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Mets Morning News for June 25, 2025

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

Meet the Mets​

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Around the National League East​

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

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

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

Around Major League Baseball​

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

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

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

Whit Merrifield has announced his retirement from baseball.

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

Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue​

A Pod of Their Own is back with another episode.

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

This Date in Mets History​

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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What’s WPA?

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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What’s WPA?

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

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

 

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Pirates 9, Mets 2: Life comes at you fast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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What’s WPA?

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

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

 

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

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The Mets try to salvage the finale against the Buccos.

Mets lineup​

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

SP: Frankie Montas (RHP)

Pirates lineup​

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

SP: Mike Burrows (RHP)

Broadcast info​

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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/2025/6/30/24458746/sb-nation-mets-daily-trivia-in-5

 

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Mets prospects Jonah Tong and Carson Benge named to Futures Game

Carson Benge | Photo: Chris McShane

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

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

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

As for Benge:

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

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

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

 

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Flailing Mets return home to host Brewers for three

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This past weekend was rock bottom, right?

Coming off their worst series of the season, during which they were emphatically swept by one of the bottom teams in the National League, the Mets (48-37) are back at home and set to host the Brewers (47-37) for a three-game series that begins tonight.

Despite their massive recent struggles, the Mets are just two games back of the Phillies for first place in the National League East and ten games ahead of the Braves. And they’re in the first Wild Card spot, slightly ahead of the Brewers and Cardinals. But for a team that had the best record in either the National League or all of baseball at various points of the first two-and-a-half months of the season, their current place in the standings isn’t particularly impressive.

Unlike the Mets, the Brewers have been playing well lately, as they’re sporting an 8-2 record over their past ten games. On the whole, they’ve averaged 4.73 runs scored per game, which, unlike the Mets’ 4.33 runs per game, is above league average. And they’ve been better than league average when it comes to run prevention with 4.07 runs allowed per game. That’s not quite as good as the Mets’ 3.87 runs allowed per game, but it’s not as substantial a gap as it would have been even a few weeks ago.

Like the Mets’ rotation when things were going well, every pitcher in the Brewers’ rotation has been significantly better than league average by ERA- so far this year. Aaron Civale was the lone exception, and he demanded and got a trade after the Brewers told him he was moving to the bullpen.

Speaking of Milwaukee’s bullpen, it’s pretty stacked. Here are the ERAs and innings totals for the eight relievers on the active roster as this series begins.

• Aaron Ashby: 16.2 IP, 1.08 ERA
• Nick Mears: 34.1 IP, 2.10 ERA
• Rob Zastryzny: 12.1 IP, 2.19 ERA
• Abner Uribe: 40.0 IP, 2.25 ERA
• Trevor Megill: 29.2 IP, 2.73 ERA
• DL Hall: 15.2 IP, 2.87 ERA
• Grant Anderson: 41.1 IP, 3.05 ERA
• Jared Koenig: 34.1 IP, 4.19 ERA

There are some smaller sample sizes in that group, but Brewers manager Pat Murphy might have one of the least stressful bullpens to choose from right now. On the season, Milwaukee’s pen has a 4.22 ERA, but three relievers who accounted for a big chunk of that ERA have been moved.

Joel Payamps, who featured prominently in the Brewers’ bullpen in 2023 and 2024, was designated for assignment and wound up clearing waivers and being outrighted to Triple-A after putting up an 8.35 ERA in 18.1 innings. Tyler Alexander, who worked as a opener several times and had a 6.19 ERA in 36.1 total innings of work, was included in the trade that sent Aaron Civale to the White Sox. And Quinn Priester, who is a starter, has had his worst outings by far when an opener—typically Alexander—pitched before him, as he has a 5.66 ERA in his four “relief” outings pitching after an opener. In the rest of his appearances, he has a 2.51 ERA.

As for the Brewers’ lineup, while there are no heavy hitters on the team, there are eight players who are currently above league average by wRC+ (min. 50 PA), all of whom are on the active roster. Christian Yelich leads the way with a 121 wRC+, while the rest of those eight players sit between Jackson Chourio’s 101 and Sal Frelick’s 117. And four of those hitters are in double digits in stolen bases this year. None of them are near the league leaders in steals, but the Mets will have to monitor Milwaukee’s running game.

