⁄3 innings for the Syracuse Mets in two starts and one relief outing. He is on regular rest and part of the 40-man roster, which made it a relatively easy call for New York.

Kranick has been one of the Mets’ best relievers this year, though because he pitched 1 2⁄3 innings last night and has options, it made sense to send him down. Kranick allowed two earned runs last night after not giving up a run in his first six appearances. The Mets have still not put Jose Siri on the IL, but because the club is maxed out at 13 pitchers, the corresponding move had to come from sending down a pitcher.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...an-griffin-canning-citi-field-minnesota-twins

 

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Twins 4, Mets 3 - An ineffective tenth inning leads to the Mets’ first walk-off loss of 2025

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Harrison Bader, José Buttó, and Juan Soto all contribute to the Mets’ loss.

The Mets and the Twins closed out their series today at Target Field and, while there was a half-inning of fun Mets baseball, this game was a frustrating, ugly slog that ended with a 4-3 walk-off loss.

Huascar Brazobán took the role of opener today, and looked excellent in his first inning of work. After walking the leadoff batter in the second, Brazobán was pulled in favor of Justin Hagenman, making his big league debut. The Voorhes, NJ native was solid in his three and a third innings of work, striking out four and walking none, with three hits and one earned run on his ledger. Said earned run came in the fifth, when Willi Castro doubled and then scored on a Harrison Bader single. Although the run was credited to Hagenman, José Buttó had replaced him in the game at that point.

Bader himself scored two batters later when Byron Buxton drove him in on a hit that should’ve been a single, but due to a poor route from Acuna and an in-between throw in from Tyrone Taylor allowed him to take second.

The Mets had a few chances to score early, but couldn’t get the job done. In the second, Jesse Winker led off the inning with a double down the right field line. A Brandon Nimmo hit followed, and Winker was somehow sent home on a ball dropping into shallow left field, and was tagged out at the plate.

In the third, Pete Alonso singled and Nimmo walked, putting two on with two outs, but Luisangel Acuña struck out after a long at-bat to end the thread. Similarly, in the top of the fifth, the Mets had the bases loaded with one out, and Juan Soto faced new pitcher Danny Coulombe. On Coulombe’s first pitch, Soto hit a weak grounder to the right side, which was handled by Edouard Julien for an unassisted double play.

In the bottom of the sixth, Buttó issued a one-out walk to Ryan Jeffers. A Brooks Lee groundout pushed Jeffers to second. Castro then hit a ball that Alonso ranged over to grab and tossed back to Buttó. Buttó beat the play, but umpire Hunter Wendelstedt blew the call and, since the Mets had ‘wasted’ their challenge on the Castro double earlier in the game, the safe called stood. The effect of that was that, after the safe call, Jeffers made a heads up play to score from third, putting the Twins up 3-0.

Speaking of Wendelstedt, there was a scary moment in the top of the seventh when Taylor lined a ball off of Wendelstedt’s temple, sending him to the ground in a heap. He was able to leave the field on his feet, which was a relief for all, but especially Taylor. Ryne Stanek worked around a walk and a weird play by Acuña to get through the seventh unscathed.

In the top of the eighth, Lindor singled to lead off the inning. Soto struck out on a bad pitch outside, the surest sign of a slump that we’ve seen from Soto yet. However, Alonso and Winker hit back to back doubles to drive in two, bringing the Mets within a run with just one out. After a dreadful 0-3 in his first three at bats, Acuña hit a ground ball in exactly the right spot to bring in Winker with the tying run. After Acuña stole second, a Taylor diving liner was caught by Bader to end the inning.

A.J. Minter worked a scoreless eighth to get the Mets to the top of the ninth tied. After quick outs to Brett Baty and Luis Torrens, Lindor walked to put the winning run on first. However, another Soto strikeout stranded Lindor and ended the inning.

Edwin Díaz got the call for the ninth inning, and faced Bader to start the inning. Bader walked, putting the winning run on. Díaz threw over twice to Bader, and on the next pitch Bader took off for second. Though originally called safe, the Crew Chief review overturned the play, and Bader was out. As Keith Hernandez pointed out, the ‘stupid headfirst slide’ is what led to the out. Diaz recovered by striking out Julien for the second out, and then struck out Buxton to send the game into extras.

With Soto as the Manfred man on second, Alonso led off the inning with a walk, putting two on for Winker. However, a hard-hit ball to second led to a 4-5-3 double play to push Soto to third with two outs. Nimmo popped up the first pitch he saw for the third out in what can only be described as an impossibly frustrating two pitch sequence.

The problem with running a bullpen game in the middle of a 13 game stretch is that you run the risk of hurting future games by running through so many arms. This is compounded by an extra-innings game, and so when the Mets entered the tenth, they did so with Reed Garrett on the mound, the seventh pitcher New York trotted out there.

On the third pitch thrown, Ty France walked off the Mets with an RBI-single that was bobbled by Taylor, though even a clean pick up wouldn’t have helped.

This is the Mets’ first series loss since the opening series against the Astros, and the first time the Mets have lost back to back games all season.

The Mets return home tomorrow to start a seven game home stand against the Cardinals. The Mets have not yet announced a starter, but will be facing Tanner Bibbee for the Red Birds.

