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Your daily Mets trivia game, Saturday 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/2025/5/24/24436348/sb-nation-mets-daily-trivia-in-5

 

[New York Mets]

Mets 5, Dodgers 2 - Peterson shoves as the Mets even the series with the Dodgers

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Everything came up Mets tonight.

After the last week plus of the Mets’ flaws overmatching their facets, the team took a huge step forward tonight, getting one of their finest pitching performances and some timely hitting to beat the Dodgers 5-2 at Citi Field.

Unlucky, weak contact led to the first two runs for the Dodgers. A single and a hit by pitch put two on with one out in the top of the second inning. Enrique Hernandez then hit a slow grounder between second and short that scored the first run of the game. The next ball hit off of batter Dalton Rushing but it was called fair and, since the play is not reviewable, led to the second run of the game.

The Mets chipped away with the help of Dodgers starter Tony Gonsolin. In the second with two outs, Gonsolin hit the recently called up Jared Young and then gave up a single to Tyrone Taylor, putting two on with two outs. Brett Baty then laced a line drive between first and second to score Young and put the Mets on the board.

The Mets threatened in the third, with both Juan Soto and Pete Alonso singling, leading to men on the corners with one out. Jeff McNeil laced a line drive to Freddie Freeman that was converted into a 3-6-3 double play to end the inning.

But the Mets broke through in the fourth. Luis Torrens led off the inning with the opposite field single. After Young popped out and Taylor flew out, the Mets had more two-out magic. Baty and Francisco Lindor each walked on four pitches. Starling Marte chopped a ball over Gonsolin for an infield single, scoring Torrens, tying the game and the bases were still loaded. Soto then absolutely laced a ball off the wall, missing a grand slam by just a few feet, scoring Baty and Lindor, though a poor send saw Marte gunned out at the plate, ending the inning with the Mets up by two.

David Peterson, aside from the hard-luck runs in the second, looked excellent tonight. Through the first six innings, Peterson allowed four hits and walked one, but kept the big bats of the Dodgers off the base paths. Peterson struck out four, induced two ground ball double plays, and allowed just two hits to the top five in the Los Angeles lineup.

Anthony Banda replaced Gonsolin in the bottom of the sixth, and the first batter he faced was Mark Vientos, who replaced Young at DH once a lefty entered the game. Vientos, who was a late scratch from last nights’ game, walked in his first plate appearance of the game. After a Taylor fly out, Baty hit a ball in no man’s land behind the mound for an infield hit. Lindor reached on a fielder’s choice, erasing Baty but moving Vientos to third. Lindor stole second, but a weak Marte ground out stranded both runners.

Andy Pages let off the seventh with a single, but Peterson induced yet another ground ball, which looked to become a double play. However, Lindor slightly bobbled the ball and then threw errantly to Alonso, settling for just one out. But one batter later, Peterson did it again, with a 5-4-3 double play ending the frame for the Dodgers.

Bobby Miller, who the Dodgers called up before the game started, pitched the seventh for Los Angeles, and got Soto to fly out on his first pitch thrown. Alonso singled to right, but was caught trying to steal second for the second out. Miller got McNeil to ground out to end the seventh.

After retiring the first batter of the inning, Peterson walked Miguel Rojas to bring Ohtani to bat as the tying run. However, Peterson’s dominance against Ohtani continued, striking him out for the third time of the night. That would be it for Peterson, who threw 99 pitches, struck out seven, walked two, and allowed five hits. This was among Peterson’s most impressive outings of his career and, when considering just how good the Dodgers are, it is even more impressive.

Due to the bullpen usage last night, Edwin Díaz was called on to get a four out save. Pinch runner Hyeseong Kim stole second during Mookie Betts’s at-bat, but it didn’t matter, as Betts went down looking to end the eighth.

Torrens led off the ninth with his second hit of the night and the second of the night against Miller. Vientos then got drilled in the bicep, putting two on with no one out. After a Taylor fly out, Baty continued his hot streak by peppering a double off the left-center field wall, driving in Torrens and giving the Mets some more cushion. After intentionally walking Lindor to load the bases, Luisangel Acuna, who came into the game for Marte, pounded a ball right before the plate, which led to a force out at home.