These teams haven’t seen each other since the National League Wild Card round of the playoffs in October, a series that saw the Mets win in dramatic fashion to advance to the NLDS. Had this series been on the calendar a month ago, the Mets would feel like overwhelming favorites, but that isn’t the case right now. It’s incredibly likely that the Mets will turn around their recent skid, but doing it against the Brewers won’t necessarily be easy.

Tuesday, July 1: Clay Holmes vs. Freddy Peralta, 7:10 PM EDT on SNY​

Holmes (2025): 88.0 IP, 75 K, 35 BB, 10 HR, 2.97 ERA, 4.19 FIP, 76 ERA-

Over his last four starts, Holmes has a 2.61 ERA, which is good, but he’s averaged just barely more than five innings pitched per start in those outings. Given the rest of the team’s struggles, it’s hard to complain given the ERA, but the Mets could use more innings out of him to alleviate the bullpen’s workload at time when the rotation is in shambles.

Peralta (2025): 93.0 IP, 98 K, 34 BB, 12 HR, 2.90 ERA, 3.91 FIP, 72 ERA-

Coming off a pair of solid-if-unspectacular seasons, Peralta has been very good thus far in 2025. Home runs are still a bit of a weakness for him, one that the Mets will want to exploit, but by ERA-, he’s the second-best pitcher slated to make a start in this series.

Wednesday, July 2: Blade Tidwell vs. Jacob Misiorowski, 7:10 PM EDT on SNY​

Tidwell (2025): 10.2 IP, 7 K, 8 BB, 2 HR, 10.13 ERA, 6.74 FIP, 259 ERA-

Over the course of two spot starts and one relief appearance, Tidwell’s introduction to the big leagues couldn’t have gone much worse. While he’s improved upon his 2024 performance in Triple-A with a 4.76 ERA at that level, he’s been far from dominant there. Any improvement upon his first three big league appearances would be welcome in this outing.

Misiorowski (2025): 16.0 IP, 19 K, 7 BB, 1 HR, 1.13 ERA, 2.84 FIP, 28 ERA-

A consensus top-100 prospect in baseball coming into this season, Misiorowski’s major lague career has gotten off to a phenomenal start. It’s just three starts, but when the numbers are this good from a flame-throwing rookie, it’s hard not to dream about just how good he might end up being, even when he plays for the opposition.

Thursday, July 3: David Peterson vs. Jose Quintana, 7:10 PM EDT on SNY​

Peterson (2025): 95.1 IP, 83 K, 34 BB, 6 HR, 3.30 ERA, 3.36 FIP, 84 ERA-

While he’s still having a very good season, Peterson hit a significant snag lately, allowing ten earned runs over the course of just 8.2 innings. With that, his ERA on the season jumped from 2.60 to 3.30, and the Mets need him to stop the bleeding as soon as possible.

Quintana (2025): 60.0 IP, 41 K, 27 BB, 6 HR, 3.30 ERA, 4.42 FIP, 82 ERA-

Having spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons with the Mets doing roughly the same thing that he’s doing now, Quintana is a familiar face. Whether or not he continues to outpace metrics like FIP is a fair question, but right now, he’s sporting an ERA that’s better than all but one of the Mets’ current starting five.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/7...ew-watch-probable-pitchers-new-york-milwaukee

 

[New York Mets]

Open thread: Mets vs. Brewers, Game 2, 7/2/25

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Coming off another ugly loss this afternoon, the Mets turn to Huascar Brazobán as their opener for the second game of their doubleheader against the Brewers.

Mets lineup​

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

SP: Huascar Brazobán (RHP)

Brewers lineup​

1. Sam Frelick - RF
2. William Contreras - DH
3. Christian Yelich - LF
4. Jackson Chourio - CF
5. Brice Turang - 2B
6. Rhys Hoskins - 1B
7. Anthony Seigler - 3B
8. Joey Ortiz - SS
9. Eric Haase - C

SP: Jacob Misiorowski (RHP)

Broadcast info​

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

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/7...neups-starting-pitchers-doubleheader-new-york

 

[New York Mets]

Mets Morning News for July 3, 2025

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

Meet the Mets​

After getting rained out the night before, the Mets doubleheader against the Brewers got off to a rough start. They had the lead when starter Clay Holmes exited but once the bullpen entered the game quickly got out of hand and a close game turned into a blowout.

In the nightcap the team had a tough task facing Milwaukee phenom Jacob Misiorowski, but after a couple of walks and a favorable bounce loaded the bases, Brandon Nimmo launched a ball into the stands to give the team a 4-0 lead. Francisco Lindor went back-to-back with Nimmo to supply Blade Tidwell with a five-run cushion. He pitched well enough to earn his first career win after Edwin Díaz nailed down a four-out save. They look to take the series against old friend Jose Quintana in the finale.