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Mets vs Twins WPA Chart, 4/16/24

What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Luisangel Acuña, +14.0% WPA

Big Mets loser: Juan Soto, -33.7% WPA

Mets pitchers: -.01% WPA

Mets hitters: -49.9% WPA

Teh aw3s0mest play: Acuña’s RBI single in the eighth, +22.4% WPA

Teh sux0rest play: Ty France’s game winning single, -19.2% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...nman-butto-soto-winker-alonso-lindor-brazoban

 

[New York Mets]

Mets call up Azócar and Kranick, option Hagenman, place Siri on IL

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The Mets have made some expected roster moves ahead of their series opener against the Cardinals.

The Mets have made a few unsurprising roster moves ahead of their series opener against the Cardinals tonight at Citi Field, as the team has called up José Azócar and Max Kranick, optioned Justin Hagenman to Syracuse, and placed Jose Siri on the injured list.

Since the team held out on placing Siri on the injured list until today, they were able to temporarily option Kranick to the minors yesterday to make room for Hagenman on the active roster and bring him back today since he’s taking the place of a teammate who went on the injured list. An optioned pitcher would have to wait fifteen days before being called back up if there isn’t a corresponding IL placement that creates the exception to the rule.

With Siri expected to miss a significant amount of time, Azócar gets the first crack at sticking at the major league level. After hitting .250/.283/.318 in spring training games, the 28-year-old has hit just .244/.367/.366 in 49 plate appearances with Syracuse to start the season. He’s hit one home run and stolen four bases in that time.

Kranick has put up a 1.54 ERA and a 2.92 FIP in 11.2 innings with the Mets so far after making the Opening Day roster following a strong showing in spring training.

Despite having struggled in his outings for Syracuse this year, Hagenman’s major league debut was a success yesterday, as he threw three-and-one-third innings while being charged with just one run.

And before breaking his leg, Siri had just 24 plate appearances with a .050/.208/.100 line, a pair of stolen bases, and no home runs.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...oves-azocar-kranick-hagenman-siri-il-new-york

 

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Your daily Mets trivia game, Friday 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’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/2025/4/18/24411079/sb-nation-mets-daily-trivia-in-5

 

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Mets Morning News for April 19, 2025

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Your Saturday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

Meet the Mets​

The Mets had an early contender for game of the year last night as Citi Field, as they pulled out a walk-off 5-4 win over the Cardinals. It was a back-and-forth affair between the two squads, as the Amazins fell behind 2-0 early on before coming back for two runs in the fifth inning. Both teams exchanged runs in the sixth inning, but the Mets then took the lead on a Luis Torrens RBI double in the bottom of the eighth. Alas, the Cardinals responded with a lead-off, game-tying home run off the bat of Brendan Donovan in the top of the ninth. But Francisco Lindor had no patience for extra innings, and he led off the bottom of the frame with a walk-off shot to the second deck in right field to send the Mets home with their second win in as many days against St. Louis.

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

Juan Soto got a big clutch hit last night after being warmly received by the Citi Field faithful despite his recent struggles.

Brett Baty got on-base twice in yesterday’s game, and suddenly the decision on what to do when Jeff McNeil returns has become more challenging.

Max Kranick continues to prove his previous doubters wrong after another solid outing last night

FanGraphs examined the state of the Mets’ center field options in the aftermath of Jose Siri’s injury.

Griffin Canning has turned to spirituality and meditation as a method for helping to achieve success on the mound.

A.J. Ewing is one of the prospects in the lower levels of the Mets’ farm system who has impressed thus far in the 2025 season.

Around the National League East​

The Phillies got homers from Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber along with a whopping thirteen strikeouts in seven innings of work from Zack Wheeler en route to a decisive 7-2 win over the Marlins.

The Braves were down for most of the ballgame, but a five-run eighth inning propelled them to a 6-4 victory over the Twins.

The Nationals’ game against the Rockies was postponed due to inclement weather; a doubleheader has been scheduled for Sunday.

Around Major League Baseball​

The Cubs and Diamondbacks had themselves a wild slugfest yesterday at Wrigley Field.

Shohei Ohtani will be missing the Dodgers’ weekend series against the Rangers, as the two-way star is expecting the birth of his child soon and has been placed on the paternity list.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. was fined and suspended one game for his outburst (on the field and on Twitter) over a strike three call on Thursday, though he appealed and played for the Yankees yesterday.

Max Scherzer received a second cortisone shot in his right thumb as the former Met seeks to return from his nagging injury.

After being scratched from a scheduled bullpen session and getting an MRI, Grayson Rodriguez will be getting a second opinion on his sore shoulder.

Liam Hendricks is expected to make his much-anticipated return to the majors tomorrow for the Red Sox after recovering from Tommy John surgery.

The Athletic’s Eno Sarris examined five pitchers who are early contenders for 2025 breakouts to see which of them may be for real.

Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue​

Chris McShane reminded us all that Juan Soto is Juan Soto and he will be just fine.

Chris and Brian Salvatore discussed the past week of action for the Mets in the latest episode of Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series.

Joe Sokolowski celebrated the end of the work week by giving us another installment of This Week in Mets Quotes.

This Date in Mets History​

Two days after playing their first game at Shea Stadium, the Mets finally got to experience their first win at their new home on this date in 1964.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...-off-st-louis-cardinals-new-york-baseball-mlb

 

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Mets 3, Cardinals 0: Mets win third in a row with shutout of Cardinals

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Kodai Senga earned his third win of the season and Pete Alonso had yet another huge day with the bat.