For the second time in the game, Soto came to bat with the bases loaded and two outs. This time, Soto hit a weak grounder to first to end the eighth. But with two hits and two RBIs tonight, perhaps Soto’s bat is beginning to wake up.

Díaz entered the ninth with a three-run lead facing the meat of the Dodgers’ lineup. Teoscar Hernandez went down swinging on a great Díaz slider. Freeman then went down on three pitches for the second out. Pages grounded out for the final out of the game and the Mets tied the series up.

The series wraps up tomorrow night with the third straight national broadcast, this time on ESPN [shudders, vomits a little in mouth]. Kodai Senga starts for the Mets, with Landon Knack on the hill for Los Angeles.

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Mets vs Dodgers WPA Chart 5/24/25

What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Brett Baty, +19.2% WPA
Big Mets loser: Jeff McNeil, -18.1% WPA
Mets pitchers: +24.6% WPA
Mets hitters: +25.4% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Juan Soto’s two RBI double, +18.1% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Enrique Hernandez’s second inning single, - 13.4% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/5...erson-soto-gonsolin-new-york-los-angeles-baty

 

[New York Mets]

Mets 3, Dodgers 1: Senga stays stellar as the Mets win the series against the Dodgers

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Despite some traffic Senga was able to keep the Dodgers from scoring.

The Mets, after a marathon slog of a game Friday night and a comfortable win on Saturday night, were trying to secure the series win with the Sunday night rubber game. Kodai Senga was taking the mound for the Mets, and facing Landon Knack starting for the Dodgers.

It was an inauspicious start for Senga, giving up a lead off home run to Shohei Ohtani on the second pitch of the game. He got into more trouble after a Mark Vientos misplay on a ground ball allowed Mookie Betts to reach first, and a Freddie Freeman double put two runners in scoring position without a single out. But Will Smith hit a fly ball out that Tyrone Taylor rocketed to the plate, and after review the original call was overturned and Mookie Betts was called out at the plate. Teoscar Hernández struck out to end the inning with the Dodgers only scoring the one run.

The Mets were able to strike back pretty immediately. A two-out error by Max Muncy allowed Juan Soto to reach first, and Pete Alonso immediately hit a two-run home run to put the Mets ahead by a run. The game was pretty quiet for the next inning and half. The only baserunner for either side was Tyrone Taylor, who reached after being hit by a pitch with two outs, and he was swiftly stranded.

In the bottom of the third the Mets created more traffic for Knack. Lindor led off with a single, and Vientos hit a ground ball to Betts. Betts attempted to toss it to Tommy Edman at second but threw it over his head, allowing Vientos to reach safely and Lindor to make it to third base. Soto then grounded into a force out, Vientos was erased at second but Soto made it to first and Lindor came home for the Mets third run.

The Dodgers attempted to reverse their fortune in the top of the fourth. Freeman led off with a single, but Will Smith grounded into a double play to erase Freeman. Hernández then hit a double and stole third and Max Muncy walked, putting runners on the corners. But Andy Pages flew out to end the inning and strand both runners.

The bottom of the fourth was quiet before the Dodgers made traffic for Senga in the fifth. MIchael Conforto led off with a walk, then Edman and Ohtani made two outs. But a Betts single and Freeman walk loaded the bases. Will Smith grounded out to end the inning and leave all three runners on base. The Mets went down in order again in the bottom of the inning.

In the top of the sixth, Senga got the first out, but after walking Muncy again he was pulled in favor of Ryne Stanek. Stanek got Pages to ground into a double play to end the inning. Other than a McNeil ground-rule double, the Mets were quiet in the bottom of the inning. Max Kranick came in for the top of the seventh and a perfect first inning. Jack Dreyer came in to pitch in the bottom of the inning, and Marte came in to pinch-hit for Jared Young at designated hitter. Marte hit a single then was thrown out trying to steal second. Dreyer got two more outs to end the inning.

Max Kranick stayed in for the eighth, and they moved Baty to third and brought in Luisangel Acuña to play second. Kranick had another perfect inning, the Mets needing just three outs to win the series. Lou Trivino came in for the bottom of the inning. Acuña hit a one-out single, and stole second after a Juan Soto strikeout, advancing to third on a throwing error. Alonso struck out, however, to end the inning and leave Acuña stranded at third. Reed Garrett came in for the top of the ninth, to try and get the save and secure the win for the Mets. GArrett had some traffic, with Muncy hitting a one-out single, and Pages replacing him on a force out. Pages stole second, but Garrett was able to strike out Conforto to win the game.