Choose your recap Game 1: Amazin’ Avenue, Newsday, Post

Game 2: Amazin’ Avenue, Daily News, MLB.com, Newsday, NJ.com, Post

Before the second game of the doubleheader it was announced that Francisco Lindor will start the All-Star Game at shortstop for the National League.

Lindor should not be the only player representing the Mets in Atlanta during the All-Star Game.

Steve Gelbs surprised this year’s Kidcaster with the news he will be joining Gary, Keith, and Ron in the booth and he had a very wholesome reaction to the news.

Sean Manaea pitched into the fourth inning and gave up two runs in his latest rehab start with Binghamton.

Around the National League East​

The Braves placed Spencer Schwellenbach on the IL with a fractured elbow.

Atlanta blew out the Angels 7-2 with Jurickson Profar back in the lineup after his suspension for banned substances ended.

The Marlins’ eight-game win streak came to an end with a 2-1 loss to the Twins.

The Phillies comeback fell short in game one of Philadelphia’s doubleheader against the Padres.

The Phillies took game two behind a strong start by Cristopher Sanchez.

Washington got blown out 11-2 in game one of their doubleheader against Detroit.

The Nationals put together a six-run eighth inning to defeat the Tigers 9-4 in game two of their doubleheader.

Around Major League Baseball​

The 2025 All-Star starters were announced after fan voting came to an end.

After blowing a big lead, the Blue Jays still managed to secure the win against the Yankees to move into a tie for first place in the AL East.

Outfielder Kevin Pillar officially announced his retirement from baseball after thirteen seasons in the majors.

Four years after getting traded for each other, both Pete Crow-Armstrong and Javy Báez are All-Star starters.

This Date in Mets History​

On this date in 1996, Alex Ochoa hit for the cycle in the Mets 10-6 win over the Phillies.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/7...ainst-brewers-lindor-is-an-all-star-nimmo-mlb

 

[New York Mets]

Mets 3, Brewers 2: Mets eke out win to take series

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David Peterson and the bats were just good enough tonight, and the Mets have won two straight.

Prior to tonight’s rain-delayed game, the Mets got some more tough injury news. Quite simply, the pitching staff is in taters right now, and the team will need to find a way to win with some less than ideal names taking the ball for them between now and the All-Star break. Given that reality, it’s more important than ever for the established pitchers to provide stability and for the team to grind out wins where they can. Well, the Mets did that tonight, muscling out a 3-2 victory against the Brewers to take the series from them.

It was a battle between southpaws in today’s game, as David Peterson—coming off back-to-back starts in which he surrendered five runs in less than five innings—faced off against former Met José Quintana. The Amazins got the scoring started with one out in the bottom of the second inning. A day after hitting a much-needed grand slam, Brandon Nimmo once again hammered the first pitch he saw for a solo homer. That one-run lead only lasted until the fourth inning, however. Peterson started the frame with a walk (his third in the first four innings), and following a strikeout Rhys Hoskins hit a ball to second base that should have been an inning-ending double play, but the ball instead bounced off him into the outfield to put runners on first and second. A force out at second on a ground ball to shortstop (one that Mark Vientos probably could have fielded at third and turned a double play on, but alas) then put runners on the corners with two outs, and Peterson was on the verge of getting out of it. Alas, he then surrendered a weak groundball to third base to Caleb Durbin, who beat out the throw to first and thereby allowed the runner at third to score to tie the game.

Peterson came close to giving up more runs in the fifth after a leadoff double to Joey Ortiz. But after he advanced to third on a groundout, Sal Frelick hit a groundball to first with the infield drawn in, and Pete Alonso fielded it cleanly and threw the ball home for the easy forceout. Peterson subsequently got out of the inning unscathed—then had yet another scare in the sixth, when Hoskins—with a runner on and no outs—hit a shot to left field that looked like it would be a two-run homer (Hoskins certainly thought it was, judging by his bat flip). But to the Mets’ fortune, the ball curved and was just barely foul, and Peterson instead induced a double play and managed to get out of that inning unharmed as well.