The Mets shut out the Cardinals 3-0 to notch their third win in a row and clinch the series win at Citi Field. This one was a pitchers’ duel between Kodai Senga and Matthew Liberatore. Liberatore got the moral victory of outlasting Senga thanks to his extremely efficient execution, but Senga’s ghost fork was working and he managed to shut down the Cardinals for 5 2⁄3 innings.

The Mets broke through with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third. Luisangel Acuña, who continues to make an impact almost every day, hit a leadoff double on the first pitch he saw from Liberatore. Liberatore then retired José Azocar and Francisco Lindor, but Juan Soto laced a single to score Acuña and plate the game’s first run. Pete Alonso followed with a double in the left-center field gap to score Soto and give the Mets a 2-0 lead.

There the score would remain until the eighth, though the Cardinals were not without their chances. Mark Vientos helped Kodai Senga put up a goose egg in the next inning by making a fantastic leaping grab to rob Brendan Donovan of a hit, but then left the game the following inning with groin discomfort; Brett Baty replaced him at third base and contributed defensively right away, gunning down Thomas Saggese, who had doubled to lead off the fifth, trying to score on a groundout to third. The first two Cardinals to come to bat in the sixth also reached base, but Senga bounced back to induce a clutch double play grounder off the bat of Brendan Donovan. That ended his afternoon and Reed Garrett retired Alec Burleson to neutralize the rally. Garrett came back out and contributed a 1-2-3 seventh inning as well.

A.J. Minter had a dicey eighth inning, but managed to come through it unscathed. He alternated walks with groundouts the entire inning, but even though the Cardinals loaded the bases, they did not score. The final groundout that ended the inning was off the bat of Burleson and Lindor made a fantastic range play to get to the ball, spin, and throw to get Burleson and keep the Mets’ lead in tact. Lindor was smooth as ever and made the play look easy, but it was not an easy play at all and it was a crucial one.

In the bottom of the frame, Pete Alonso gave the Mets some insurance with a solo homer off John King—his sixth home run of the year. Edwin Díaz logged a stress-free save, retiring the Cardinals in order in the ninth—two of them via the strikeout. The Mets will go for the four-game sweep of the Cardinals tomorrow afternoon with Clay Holmes on the hill.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Kodai Senga, +25.6% WPA
Big Mets loser: Francisco Lindor, -7.7% WPA
Mets pitchers: +48.4% WPA
Mets hitters: +1.6% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Juan Soto’s RBI single that got the Mets on the board in the third, +11.6% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Thomas Saggese’s one-out double in the second, -9.2% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...nals-recap-mlb-senga-alonso-soto-garrett-diaz

 

[New York Mets]

Open thread: Mets vs. Cardinals, 4/20/25

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The Mets are riding high and looking for a four-game sweep against the Cardinals.

Mets lineup​

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

Clay Holmes - RHP

Cardinals lineup​

1. Lars Nootbaar - LF
2. Thomas Saggese - SS
3. Brendan Donovan - 2B
4. Willson Contreras - DH
5. Alec Burleson - 1B
6. Jordan Walker - RF
7. Nolan Gorman - 3B
8. Pedro Pagés - C
9. Victor Scott - CF

Sonny Gray - RHP

Broadcast info​

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

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...ow-open-thread-st-louis-new-york-baseball-mlb

 

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From Complex To Queens: Early victory laps

It’s time to prematurely pat ourselves on the back while reviewing some early season performances.

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system.

As is our MO, we start on the negative side of things. The early performances from most of the guys we chose as our personal follows for this season have not been great; aside from Ronny Mauricio finally returning to game action in extended spring training, everyone else is scuffling. We spend the first half of the show discussing those slow starts, as well as slow starts for Jonah Tong and Brandon Sproat.

Don’t worry though, we bring it back with a whole bunch of positives. Both of us really liked Ryan Lambert, and he looks like a dude not who just need a promotion but who could actually help the major league team this year. Zach Thornton probably should be promoted out of Brooklyn as well. We’re a little more dubious on Jacob Reimer without batted ball data, but there’s some reason for optimism. Jack Wenninger and AJ Ewing look really promising. And of course, Lukas takes a victory lap on Chris Suero, who has been on fire to start the year.

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Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets!

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...lambert-thornton-wenninger-reimer-ewing-suero

 

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Mets 5, Phillies 4: Offense provides just enough for Mets to win

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The bullpen almost gave it away, but Lindor was once again the hero of the game.

The Mets were facing the Phillies for the first time since the Mets sent them home in the NLDS. Tylor Megill, riding high off a good start to the season so far, was facing off against Aaron Nola, who, while historically good against the Mets, had been struggling so far in 2025, to the tune of a 6.65 ERA entering the game.

Megill started the game with a solid first inning, other than a one-out walk of Trea Turner he got through the top of the Phillies lineup without difficulty. For the second game in a row, Francisco Lindor led off in the bottom of the first with a home run to put the Mets ahead as soon as possible. Nola set down the next three batters to end the scoring there but the Phillies were already in an early deficit.

In the second Megill had a perfect inning with three strikeouts, two of them looking. In the bottom of the second JesseWinker did his best Lindor impression and led off the inning with another home run to double the Mets lead. The next three Mets went down in order but the Mets now had a two run lead over their division rivals.