The Mets took the series from the Dodgers, and are now eleven games over .500. Tomorrow the White Sox come into town, and they face the Rockies after that. Hopefully the stretch of well below average teams will help them add some wins to their tally before they face the Dodgers once again next week in Los Angeles.

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hat’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Pete Alonso, +16.7% WPA
Big Mets loser: Luis Torrens, -5.2% WPA
Mets pitchers: +41.7% WPA
Mets hitters: +8.3% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Pete Alonso’s two-run home run in the first, +20.9% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Shohei Ohtani’s leadoff home run, -10.4% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/5...ni-lindor-stanek-garrett-new-york-los-angeles

 

[New York Mets]

Open thread: Mets vs. White Sox, 5/26/25

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The Mets celebrate Memorial Day by opening a three-game series against the White Sox.

Mets lineup​

1. Francisco Lindor - SS
2. Brandon Nimmo - LF
3. Juan Soto - RF
4. Pete Alonso - 1B
5. Jared Young - DH
6. Brett Baty - 3B
7. Tyrone Taylor - CF
8. Jeff McNeil - 2B
9. Francisco Alvarez - C

Clay Holmes - RHP

White Sox lineup​

1. Chase Meidroth - SS
2. Mike Tauchman - RF
3. Miguel Vargas - 1B
4. Andrew Benintendi - DH
5. Luis Robert - CF
6. Joshua Palacios - LF
7. Edgar Quero - C
8. Lenyn Sosa - 2B
9. Josh Rojas - 3B

Adrian Houser - RHP

Broadcast info​

First pitch: 4:10 PM ET
TV: SNY
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App 92.3 HD2

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/5...ad-chicago-new-york-memorial-day-baseball-mlb

 

[New York Mets]

Mets walk it off against White Sox in series opener

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Francisco Lindor’s sac fly in the ninth got the Mets the win.

It took until the ninth inning but the Mets managed to pick up a 2-1 win against the lowly White Sox when Francisco Lindor’s sac fly with the bases loaded brought home the game winning run.

They had been stymied up to that point by old friend Adrian Houser who got the start for Chicago. Houser was—how can I put this delicately?—hot stinky cat dookie last year as a member of the New York Mets, putting up a 5.84 ERA before being unceremoniously released in July. Houser continued to be bad this year in the minors, getting released by the Rangers earlier this month after putting up a 5.03 ERA in nine Triple A appearances. He then signed with the White Sox, an organization known for their savvy player acquisitions and elite player development (editor’s note: this is sarcasm) and looked like an ace against his old team. A one-out double from Brandon Nimmo in the first was about as close as the Mets got to doing any damage against Houser; following that at-bat, he retired the next sixteen(!) batters he faced, until a two-out single from Francisco Lindor in the sixth inning. It also was not like he was benefitting from some BABIP luck on hard-hit balls, either; the Mets looked utterly helpless, either striking out or hitting soft ground ball outs.

The Mets finally broke through against the White Sox bullpen when Juan Soto tied the game with a sacrifice fly in the eighth and then Lindor walk-ed it off with another sacrifice in the ninth with the bases loaded and nobody out. The offense wasn’t exactly setting the world on fire but they did what they had to do against a far inferior team.

As for the Mets pitching they were stellar once again. Clay Holmes took the mound for the Mets today, and he matched the unbeatable Houser in putting up zeroes until the fourth inning. Mike Tauchman led off the frame with a walk, and Miguel Vargas followed with a line drive to center field that Tyrone Taylor slightly misplayed and allowed to go over his head, putting runners on second and third with no outs. Andrew Benintendi then hit a long fly ball to left field which scored Tauchman from third to give Chicago the 1-0 lead—though they could potentially have ultimately scored even more had Vargas advanced to third as well on the play. Instead, he stayed at second, and he then got tagged out on a rundown play trying to advance to third on a Luis Robert Jr. groundout to shortstop. That miscue helped Holmes minimize the damage and he finished the day pitching 5.2 innings, with one earned run, three walks, and three strikeouts.