Quintana, meanwhile, continued to perform in a manner that was likely familiar to many Mets fans: he didn’t demonstrate dominating stuff, but he managed to put up for several innings following the Nimmo homer. The Mets finally broke through again in the bottom of the sixth—aided by some BABIP luck. After Tyrone Taylor (who continues to struggle mightily) struck out to start the frame, Starling Marte hit a soft ground ball to second base. The throw brought Hoskins slightly off the bag at first, and Marte was safe (and somewhat generously given a single). Francisco Lindor followed with a ground ball that wasn’t hit particularly hard, but got through the hole into right field to put runners on first and third with one out. That brought Juan Soto to the plate, and the $765 million man hit another ground that just got past the reach of a diving Andruw Monasterio at second, bringing home Marte to give the Mets the lead once more. That would prove to be the last batter of Quintana’s night, but the Amazins added one more run to his final line once Nick Mears came on to replace him, as Alonso hit the first pitch he saw from him off the walk in left-center field for a double to bring in yet another run. Alas, the next two batters struck out to strand the runners on second and third, but the Mets now had a 3-1 lead.

Peterson was brought back on for the seventh and got the first two outs, but then number nine hitter Manasterio lined a shot over the left field wall for a solo homer to make it 3-2. An infield hit to the next batter ended Peterson’s night, and while it wasn’t necessary a dominant one, he was the first Mets pitcher to provide 6+ innings since June 17th (when he himself did it). And the two runs (one earned) would be all that he would provide, as Ryne Stanek came on and induced a lineout to end the inning and leave Peterson’s last runner stranded.

Stanek proceeded to come back on for the top of the eighth and excelled, striking out the side in a dominant inning. Unfortunately, despite getting two runners on in the bottom of the frame, the Amazins could not add any insurance runs, so Edwin Díaz came in for the ninth with just the one-run lead. The Mets’ closer retired his first batter via strikeout, but Christian Yelich then pinch-hit and hit an opposite-field single. Unsurprisingly, Yelich broke for second on the second pitch of the at-bat to pinch-hitter Brice Turang. Luis Torrens unleashed a perfect throw right into the runner, and the result was about as close a play as you can see. The umpire initially called Yelich safe, but the Mets challenged the call and it was reversed upon review. Following that monumental call, Díaz closed the door, striking out Turang to end the game and secure the series victory.

Given all the troubles the team has faced over the past few weeks and the bevy of pitching injuries they are currently dealing with, it’s hard to overstate how huge this win tonight was. The Mets will now need to rely on their dilapidated pitching staff to try to keep things rolling over the next few days as the Yankees come to Citi Field for round two of the 2025 Subway Series. The two teams will face off against each other tomorrow afternoon at 3:10.

SB Nation GameThreads​

Amazin’ Avenue
Brew Crew Ball

Box scores​

MLB.com
ESPN

Win Probability Added​

FanGraphs

What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Ryne Stanek, +15.9% WPA
Big Mets loser: Luis Torrens, -12.3% WPA
Mets pitchers: +44.1% WPA
Mets hitters: +5.9% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Juan Soto RBI single in the sixth, +13.6% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Caleb Durbin RBI single in the fourth, -12.6% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/7...ainst-brewers-milwaukee-new-york-baseball-mlb

 

[New York Mets]

From Complex To Queens, Episode 299: Let’s just get to the draft already

Come for the draft speculation and IFA news, stay for the sci-fi movie discussion.

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

It’s our final episode prior to the draft, so naturally we faff about for 15 minutes before getting to the meat of the show. Our promote-extend-trade this week concerns our favorite Sci-fi movies of the last ten years. Conclusion? Arrival is at the top of our lists. And an additional plug from Lukas; check out Project Hail Mary from Andy Wier before the movie comes out next March.

On to baseball. Jesus Baez and Nick Morabito are cranking along; Boston Baro and Ronny Mauricio are not. We also cover some recent news on the IFA front, where the Mets continue to struggle; don’t fret too much though, by the time players signed by Stearns’ FO are putting pen to paper, things should look much better. It just might not be til 2028. And finally, we get to the draft. Predicting who the Mets select at 38 remains an exercise in futility, but BA’s latest mock matches the Mets with Tate Southisene. That would give the FCTQ crew yet another correctly predicted draft pick, even if our conviction in any prep bat we talk about pre-draft is very low.

As always, you can listen or subscribe to all of our 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 Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts.

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Got any questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter: Lukas is (@lvlahos343) and Thomas is (@sadmetsszn).

Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets!

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/7...choa-sena-kang-draft-southisene-taylor-sci-fi

 

[New York Mets]

Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series: 51-38

2023, Home Run Applesauce

This week, we discuss the dramatic vibe shift of the past week.