The third inning was a struggle for Megill. After getting the first two outs, Megill ran into some trouble, loading the bases with a single and two walks. But he pulled it together and struck out Kyle Schwarber with the bases loaded to get out of the inning. In the bottom of the third, Tyrone Taylor singled and Lindor walked to put two on with no outs. Juan Soto hit a ball originally ruled a home run but overturned as a foul ball after a review. Nola then put Soto, Pete Alonso, and Brandon Nimmo down in order to strand the two runners.

The next two innings Megill and Nola exchanged scoreless innings, and with the exception of a Winker single (erased by a double play) and Alec Bohm being hit by a pitch, both pitchers were able to keep runners off the base paths. In the top of the sixth, Megill gave up a walk to Bryce Harper and got Schwarber to fly out to Nimmo before he was pulled in favor of Reed Garrett. A two-out Max Kepler single that moved Harper to third was the makings of a scoring threat, but Garrett struck out J.T. Realmuto to end the inning and keep the Phillies scoreless. In the bottom of the sixth, after Soto led off with a ground out, Alonso and Nimmo each singled to put runners on the corners with only one out. But Winker hit a bullet right back to Harper who was able to tag Nimmo for the double play to end the inning.

Max Kranick came in to pitch in the seventh, and he was able to set down the Phillies in order. In the bottom of the inning, after a first out by Luis Torrens, Luisangel Acuña singled and Brett Baty walked to put two on. The Phillies then brought in José Ruiz to face Taylor. Taylor grounded into a force out, Baty being thrown out at second but Taylor just beating the throw at first. That hustle by Taylor allowed Lindor the opportunity to do what Soto missed by inches and hit a three-run home run to put the Mets up by five runs. Soto grounded out to end the inning but the damage was done.

Kranick stayed in for the eighth, and other than a Schwarber two-out single, he got through the inning unscathed. The Mets went down in order against Tanner Banks in the bottom of the inning, but they only needed to get three more outs to win, with Kranick staying in for the top of the ninth. He immediately ran into trouble, giving up a double to Kepler and a single to Realmuto that scored Kepler as the Phillies’ first run. Alec Bohm singled, moving Realmuto to second and driving Kranick from the game. Edwin Díaz came in to pitch with two runners on and no outs. He got the first batter, Cal Stevenson (who came in to play center after Johan Rojas was pulled for a pinch hitter) flew out for the first out, but Bryson Stott hit a three run home run to put the Phillies within one with still only one out. Díaz pulled it together and got two strikeouts of Turner and Harper to end the game and get the Mets the win.

The Mets are riding high on a five game win streak. Megill continues to cruise, and Lindor is red hot earlier than usual. Winker also had a great game, and Kranick continues to prove himself as an integral part of the bullpen (ninth inning notwithstanding). While there are definitely still parts of the team that could improve, whether internally or externally, there’s nothing much to complain about with the Mets nine games above .500.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Tylor Megill, +25.2% WPA
Big Mets loser: Luis Torrens, -7.0% WPA
Mets pitchers: +40.0% WPA
Mets hitters: +10.0% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Francisco Lindor’s leadoff home run, +10.5% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Jesse Winker lining into a double play in the sixth inning, -6.4% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...ker-megill-kranick-diaz-new-york-philadelphia

 

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Mets Minor League Players of the Week: Week Four

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What minor league players put up the best numbers this past week, April 15th to April 20th?

A.J. Ewing​

Week: 5 G, 25 AB, 8 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 5 BB, 3 K, 5/5 SB (Single-A)

2024 Season: 13 G, 49 AB, .429/.517/.633, 21 H, 3 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 10BB, 8 K, 10/12 SB, .488 BABIP (Single-A)

For a second week in a row, A.J. Ewing is our Player of the Week. Among players who have played in 10 or more games so far in 2005, Ewing is at the top of the Florida State League in batting average (.429), on-base percentage (.517), and stolen bases (10), second in OPS (1.149), and fifth in slugging percentage (.633).

After registering 8 100+ MPH exit velocities in the Florida State League in 71 games in 2004, Ewing already has 6 in 13 games this season. He averaged 88.75 MPH last season and is averaging 90.84 MPH this year. Ewing has shortened up his swing and it is clearly paying dividends so far in this young season. While there is a degree of luck involved here, as the outfielder currently has a .488 BABIP, it is undeniable that he is seeing the ball better and doing more damage.

Ewing’s 16.7% walk rate is similar to his 14.7% walk rate from 2024, but his strikeout rate is currently a fraction of what it was in 2024, 13.3% as compared to 29.1%. He has 17 whiffs to 92 swings, an 18.5% whiff rate, whereas in 2024- though obviously over many more at-bats- Ewing had a 29.4% whiff rate. Again, the numbers may eventually correct themselves as he builds a larger body of work in 2025, but the early trends show Ewing is showing an improvement against all pitches. He currently has a 10.5% whiff rate against fastballs, as opposed to a 22.9% whiff rate against them last season. He currently has a 29.4% whiff rate against off-speed pitches, as opposed to a 45.6% whiff rate against them last season. He currently has a 33.3% whiff rate against breaking balls, as opposed to a 36.6% rate against them last season. His issues with non-fastballs really hamstrung him last season, but if that issue is corrected, the infielder-turned-outfielder may just have an intriguing bat.