José Buttó, Huascar Brazobán, José Castillo, and Edwin Díaz kept Chicgao off the board which allowed the Mets to come back and walk it off in the later innings. The White Sox woeful bullpen could use some extra prayers from their faithful fan in the Vatican but until some divine intervention helps turn it around for them, the Mets will need to continue to take advantage during this series.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Tyrone Taylor +17.2% WPA
Big Mets loser: Brett Baty -29.4 WPA
Mets pitchers: +39.0% WPA
Mets hitters: +11.0 % WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Brandon Nimmo single in 8th
Teh sux0rest play: Miguel Vargas double in 4th

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/5...pener-lindor-houser-holmes-chicago-mlb-scores

 

[New York Mets]

Mets Minor League Players of the Week: Week Nine

Jesus Baez | Photo by Jared Blais/MLB Photos via Getty Images

What minor league players put up the best numbers this past week, May 20th to May 25th?

Jesus Baez​

Week: 6 G, 17 AB, .647/.739/1.059, 11 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 6 BB, 0 K, 0/1 SB (High-A)

2025 Season: 6 G, 23 AB, .217/.308/.217, 5 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 BB, 3 K, 0/1 SB, .250 BABIP (Single-A) / 32 G, 121 AB, .289/.370/.446, 35 H, 4 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR, 14 BB, 24 K, 6/8 SB, .323 BABIP (High-A)

There are some weeks where the Player of the Week is only marginal, but he was better than everyone else so Player of the Week he is. This week was very much not that. I would have to go back and check, but this week might’ve set the record for best performance by a Player of the Week hitter. The crazy part was, it wasn’t even a runaway. Over the course of 6 games last week, Jesus Baez went 11-17 with a double, two home runs, and six walks to no strikeouts, a .647/.739/1.059 batting line with a whopping 1.798 OPS. Over that same period, in almost the same exact games that Baez played, Carson Benge went 7-17 with three doubles, two triples, and eight walks to three strikeouts (plus two HBP), good for a .412/.630/.824 line. Ordinarily, a 1.453 OPS would easily be good enough to win Player of the Week, but not this week!

Baez was originally signed by the Mets on January 15, 2022, the first day of the 2022 international signing period, agreeing to a $275,000 signing bonus. The 16-year-old Santo Domingo native turned 17 a few weeks after signing and was assigned to the Dominican Summer League a few months later. Suiting up for both DSL Mets squads, the infielder appeared in 54 games over the summer, hitting .242/.341/.403 with 9 doubles, 7 home runs, 8 stolen bases in 14 attempts, and 26 walks to 46 strikeouts. That winter, he was ranked 20 on the 2023 Amazin’ Avenue Top 25 Mets Prospects list on the power of his performance and favorable reviews by scouts and evaluators.

The infielder was sent stateside to the FCL Mets for the 2023 season, but it ended up being something of a disappointing season for the 18-year-old. While he only hit .210/.306/.333 in 40 games with 9 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 5 stolen bases in 7 attempts, and 19 walks to 28 strikeouts, his underlying batted ball metrics were more impressive and gave evaluators confidence that Baez would bounce back. He missed making Amazin’ Avenue’s 2024 Top 25 Mets Prospect list, but did earn a handful of votes; if the list was extended past 25, Baez would have been ranked 31.

In 2024, the Mets had Baez start the season with the St. Lucie Mets and their confidence in him paid dividends. Appearing in 64 games, he hit .262/.338/.444 with 14 doubles, 1 triple, 10 home runs, 8 stolen bases, and 25 walks to 46 strikeouts. He was promoted to the Brooklyn Cyclones at the end of June but only played 8 games in Coney Island, going 8-30, as he tore his right knee meniscus and had season-ending surgery to repair it. Based on his performance and favorable reviews from other scouts and evaluators, Amazin’ Avenue ranked Baez 9 on the 2025 Amazin’ Avenue Top 25 Mets Prospects list.

Baez began the season with the St. Lucie Mets, but was quickly promoted back to the Cyclones. His season got off to a sluggish start, as he hit just .187/.235/.240 in 18 games with both teams in April, but he turned things around when the calendar turned to May and he started shaking off the rust of being off the field for almost a full calendar year. Through today’s date, Baez has appeared in 20 games in May and is currently hitting .377/.482/.594 with 3 doubles, 4 home runs, 4 stolen bases in 6 attempts, and 12 walks to 10 strikeouts.