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

This week, Brian and Chris talk about the doldrums of the Pirates series, the surprisingly pleasant baseball being played since Wednesday evening, and begin to discuss what the second half roster will look like.

Chris’s Music Pick:
Ty Segall - Possession

Brian’s Music Pick:
Haim - I quit

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

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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/2025/7...s-episode-204-injuries-yankees-montas-alvarez

 

[New York Mets]

Mets score twelve runs, beat Yankees again, extend winning streak to four

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The Mets teed off on Carlos Rodón and the Yankees’ bullpen in a relatively easy win.

Brandon Nimmo opened the scoring with a grand slam in the bottom of the first inning, and the Mets never looked back as they beat the Yankees for the second time in as many days, extending their winning streak to four games in the process. In total, the Mets scored twelve runs, and the Yankees occasionally made the game close but never really threatened to come back in what wound up finishing a 12-6 game.

The Mets’ runs that scored after the Nimmo came on an RBI single by Starling Marte in the second, a two-home run by Pete Alonso in the fifth, a Francisco Lindor single in the seventh, a three-run home run by Alonso later in that inning, and a Juan Soto single in the eighth.

Things weren’t quite as rosy for the Mets’ pitching staff, though. Frankie Montas turned a decent start into a not-so-great one that saw him give up four earned runs in five-and-two-thirds innings. He’s only made three starts as a Met thus far, but he’s rocking a 6.14 ERA and a 5.82 FIP with an alarmingly high home run rate of 2.45 allowed per nine.

Mets relievers Richard Lovelady and Chris Devenski were able to record four outs while allowing just one run to score, but Ryne Stanek needed 37 pitches to get through an eighth inning in which he surrendered a run. And despite having started the bottom of the eighth inning up by five before tacking on their final run of the evening, the Mets brought in Edwin Díaz to pitch the ninth. Thankfully, he threw just XX pitches in a scoreless inning of work to end the game.

SB Nation GameThreads​

Amazin’ Avenue
Pinstripe Alley

Box scores​

MLB.com
ESPN

Win Probability Added​

FanGraphs

What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Brandon Nimmo, +21.9% WPA
Big Mets loser: none
Mets pitchers: +4.0% WPA
Mets hitters: +46.0% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Brandon Nimmo hits a grand slam in the first, +22.4% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Anthony Volpe hits a solo home run in the seventh, -6.4% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/7...rand-slam-alonso-lindor-montas-marte-new-york

 

[New York Mets]

Yankees 6, Mets 4: Pop goes the winning streak

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It was perhaps a closer game than many anticipated, but the Mets still fell to the Yankees in the Subway Series finale, ending their winning streak at four games.

The Mets fell to the Yankees 6-4 in this Subway Series finale at Citi Field, snapping both the Mets’ four-game winning streak and the Yankees’ six-game losing streak. That said, it was a much closer game than many would have anticipated at the outset, given the Mets were cobbling together a bullpen game against the Yankees’ best starter.

Chris Devenski did an excellent job as the Mets’ opener, pitching two scoreless innings to begin the game. Neither team scored until the third when Austin Wells greeted Zach Pop rudely in his Mets debut by parking one into the seats to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. Much like Devenski, Carlos Mendoza tried to eke two innings out of Pop also, but that did not go as well. Giancarlo Stanton led off the fourth with a double into the left field corner and Cody Bellinger singled to advance him to third. Anthony Volpe then grounded into a force out at second to score Stanton and double the Yankees’ lead to 2-0. DJ LeMahieu then singled and Volpe went first to third. Carlos Mendoza then removed Pop from the game in favor of his bulk guy Brandon Waddell and Austin Wells contributed another RBI groundout to score Volpe and extend the Yankees’ lead to 3-0. Waddell stopped the bleeding there, but after Paul Goldschmidt doubled to lead off the fifth and Waddell got Grisham to ground out, the Mets opted to pitch to Aaron Judge with first base open and paid for it; Judge hit a towering two-run homer to stake Max Fried to a 5-0 lead.