Zach Thornton​

Week: 1 G, (1 GS), 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K (High-A)

2024 Season: 3 G (3 GS), 16.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER (0.00 ERA), 2 BB, 22 K, .172 BABIP (High-A)

For just the second time since I began Mets Minor League Player of the Week back in 2018, we have a player getting the nod for three back-to-back-to-back weeks. The last to accomplish this feat was Joander Suarez back and the end of the 2023 season, when he made three starts and threw 19.0 innings of scoreless ball, giving up just a single hit, in his last start with the Brooklyn Cyclones and his first two with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Arguably, Suarez accomplishing the feat was more impressive, as two of the starts came against tougher Double-A competition and all three games took place in late August and early September, when every batter and pitcher was locked in, but that doesn’t take anything away from Thornton’s excellent start to the year.

Coming into the year, Thornton did not make Amazin’ Avenue’s Top 25 Prospect list for 2025, nor did he receive any individual overflow votes from myself, Lukas, Ken, or Thomas into the Top 30. He did receive some votes for the 2024 list, with a 25th place vote by Lukas, a 27th place vote by Ken, and a 23rd place vote by Thomas, which would’ve made him 28th on our top prospect list if we extended it past 25.

Thornton’s 22 strikeouts are tied for the South Atlantic League lead along with Hudson Valley Renegades right-hander Bryce Cunningham. He is one of three pitchers to make at least two starts so far and not allow a run, along with Hudson Valley Renegades right-hander Ben Hess and Aberdeen IronBirds right-hander Braxton Bragg. He is tied for second in the league along with Bryce Cunningham for fewest unintentional walks among pitchers with at least two starts, trailing only Greensboro Grasshoppers right-hander Garrett McMillan, who has issued one walk in 3 starts/15.0 innings.

The left-hander made it to Brooklyn last season and had some success, but not this level of success. He appeared in 7 games, starting 6 of them, and posted a 3.67 ERA in 27.0 innings, allowing 30 hits, walking 2, and striking out 22. While Thornton has already matched his infinitesimally small 2024 walk rate by issuing two free passes, he has also already matched his 2024 strikeout number in roughly ten fewer innings. He is much less hittable this season, and is striking out more batters, hinting to potential stuff gains in addition to the normal dose of early-season, small sample size randomness.

In St. Lucie in 2024, Thornton averaged 90.7 MPH with his fastball, topping out at 93.9 MPH. The right-hander has reportedly touched 95 MPH with Brooklyn so far this season. He has also committed to using his sweeping slider more and his curveball less, following organizational trends. Coming into the season, none of his pitches graded out as better than average. Combined with his excellent command and his strong groundball to flyball ratio, an additional grade on one or more of his pitches, and the skinny, slinging southpaw might start really gaining some helium in a system already filled with numerous potentially exciting pitchers.

Players of the Week 2025​

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

Week Three (April 8-April 13): A.J. Ewing/Zach Thornton​

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...-week-four-inf-of-a-j-ewing-lhp-zach-thornton

 

[New York Mets]

Mets 5, Phillies 1: We’ve had one, yes. But what about a SECOND six-game winning streak?

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The Mets logged their sixth straight victory thanks to another strong pitching performance and a big late-inning rally that provided some insurance.

The Mets won their sixth straight game by a score of 5-1, securing the series victory from the NL East rival Phillies at Citi Field. Griffin Canning navigated traffic on the base paths almost every inning, but limited the damage to one run over five innings of work. The Mets held onto a narrow lead through most of the game, but a big three-run inning off the Phillies bullpen in the seventh provided some much-needed cushion for the bullpen to finish the job.

Both teams were getting runners on base at a prolific clip early, but the Mets did a better job taking advantage of their opportunities against Cristopher Sánchez. The Phillies had some hard contact against Griffin Canning in the first inning, but Canning kept them off the board. Francisco Lindor led off the bottom of the first with a single. Juan Soto then hit a sharp grounder that erased Lindor at second, but reached first base safely as the Phillies were unable to turn two. Soto advanced to second on a Pete Alonso grounder back to the pitcher and then Mark Vientos laced a double down the left field line to plate the game’s first run. Though the Mets did not score again that inning, Sánchez had to work hard; he threw a wild pitch and walked Starling Marte before the inning finally came to an end when Sánchez struck out Luis Torrens.

The Phillies responded by tying the game in the top of the second. J.T. Realmuto hit a one-out double and then Alec Bohm hit a ball back to the mound that went off Canning’s glove into no-man’s land, allowing Bohm to reach safely and Realmuto to advance to third. Johan Rojas then singled up the middle to drive in Realmuto and tie the game. But Canning limited the damage to just the one run by retiring the next two batters.

The Mets bounced back right away by taking the lead again in the bottom of the frame. And this time it was the bottom of the order that started the rally. Luisangel Acuña drew a one-out walk and José Azócar, who would go on to have a multi-hit game in just his second start as a Met, singled to advance Acuña to third. Sánchez then threw to first and had Azócar picked off, but as Azócar got in a rundown between first and second, Acuña broke too far from third base and was tagged out trying to scramble back to the bag. It was a poor base running decision by Acuña, but a perfectly executed play by the Phillies’ infield. But, the play turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Because Azócar was now standing on second base with first base empty, Bryce Harper was playing off the bag and Lindor singled right past the bag to drive in Azócar for the go-ahead run. Had Harper been holding Azócar on, Lindor’s single would have likely been a groundout—possibly even a double play.