Listed at 5’10”, 180-pounds, Jesus Baez is a slugger through and through. He stands slightly open at the plate, holding his hands high at eye level and holding his bat parallel to the ground, almost resting it on his shoulders. In 2024, in two-strike situations, Baez virtually eliminated all of the movement during his loading phase, barely shifting his weight back and letting his upper body and natural strength doing most of his work. He seemingly has adopted the strategy in more than just two-strike situations this season, and, on the whole, while he is not striking out less, he is going after fewer bad pitches and walking more. Pitches that he is able to make quality contact with, he does tons of damage to, as his natural strength and long-levered, explosive, rotational swing has allowed him to regularly post premium exit velocities.

He showed some trouble catching up to velocity in 2024, hitting .216 against fastballs as opposed to a .274 batting average against breaking balls and a .305 batting average all non-fastballs. Likewise, he had a high swing-and-miss rate against fastballs, as opposed to below-average swing-and-miss rates against non-fastballs. Baez is having a much better time against all pitches this season, making more contact overall.

Coming into the 2025 season, Baez split his time between shortstop, third base, and designated hitter almost equally, playing a few games at second base as well. The Brooklyn Cyclones are an extremely versatile team, with multiple prospects able to play multiple positions, and as such, Baez has appeared in 15 games as a shortstop, 10 games as a third baseman, 5 as their DH, and 2 as their second baseman. His skillset is best suited for third base, as his range and defensive actions are only average for a shortstop, meaning that the loss of mobility and agility in the future will have a profound impact on his defensive abilities at the position. His exceptional arm, graded by most professional scouts and evaluators as well above-average, borderline plus, gives him some additional leeway if he slows, but the 20-year-old will likely be stretched at short sometime soon in the near term future.

Zach Thornton​

Week: 1 G, (1 GS), 6.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (Double-A)

2025 Season: 4 G (4 GS), 20.2 IP, 12 H, 5 R, 1 ER (0.44 ERA), 2 BB, 25 K, .229 BABIP (High-A) / 5 G (5 GS), 25.1 IP, 19 H, 8 R, 8 ER (2.84 ERA), 1 BB, 24 K, .258 BABIP (Double-A)

And with a flourish, Zach Thornton is our Pitcher of the Week for the fourth time in 2025, tossing six-plus perfect innings in his last start against the Richmond Fly Squirrels. The left-hander got off to a tremendous start this season, getting the nod three weeks in a row to begin the year. After getting promoted to Double-A Binghamton in late April, he had some slight growing pains but has since righted the ship. Arguably, he could’ve been Pitcher of the Week last week, when he made two starts and allowed two runs in 12.0 innings with 7 hits allowed, 0 walks, and 12 strikeouts, but I felt that Jonah Tong’s continued scoreless streak and 74 GSc in his start carried more weight than Thornton and his cumulative 67 GSc. Well, this week, Thornton doesn’t have any competition and with his fourth Pitcher of the Week win, he is hereby removed from future consideration via the McNeil Rule.

This is the first time that the McNeil Rule has been invoked since 2023, when Ronny Mauricio won his fourth Player of the Week of the season for his performance August 21 to August 27, and the first time that the McNeil Rule will be implemented for a pitcher, period. Plenty of pitchers over the years have won three Pitcher of the Week nods- including this season, with Jonah Tong currently at three- but none have ever actually gotten over the hump. Zach Thornton will be joining Mauricio, Francisco Alvarez, Pete Alonso, and the man himself, Jeff McNeil, enshrined in the Mets Minor League Player of the Week Hall of Fame.

I was fooling around with an AI drawing program earlier in the day and still had the tab open when I started writing this, so without further ado, here is Zach Thornton’s plaque.

The command the AI was given was “Create a realistic looking image of a Baseball Hall of Fame plaque with the headshot of Binghamton Rumble Ponies pitcher Zach Thornton and his 2025 stats on it”. As you can clearly see, that is not Zach Thornton (nor is it the Zack Thornton that was acquired in the Ike Davis trade) and that is not a “Hall of Fame” plaque, but close enough.