After a long first inning in which the Mets couldn’t get on the scoreboard but made Fried work, Fried went into cruise control mode after that, coasting his way through the next few frames. But the Mets finally broke through against Fried in the fifth and the rally started with the bottom of the order. After Tyrone Taylor flew out for the first out, Jeff McNeil and Hayden Senger hit back-to-back singles to turn the lineup over. Starling Marte then hit a single to deep center field over Trent Grisham’s head to load the bases. Marte’s hit should have been a double and a run, but Grisham deked everyone into thinking he had it tracked and McNeil only advanced to third because he had gone back to second base to tag up. Francisco Lindor then delivered with a single up the middle to plate two runs and get the Mets on the board. Neither Juan Soto nor Pete Alonso could keep the rally going, but suddenly the Mets found themselves back in the game.

They inched even closer in the following inning. With Fried’s pitch count nearing 100, Aaron Boone opted to send him back out for the sixth, but only to face the lefty Brandon Nimmo, who Fried promptly hit with a pitch. That ended Fried’s afternoon after 5+ innings and he made way for Jonathan Loáisiga, who gave up back-to-back singles to Ronny Mauricio and Brett Baty, pinch hitting for Mark Vientos and Tyrone Taylor, respectively. With the bases loaded, Jeff McNeil hit a dribbler in front of the mound past Loáisiga, who continued running to first base to cover, but was unable to corral the throw from Goldschmidt that went slightly behind him. Nimmo scored on the play to bring the Mets within two and everybody was safe. Hayden Senger then grounded into a double play, but that did plate another run to reduce the Yankees’ lead to 5-4. A diving catch by Aaron Judge in right field on a shallow fly ball by Starling Marte finally quashed the rally, but the Yankees’ bullpen found itself with a narrow lead to protect.

The Yankees added an insurance run off Huascar Brazobán in the seventh thanks in part to a defensive miscue by Pete Alonso at first base. Goldschmidt led off the inning with a single up the middle. Trent Grisham then hit a hot shot down the first base line that was playable, but it took an awkward hop and went over Alonso’s glove and down the line. The play was scored a hit that advanced Goldschmidt to third. Aaron Judge then hit a deep fly ball to left-center that nearly everyone watching thought was gone, but it was simply a sacrifice fly instead, scoring Goldschmidt and giving the Yankees a little extra cushion. Brazobán navigated through the rest of the inning without further damage.

Cody Bellinger then made a brilliant play in the bottom of the seventh that very well may have saved the game for the Yankees. Mark Leiter Jr. hit Francisco Lindor with a pitch to lead off the inning. Then Juan Soto hit a sinking liner to left on which Bellinger made a brilliant shoestring catch and then in one fluid motion, unleashed an accurate throw all the way to first base to double off Lindor and snuff out the budding rally. The Mets challenged the play, but both the catch and the out at first base were upheld. Pete Alonso then walked to bring the tying run to bat once again, but Tim Hill came in the game for the Yankees to face Brandon Nimmo and got Nimmo to ground out to second to end the threat.

Rico Garcia pitched two scoreless innings in his Mets debut, but the Mets were unable to take advantage of his performance and stage a comeback. The Mets hit into another hard double play in the bottom of the eighth when Ronny Mauricio led off the inning with a single and the Brett Baty hit a sharp bouncer to first that Goldschmidt snagged and slapped a tag on Mauricio, who was frozen between first and second, for the double play. The Mets went down 1-2-3 against Devin Williams in the ninth, but Williams got some help from the home plate umpire, as Luis Torrens was called out on strikes to lead off the inning and strikes two and three were not particularly close. Carlos Mendoza got ejected for arguing with the umpire as a result, but that did not light a fire under the Mets; Starling Marte grounded out and then Francisco Lindor struck out swinging to end the game.

The Mets get a much needed off day tomorrow before heading to Baltimore for a three-game series against the Orioles.

SB Nation GameThreads​

Amazin’ Avenue
Pinstripe Alley

Box scores​

MLB.com
ESPN

Win Probability Added​

Fangraphs

What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Ronny Mauricio, +15.4% WPA
Big Mets loser: Zach Pop, -24.2% WPA
Mets pitchers: -27.4% WPA
Mets hitters: -22.6% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Jeff McNeil’s infield single in the bottom of the sixth, +14.1% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Austin Wells’ solo home run off Zach Pop in the third, -12.2% WPA

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/7...i-pop-waddell-brazoban-garcia-lindor-mauricio

 

[New York Mets]

Pete Alonso and Edwin Díaz to join Francisco Lindor as All-Stars

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Juan Soto was not named to the team.

Mets first baseman Pete Alonso and closer Edwin Díaz have been named to the National League All-Star roster, joining Francisco Lindor, who’s set to start at shortstop in the game. And Juan Soto, who’s been one of the best outfielder in the game thus far this year, hasn’t made the team—at least not yet.