Canning responded by putting up a goose egg in the third, which would be his only 1-2-3 inning of the night. Cristopher Sánchez was taken out of the game after just two innings due to left forearm soreness, which is not good news for the Phillies. Joe Ross came in the game in long relief and did his job, pitching three scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Canning worked around leadoff singles in both the fourth and fifth to keep the Mets in front and then yielded to Huascar Brazobán, who delivered a scoreless sixth thanks in part to a really nice turn by Acuña on a double play grounder by Realmuto. A.J. Minter followed with a 1-2-3 seventh inning, punctuated by a strikeout of Bryce Harper.

The Mets dealt the final blow to the Phillies in the bottom of the seventh—and the damage came with two outs. With one out, Lindor hit a grounder back to the pitcher Tanner Banks and Banks made an errant throw to first, which allowed Lindor to advance to second base. Banks then retired Soto on a comebacker to the mound that deflected to Trea Turner at short, who threw out Soto at first. Lindor advanced to third on the play. Banks was removed from the game in favor of righty Orion Kerkering. Pete Alonso then delivered as he has all month long with an RBI double that drove in Lindor to extend the Mets’ lead to 3-1. Mark Vientos then worked a walk and Carlos Mendoza pinch hit Jesse Winker for Starling Marte. Kerkering threw a wild pitch that advanced the runners to second and third and then with first base now open, Winker was walked intentionally to load the bases for Luis Torrens. Torrens, who has been slumping after his hot start to the season, came through in the clutch with an RBI single that plated two more runs.

And 5-1 is where the score would remain. Ryne Stanek took the mound for the eighth and walked Kyle Schwarber to lead things off, but Nick Castellanos then flew out to center and Tyrone Taylor caught Schwarber napping and doubled him off first base with a laser to Pete Alonso. Stanek then walked Max Kepler, but retired J.T. Realmuto on a fly out to end the inning. José Buttó then polished off the victory with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.

The Mets are now 11-1 at home. The Mets will try to go for the sweep tomorrow afternoon with David Peterson facing off against old friend Zack Wheeler.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Griffin Canning, +16.6% WPA
Big Mets loser: Luisangel Acuña, -10.9% WPA
Mets pitchers: +36.9% WPA
Mets hitters: +13.1% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Mark Vientos’ RBI double in the first, +10.8% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Johan Rojas’ game-tying RBI single in the second, -7.2% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...-canning-alonso-torrens-lindor-vientos-minter

 

[New York Mets]

Open thread: Mets vs. Phillies, 4/23/25

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The Mets attempt to extend their winning streak and complete a sweep of the Phillies.

Mets lineup​

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

SP: David Peterson (LHP)

Phillies lineup​

1. Trea Turner - SS
2. Bryce Harper - 1B
3. Kyle Schwarber - DH
4. Nick Castellanos - RF
5. J.T. Realmuto - C
6. Alec Bohm - 3B
7. Bryson Stott - 2B
8. Weston Wilson - LF
9. Johan Rojas - CF

SP: Zack Wheeler (RHP)

Broadcast info​

First pitch: 1:10 PM EDT
TV: SNY
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...eups-probable-pitchers-how-watch-new-york-mlb

 

[New York Mets]

Mets 4, Phillies 3 - Seven straight wins. Five up in the division. Eleven games over .500

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The Mets complete a perfect home stand.

The Mets dealt with an apparent injury, an ace on the mound, and an overworked bullpen. They overcame it all to beat the Phillies 4-3, sweeping their NL East rivals and rounding out a perfect home stand.

The game saw a lot of baserunners, but not a ton of scoring early on. In nine of the first ten half innings, each team had at least one baserunner, and each club stranded small villages on the basepaths this afternoon.

The scoring got underway for the Mets in the second inning. Mark Vientos singled to start the frame. After two strikeouts, Brett Baty blasted his first home run of the season, putting the Mets up 2-0.

In the fourth, Mets’ starter David Peterson got singled into oblivion, giving up two runs on four singles to Alec Bohm, Weston Wilson, Johan Rojas, and Trea Turner, allowing the Phillies to even the game up at two apiece.

Starting pitchers Peterson and old friend Zack Wheeler had similar lines over their afternoons of work. Both had to work around a lot of runners and neither looked as dominant as we’ve seen them in the past.

Peterson was pulled after allowing a baserunner to reach in the sixth after 89 pitches. His final line 5.1 innings, with eight hits, one walk, two strikeouts, and two earned runs. He was relieved by Huascar Brazoban, who stranded the runner on first and got through the inning unscathed.

Wheeler went six, striking out nine, allowing five hits and two walks. He ended his day with his first one-two-three inning of the game, striking out Tyrone Taylor on his 107th pitch.

In the top of the seventh, Baty’s hot day continued, where he ranged up the middle to throw out Turner on a really nice play for the first out. Brazoban was then pulled in favor of lefty Danny Young, who struck out Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber on nine total pitches.

Matt Strahm was the first out of the ‘pen for the Phillies and, aside from a two-out single off the end of Francisco Lindor’s bat, he retired the Mets without incident.

The top of the eighth was handled by Jose Butto, who worked out of trouble when he was saved by Juan Soto gunning down Nick Castellanos at home plate for the third out.