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​

Week Four (April 15-April 20): A.J. Ewing/Zach Thornton​

Week Five (April 22-April 27): Jon Singleton/Jonah Tong​

Week Six (April 29-May 5): Jacob Reimer: Felipe De La Cruz​

Week Seven (May 6-May 11): Ryan Clifford/Jonah Tong​

Week Eight (May 13-May 18): A.J. Ewing/Jonah Tong​

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/5...ek-week-nine-lhp-zach-thornton-inf-jesus-baez

 

[New York Mets]

Mets hang on to win another nail biter against the White Sox

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This game was far closer than it should’ve been.

Despite some of the same recurrent annoyances we’ve grown accustomed to from the 2025 team, the Mets bet the White Sox 6-4 in the second game of this three game set. The offense short circuited their RISP problems by hitting the ball over the face before anyone got there, and Tylor Megill was his usual self (which is good). Juan Soto hit into three hard outs. You know the drill.

The evening began explosively, with three combined homers in the first. Miguel Vargas had the first blast, putting the White Sox up 2-0, but Pete Alonso and Jared Young (his first hit as a Met) answered in the bottom-half to give the Mets a 4-2 lead. That barrage was far from the most interesting occurrence in the first though; with one out and Brandon Nimmo on first, Juan Soto hit a laser out to right-center that Michael A. Taylor trapped. Nimmo thought it was caught, however, and sprinted back to first, passing Soto en route and resulting in a putout (for the first baseman for those of you scoring at home). Truly one of the stranger, dumber baserunning plays you’ll ever see.

All those runs actually came without a hit with men in scoring position, which is about in line with what you expect from the Mets at this point. They did add another run in the third on a sacrifice fly from Jeff McNeil, but didn’t actually manage a hit w/ RISP until the eighth, when Francisco Lindor singled to drive in the sixth Mets run of the game. It was the dribbliest of hits, but a hit nonetheless; still the team went 1-for-6 w/ RISP and left eight men on base, which remains far from ideal.

On the mound, we got a normal Tylor Megill start after the first; quite good, slowing in the fifth, then crumbling in the sixth. The tall righty left with the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth after a hit and two walks, but Jose Butto escaped that jam. Butto wasn’t able to sustain that though, allowing two runs in the seventh that, at the time, cut the Met lead to one.

Never fear, new Met Jose Castillo came in to escape the jam. He got an out in the eighth as well before giving way to Reed Garrett, who recorded the final five outs for his second save of the year. Why did three relievers need to do an up-down in this game? Not sure, but at least the Mets mostly protected their premium relievers in this one.

The win moves the Mets to 34-21. They’ll play the series finale tomorrow at 1:10, a new time to avoid some impending weather.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Jared Young, +26.1% WPA
Big Mets loser: None
Mets pitchers: +13.6% WPA
Mets hitters: +36.4% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Pete Alonso homers in the first, +20.0% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Miguel Vargas homers in the first, -18.0% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/5...o-new-york-megill-cannon-alonso-young-garrett

 

[New York Mets]

White Sox 9, Mets 4: Mets suffer soggy, sloppy loss to Sox

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The Mets failed to complete the sweep against the lowly White Sox.

The Mets failed to complete the sweep of the White Sox falling 9-4 in the series finale. The White Sox scored early and often and the Mets never got it going after getting into an early hole.

With rain in the forecast this game got moved to a 1:10pm start and the team looked as sloppy as the predicted forecast. Griffin Canning was on the mound for the series finale after rain abbreviated his last start. He did not last long in this one either but that was due to poor performance and not the weather. The White Sox scored five runs in the first three innings although Canning was not helped out much by the defense in the second when they made two errors behind him. Still he was not sharp all day and he departed after three innings.

Brandon Waddell entered after Canning and did not stop the bleeding. In an effort to save the bullpen, Carlos Mendoza left Waddell out there to wear it which officially put the game out of reach. He gave up four runs in five innings but save the bullpen he did which hopefully pays off down the line.

As for the Mets offense they were as stagnant as ever. The majority of their runs came off the bat of Mark Vientos who hit an opposite field three-run home run in the third inning. They added a run in the ninth when former Met Miguel Castro unfortunately twisted an ankle covering first base and had to depart the game. Bryse Wilson was then pressed into service to get the final out but he gave up a RBI double to Pete Alonso before Vientos struck out to end the game.