Alonso has had a fantastic season thus far, objectively putting up the best stats for a first baseman in the National League despite not having won the starting gig in the second phase of All-Star voting. He’s hit .287/.380/.543 with 20 home runs, 73 RBI, and a 159 WRC+ in 397 plate appearances.

Díaz appears to be in top form this year, too, after putting up a solid-if-unspectacular stat line last year as he returned from an injury that cost him the entire 2023 season. In 35.0 innings of work this year, he has a 1.80 ERA with a 2.09 FIP.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/7/6/24462750/mets-all-star-game-diaz-alonso-soto-lindor-new-york

 

[New York Mets]

An introduction to Major League Baseball’s 2025 draft

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The amateur draft is right around the corner. Where will the Mets be selecting, and just how does the process work?

On Sunday, July 13, Major League Baseball will host its 60th annual Rule 4 draft, better known as the first-year player draft. Thanks to their 89-73 recording during the 2024 season and a playoff run that saw them lose to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, the Mets were lined up to make the 28th overall pick. Since the Mets exceeded the Competitive Balance Tax threshold by more than $40 million, their first-round selection will drop 10 places, so their first selection will come during the Competitive Balance Round A—the 38th overall pick—instead.

Because the Mets signed Juan Soto, the team forfeited its second-highest pick in the draft, meaning they will not be making a pick in the second round. Their next pick instead will be in the third round, the 102nd selection overall. Following that, they will be making the 133rd overall pick in the fourth round. After the fourth round, the Mets would have been making a selection in the Qualifying Free Agent Compensation Round for Luis Severino signing with the Athletics, but they lost this pick as a penalty for signing Soto, as well.

Following the Qualifying Free Agent Compensation Round, things settle down. Their fifth-round pick will be the 163rd overall selection. Their sixth-round pick will be the 193rd overall selection. Their seventh-round pick will be the 223rd overall selection. Their eighth-round pick will be the 253rd overall selection. Their ninth-round pick will be the 283rd overall selection. Their tenth-round pick will be the 313rd overall selection, and after that, they will be making a selection every thirty picks in rounds 11-20.

The Mets have a $5,465,900 bonus pool to work with for the 2025 MLB Draft, the second-lowest behind only the Yankees and their $5,383,600 bonus pool. Despite Major League Baseball raising slots and bonus pools by 4.8% in 2025 as compared to 2024 thanks to league growth and revenue, the Mets’ bonus pool is down almost 50% from $9,572,200 in 2024.

Their first-round selection, the 38th overall pick, has an MLB-assigned slot value of $2,569,400. Their third-round selection has an MLB-assigned slot value of $752,000. Their fourth-round pick has an MLB-assigned slot value of $555,800. Their fifth-round selection has an MLB-assigned slot value of $415,100. Their sixth-round selection has an MLB-assigned slot value of $322,300. Their seventh-round pick has an MLB-assigned slot value of $254,000. Their eighth-round pick has an MLB-assigned slot value of $213,200. Their ninth-round selection has an MLB-assigned slot value of $196,800. Their tenth-round selection has an MLB-assigned slot value of $187,300. Picks in rounds 11 to 20 do not have MLB-assigned slot values, but any money spent over $150,000 for those players gets deducted from the team’s bonus pool.

In order to be eligible to be selected in the 2025 MLB Draft, a player must meet the criteria applicable to them:

• Be a resident of, or have attended an educational institution in, the United States, Canada, or a U.S. territory such as Puerto Rico. Players from other countries are not subject to the draft and can be signed by any team unless they have attended an educational institution in the aforementioned areas.
• Have never signed a major or minor league contract.
• High school players are eligible only after graduation, and if they have not attended college.
• Players at four-year colleges and universities are eligible three years after first enrolling in such an institution, or after their 21st birthdays (whichever occurs first).
• Junior and community college players are eligible to be drafted at any time.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/7/7/24462326/mlb-draft-2025-mets-when-introduction-new-york-picks

 

[New York Mets]

Juan Soto should be an All-Star

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Soto has more than earned a spot on the roster.

Call it the nature of fandom, call it unrealistic expectations, call it Yankee entitlement, call it whatever you want. But let’s be real: Juan Soto’s first two months as a Met felt weird. But since then, Soto has turned up the heat, and is on pace to have another statistically excellent season. And yet, Soto was not named to represent the Mets on the 2025 National League All-Star Game roster.