The Mets’ bats went quiet in the eighth and ninth innings. Edwin Diaz pitched a sterling ninth inning, and came back out for the tenth. With Harper as the Manfred Man on second base, after a strikeout of Schwarber, Harper stole third without a throw. Castellanos then lined a single past a diving Vientos to score Harper and put the Phillies up 3-0.

Things then broke bad for the Mets, as Diaz stepped off the mound three times, leading to an automatic balk and sending Castellanos to second. More concerning, however, was that Diaz appeared to be hurt, pointing to his left hip, and exiting the game promptly. The umpires eventually rescinded the balk, as the third disengagement because he stepped off due to injury.

Max Kranick replaced Diaz, joining a 1-0 count to J.T. Realmuto already in progress. Kranick walked Realmuto, putting men on first and second with one out. Bohm singled the opposite way to load the bases. Bryston Stott hit a shallow fly ball, not deep enough to score Castellanos from third, and that was followed up by a Max Keppler fly ball down the right field line that Soto pocketed for the third out.

The bottom of the tenth started with Lindor on second as the free runner with Soto at the plate against the struggling Jordan Romano. Soto dribbled a ball in between first and second to advance Lindor over to third. After looking slow on two fastballs, Pete Alonso lined a double the opposite field to score Lindor and tie the game. Brandon Nimmo was intentionally walked, putting two on for Vientos, who looked overmatched at the plate and struck out on a fastball down the middle.

That brought up Starling Marte, who dunked a broken bat single over second base to score Alonso and win the damn ballgame.

The Mets are now 11 games over .500 on the season at 18-7, five up on the Phillies in the division, and winners of seven straight, sweeping the entire homestand against the Cardinals and Phillies, two teams that, historically, have had the Mets’ number.

What a week it has been.

After a well deserved off-day tomorrow, the Mets travel to Washington D.C. to play the Nationals in a four game, wraparound series. Kodai Senga starts for the Mets.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Starling Marte, +33.8% WPA

Big Mets loser: Mark Vientos, -14.0% WPA

Mets pitchers: +33.7% WPA

Mets hitters: +16.3% WPA

Teh aw3s0mest play: Starling Marte’s game-winning single, +39.3% WPA

Teh sux0rest play: Nick Castellanos’s RBI single in the top of the tenth, -14.7% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...s-3-kranick-peterson-marte-alonso-diaz-lindor

 

[New York Mets]

Mets Morning News for April 24, 2025

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

Meet the Mets​

The Mets finished off a perfect homestand with a dramatic walk-off win against the Philadelphia Phillies. The series sweep came courtesy of a bloop single by Starling Marte to bring home Pete Alonso with the game-winning run. Max Kranick managed to work out of trouble in the tenth with the bases loaded and one out and one run already in. That Houdini act allowed for the dramatics in the bottom of the inning. Earlier in the game Brett Baty hit a two-run shot off Zack Wheeler as the team continues to find a way to win on a near nightly basis.

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

Edwin Díaz exited the tenth inning early with a hip cramp but the closer is not too worried about the injury.

While Juan Soto’s bat has yet to make a huge impact, he helped save the game with his defense when he threw Nick Castellanos out at the plate.

After their latest win, Steve Cohen took to social media to express his excitement about the team.

The Mets continue to play like one of the best teams in the majors which comes as no surprise to those in the clubhouse.

Both Francisco Alvarez and Jeff McNeil are expected to return off the IL during their upcoming series against the Nationals.

Hitting coach Eric Chavez’s sharp criticism of Francisco Lindor’s slow start to the year last season helped him avoid a similar start to the 2025 season.

Around the National League East​

The Braves defeated the Cardinals 4-1 to win their second straight series.

Despite having Sandy Alcántara on the mound, the Marlins fell to the Reds 5-2 in Miami.

The Phillies are hopeful Christopher Sanchez will avoid the injured list.

The Good Phight lamented the lack of hitting in Philadelphia’s loss to the Mets.

The Nationals defeated the Orioles 4-3 after taking the lead on a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning.

Around Major League Baseball​

Dodgers’ southpaw Blake Snell was shut down when he did not feel great throwing a bullpen earlier in the week.

Pete Crow-Armstrong helped lead the Cubs to victory over the Dodgers with four RBIs in the series finale.

The Rangers placed shortstop Corey Seager on the IL with a hamstring strain.

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is still batting over .400 for the year after almost a month’s worth of games.

This Date in Mets History​

Happy Birthday Carlos Beltrán!

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...n-walk-off-fashion-marte-alonso-baty-phillies

 

[New York Mets]

Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series: 18-7

2023, Home Run Applesauce

This week, Chris and Brian celebrate.

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

After a perfect home stand, Brian and Chris bask in the vibes and marvel at the various performances the Mets have been getting from all corners of the roster.

Chris’s Music Pick:
Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo

Brian’s Music Pick:
Kyle M. - The Real Me

You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts.

If you’ve got questions that you’d like us to discuss on the air, email the show at [email protected].

Visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and to help directly support the podcasters whose work you’ve enjoyed for years.

Make sure to follow the podcast networks on Twitter (@HRApplesauce and @FansFirstSN), as Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap). and Chris (@ChrisMcShane).