This was certainly a game to forget but the good news is that they still won the series and next up they welcome the historically bad Rockies to Citi Field for a three-game series.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Mark Vientos, +11.7% WPA
Big Mets loser: Griffin Canning -32.4% WPA
Mets pitchers: -39.9% WPA
Mets hitters: -10.1% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Mark Vientos home run in third
Teh sux0rest play: Mike Tauchman RBI double in second

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/5...oppy-loss-to-sox-canning-waddell-vientos-rain

 

[New York Mets]

Mets trivia: Your in-5 daily game, Thursday 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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Amazin Avenue In-5 instructions​

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.

Enjoy!

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/5/29/24439226/sb-nation-mets-daily-trivia-in-5

 

[New York Mets]

Flushing is Burning: Hall of Shame

We’ve finally reached the non-theoretical point of the Pete Rose discourse.

Grace is back and the Mets have been good. Non-descript in their achievements, there’s nothing much to really discuss. Some injured players are rehabbing, some players are overachieving and some are underachieving. The SUbway Series was predictably annoying. But they’re kind of just winning when they should (mostly) without any big excitement.

Next, Grace dives into the newest round of should-he-shouldn’t-he Hall of Fame discourse. Pete Rose, among other deceased figures around the sport, has been removed from the permanently ineligible list and ais now eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame. There are good arguments for, but also good arguments against, and it mostly comes down to how important character is to one’s voting beliefs.

Finally, Grace does a movie minute with a movie AND a TV show. First, a 50s blacklist miracle of a film that feels so progressive Grace doesn’t know if it could be made today, let alone in 1953. Then, a Hollywood comedy television show that has been making Grace into a TV viewer (which is incredibly rare).

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Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/5/29/24438961/mets-podcast-flushing-is-burning-hall-of-shame

 

[New York Mets]

Open thread: Mets vs. Rockies, 5/30/25

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David Peterson and the Mets welcome the Rockies to Citi Field for a three-game series.

Mets Lineup​

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

David Peterson - LHP

Rockies Lineup​

1. Jordan Beck - LF
2. Ezequiel Tovar - SS
3. Hunter Goodman - C
4. Thairo Estrada - 2B
5. Brenton Doyle - CF
6. Ryan McMahon - 3B
7. Kyle Farmer - DH
8. Michael Toglia - 1B
9. Tyler Freeman - RF

Kyle Freeland - LHP

Broadcast Info​

First pitch: 7:10 PM ET
TV: SNY
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App 92.3 HD2

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/5...thread-5-30-25-how-to-watch-colorado-new-york

 

[New York Mets]

Mets Morning News for May 31, 2025

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

Meet the Mets​

The Mets began a three-game series with the Colorado Rockies—AKA the worst team in baseball—last night at Citi Field, and they gave the Rockies yet another loss in a season full of them. Francisco Lindor hit two home runs—one from both sides of the plate—and Starling Marte added one of his own. Additionally, Juan Soto provided a clutch RBI double to end his recent hitless streak. David Peterson and the pitching staff, meanwhile, limited the punchless Rockies offense to just two runs, and the Amazins came away with a 4-2 win.

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Following his lengthy relief outing on Wednesday, the Mets optioned Brandon Waddell to Syracuse and called up Chris Devenski to take his spot in the bullpen.

Edwin Díaz continues to look dominant after yet another sterling outing last night.

David Stearns opined that Juan Soto may be trying to do a bit too much as he adjusts to life as a Met.

Stearns also acknowledged the team’s recent issues with hitting with runners in scoring position.

Sean Manaea took yet another important step towards an eventual rehab assignment.

Ronny Mauricio is raking for Syracuse, but don’t expect the Mets to call him up to the big league squad just yet.

Juan Soto has instituted a new tradition for the Mets outfielders when they are returning from the field after every inning.

Chris Suero grew up in the Bronx, is currently hitting bombs for Brooklyn, and hopes to make his way to Queens before too long.

The Mets will soon have a new president of business operations in the form of current CEO and executive director of the U.S. Tennis Association Lew Sherr.

Around the National League East​

Taijuan Walker and the Phillies fell into an early hole against the Brewers and were not able to recover, ultimately falling to Milwaukee 6-2.

Bryce Harper remains sidelined after being hit in the elbow by a pitch earlier this week.

The Braves scored one run in the first inning last night and were then shut out the rest of the way, resulting in a 5-1 defeat to the Red Sox.