And, until next time, Let’s Go Mets.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...s-18-7-lindor-alonso-soto-senga-megill-holmes

 

[New York Mets]

Can you guess this Mets outfielder 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/2025/4/26/24417533/sb-nation-mets-daily-trivia-in-5

 

[New York Mets]

Alvarez and Holmes lead Mets to rainy win

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Francisco Alvarez hit his first 2025 homer to drive in the only runs of a tidy win.

Despite a delayed start, a lengthy rain delay, and an offense that is by-and-large still scuffling (Juan Soto went hitless), the Mets bounced back from their walkoff loss on Friday with a 2-0 shutout win over the Nationals. The pitching was close to flawless, and a timely homer gave the Mets all the offense they’d need.

Frankly, this was a fairly uneventful game. Francisco Alvarez hit an impressive home run in the second that stayed just fair down the right field line, driving in both Met runs. The Mets put two men on in the third and another two in in the ninth, but didn’t score in either opportunity and didn’t have a real threat otherwise.

Thankfully, that didn’t matter because the pitching was superb. Clay Holmes deserves most of the credit, bouncing back from an uncomfortable inning after a ~45 minute rain delay to log five scoreless innings; he has yet to allow a homer or a steal on the season and his ERA is down to 2.64. Danny Young allowed a leadoff single, then struck out the side sixth; Reed Garrett similarly worked around some traffic without allowing a run in the seventh.

We did have some intrigue in the later innings. A.J. Minter departed after recording only a single out due to triceps tightness, a very concerning development. No matter, bullpen ace Max Kranick came on to finish off the eighth. In the ninth, we were treated to another episode of Edwin Diaz-induced agita. A key mound visit from Alvarez seemed to straighten things out though, and Diaz struck out the final two batters to complete the shutout win.

The Mets are now 19-8, the best record in baseball and well clear of the field at this early juncture in the NL East. They’ll send Tylor Megill against Mitchell Parker tomorrow in game three of this four-game, wraparound series.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Clay Holmes, +28.1% WPA
Big Mets loser: Juan Soto, -11.9% WPA
Mets pitchers: +60.9% WPA
Mets hitters: -10.9% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Francisco Alvarez homers in the 2nd, +20.2% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Dylan Crews singles in the seventh, -6.8% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...holmes-lord-young-garrett-minter-kranick-diaz

 

[New York Mets]

Open thread, Mets at Nationals: 4/27/25

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Tylor Megill takes the mound for game 3 of this four game set in D.C..

Mets Lineup​

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

Tylor Megill - RHP

Nationals Lineup​

1. CJ Abrams - SS
2. James Wood - LF
3. Luis Garcia - 2B
4. Nathaniel Lowe - 1B
5. Josh Bell - DH
6. Dylan Crews - CF
7. Jose Tena - 3B
8. Alex Call - RF
9. Riley Adams - C

Mitchell Parker - LHP

Broadcast info​

First pitch: 1:35 PM EDT
TV: SNY
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...pitchers-how-watch-new-york-washington-dc-mlb

 

[New York Mets]

Mets suffer first bad loss of 2025

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Bullpen problems late in the game turned a game that started well into a nightmare.

The Mets blew a huge lead in a 8-7 loss, their first truly ugly game of the season. Tylor Megill was awesome and the total production of the offense was quite good. Missed opportunities, defensive miscues, and poor bullpen performance ultimately sunk them however, and the Nationals won via walkoff for the second time in three days.

It was a fast start for the offense, with the Mets batting around in the first. Francisco Lindor got things started with a leadoff single, and Mark Vientos drove in the first run of the game with a bases loaded sac-fly after a couple of walks. Another sac fly from Brandon Nimmo drove in the second run, and singles from Luis Torrens and Luisangel Acuña built the lead to 5-0 before Tylor Megill even stepped on the mound.

The offense went dormant for stretches of this game but did score a couple more times. A blistered line drive from Juan Soto in the second led to a run. Luis Torrens drove in another in the fifth with an opposite field double of his own. Missed opportunities, the most glaring of which came in the ninth, loomed large later on.

For his part, Megill made that lead stand up. He allowed three runs in 6.1 innings of work, striking out nine and walking only one. It really should've been only a single run allowed, but Juan Soto struggled with the sun and allowed a double to fall in the seventh, opening the door for the latter two Nats runs. The outing actually raised his ERA on the season, demonstrating just how superb he's been so far in 2025.

Unfortunately, the bullpen insisted on making it interesting. That seventh inning which started with the Soto misplay led to five Nationals runs, as Jose Butto struggled. Huascar Brazoban loaded the bases but managed to escape - barely - in the eighth. Ryne Stanek wasn't so lucky. A leadoff double came around to score to tie in the ninth, and an error from Pete Alonso allowed the Nats to walk things off.

This should've been the Mets' 20th win of the season. Instead, it's their first brutal loss. Objectively these games will happen, even if they feel terrible in the moment; best to just shake it off and remember this Met team is still very very good.

Griffin Canning will square off against former Met Trevor Williams in the finale of the wraparound series tomorrow afternoon.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Luis Torrens, +16.3% WPA
Big Mets loser: Ryne Stanek, -80.3% WPA
Mets pitchers: -78.8% WPA
Mets hitters: +28.8% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Luis Garcia reaches on a throwing error by Pete Alonso as CJ Abrams scores the walkoff run, -29.4% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Luis Torrens singles to drive in two in the first, +14.3% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/4...l-score-recap-megill-soto-butto-stanek-alonso