The worst has been confirmed for AJ Smith-Shawver, as the Braves announced that their young pitcher’s season is over due to a torn UCL.

José Azócar was designated for assignment by the Mets last week, but he will remain in the NL East after signing a deal with Atlanta.

Homers from James Wood and Josh Bell helped the Nationals overcome a rough start from Jake Irvin en route to a 9-7 win over the Diamondbacks.

The Marlins managed just three hits against the Giants and suffered a 2-0 loss in their series opener against San Francisco.

Miami announced that Xavier Edwards will move from shortstop to second base when he makes his return from injury.

Around Major League Baseball​

The FBI has reached out to certain players regarding an investigation into a group-licensing firm operated in part by the MLBPA.

Tigers phenom Jackson Jobe has been placed on the injured list due to a flexor strain.

The Dodgers suffered yet another crucial injury blow to their pitching staff, as Evan Phillips will be undergoing Tommy John surgery.

Mookie Betts will be sidelined for this weekend’s World Series rematch between the Dodgers and Yankees after stubbing his toe.

The Mariners are promoting top infield prospect Cole Young to the major leaguess.

More and more players are being forced to deal with online threats to themselves and their families due to the increasing influence of legal gambling.

Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue​

Vasilis Drimalitis previewed the weekend series against a squad that’s on pace to be one of the worst teams in baseball history.

Joe Sokolowski compiled the best quotes from and about the Mets over the past week.

Brian Salvatore and Chris McShane discussed yet another week of Mets baseball on the latest episode of Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series.

This Date in Mets History​

Ed Kranepool demonstrated some impressive stamina by playing in a legnthy doubleheader for the Mets just one day after playing in another doubleheader for the team’s Triple A squad on this date in 1964.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/5...ado-new-york-lindor-soto-stearns-baseball-mlb

 

[New York Mets]

Mets 8. Rockies 2: Purple Reign

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Kodai Senga pitched well, and the Mets beat the lowly Rockies without issue.

Draped in their City Connect uniforms that pull from a similar color palette to those of their opponents, the Mets scored early and often and got a very good start from Kodai Senga as the beat the Rockies for the second time in as many days. As a point of comparison, the Mets are currently on pace to win 101 games, while the Rockies are now on pace to lose 137.

There’s no shame in beating up on a bad team, even one that has the potential to be the worst one in the history of the sport, though. Colorado led briefly as Ezequiel Tovar took Senga deep with a solo home run.

That lead was fleeting, however, as the Mets quickly loaded the bases against the struggling Antonio Senzatela in the bottom of the first. Senzatela managed to strike out Pete Alonso for the first out of the frame, but Brett Baty hit a bases-clearing triple off the wall in left-center field to give the Mets the lead. Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle might’ve played it better, but given the windy conditions and how well Baty struck the ball, there was no shame in the hit or those RBIs, either.

Tyrone Taylor drove in a run with a single later in the inning, and the Mets went on to add three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Brandon Nimmo drove in the first two with a no-doubt home run to right-center field, and Juan Soto hit his first home run in a long time on the very next pitch.

Senga wound up going six-and-one-third innings, and he gave up a run in the top of the seventh before Jose Buttó took over with runners on first and second. While he loaded the bases after recording the second out of the inning, Buttó got a strikeout to get out of the inning without further damage to Senga’s line.

Jeff McNeil tacked on the Mets’ eighth run of the day with a solo shot in the eighth, Buttó threw another full scoreless inning of his own, and Chris Devenski got in on the fun with a scoreless ninth.

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Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/5/31/24440512/mets-mlb-scores-rockies-senga-new-york

 

[New York Mets]

Open thread: Mets vs. Rockies, 6/1/25

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Clay Holmes takes the hill as the Mets go for the sweep.

Mets lineup​

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

Clay Holmes - RHP

Rockies lineup​

1. Jordan Beck - LF
2. Sam Hilliard - CF
3. Ezequiel Tovar - SS
4. Ryan McMahon - 3B
5. Brenton Doyle - DH
6. Keston Hiura - 1B
7. Orlando Arcia - 2B
8. Tyler Freeman - RF
9. Jacob Stallings - C

Carson Palmquist - LHP

First pitch: 1:40 PM EDT
TV: SNY
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App 92.3 HD2

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/6/1/24441048/mets-rockies-mlb-lineups-holmes-new-york