Through April 30th, Soto’s Met career was off to a slow start:

.241/.368/.384, 117 wRC+, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 2 SB, 16.9% BB%, 14.7% K%, .143 ISO

While the walk and strikeout rates were solid, the rest of his game was simply not up to what Soto has done in the past, let alone what a player recently signed to a record breaking contract is expected to do. However, the month of May saw Soto begin to creep back towards his historical numbers. Here is what Soto did until the day All-Star voting began:

.233/.361/.438, 126 wRC+, 11 HR, 39 RBI, 7 SB, 16.7% BB%, 16.0% K, .205 ISO

But it was after voting that Soto’s season really got hot. Since June 4, when the voting began for the All-Star Game, Soto has been playing insane baseball:

.330/.472/.660, 215 wRC+, 10 HR, 21 RBI, 3 SB, 21.1% BB%, 19.5% K%, .330 ISO

Now, the All-Star game isn’t decided in a vacuum. In Soto’s place, five other right-fielders were named to the National League squad: Ronald Acuña Jr, Fernando Tatis Jr, Kyle Tucker, Corbin Carroll, and Kyle Stowers.

We’re going to leave Acuña for last for reasons I’ll get into momentarily, but let’s compare Soto’s 2025 to date to Tucker, Carroll, Stowers, and Tatis:

Soto: 397 PA, .263/.396/.508, 155 wRC+, 21 HR, 51 RBI, 10 SB 18.1% BB%, 17.1% K%, .245 ISO
Tucker: 396 PA, .284/.387/.515, 150 wRC+, 17 HR, 65 RBI, 22 SB, 14.1% BB%, 13.9% K%, .231 ISO
Carroll: 332 PA, .247/.331/.556, 142 wRC+, 20 HR, 44 RBI, 10 SB, 9.0% BB%, 25.6% K%, .308 ISO
Stowers: 322 PA, .280/.352/.514, 138 wRC+, 16 HR, 46 RBI, 3 SB, 9.3% BB%, 28.9% K%, .234 ISO
Tatis: 383 PA, .261/.355/.444, 127 wRC+, 15 HR, 39 RBI, 19 SB, 11.7% BB%, 17.5% K%, .183 ISO

Going by wRC+, a metric that tries to present a high-level look at a player’s season, Soto is having the bets season of any of them. He’s not completely out of their league, but he’s clearly atop it or, depending on your statistic of choice, pretty damn close to the top.

It should also be noted that Kyle Stowers is, as of press time, the only representative for the Marlins on the roster. Stowers is having a great season on a bad team, and so his inclusion is more or less a foregone conclusion.

However, of all of the right-fielders on the roster, Soto’s biggest competition for a slot should really be Tucker. Tucker starting the game makes total sense, but leaving Soto off when he either leads or is within a hair’s breath of Tucker’s performance is silly. Arizona and San Diego have other All-Stars, so Tatis and Carroll’s inclusions aren’t necessities to represent a team.

I mentioned leaving Acuña until the end, because his season is an outlier among the All-Stars. He didn’t play in a game this season until May 23, and so has significantly fewer plate appearances than the others.

Acuña: 169 PA, .331/.450/.561, 182 wRC+, 9 HR, 18 RBI, 4 SB, 17.8% BB%, 26.6% K%, .230 ISO, 30 BB, 45 K

An important note, beyond the fewer PAs, is that his BABIP, or batting average on balls in play, is up at .435. That means that he has been extraordinarily lucky in which balls are falling for hits right now.

That said, this isn’t disputing that Acuña has been on fire since returning to the Braves, or that he does not deserve a spot on the All-Star roster. Plus, the fans voted him as the starter, and that is how this process works.

But when looking at the All-Star game objectively, it seems absolutely silly that Soto was not named to the National League roster. Soto looks on pace to have a season similar to his 2024 campaign with the Yankees. In fact, let’s compare Soto through the first Monday in July in 2024 to 2025:

Soto in 2025: 397 PA, .263/.396/.508, 155 wRC+, 21 HR, 51 RBI, 10 SB 18.1% BB%, 17.1% K%, .245 ISO
Soto in 2024: 398 PA, .294/.430/.554, 181 wRC+, 21 HR, 63 RBI, 10 SB 19.1% BB%, 15.6% K%, .259 ISO

2024 is obviously the superior season, and one that got Soto elected to start the game. But unlike fans all over baseball for the first eight weeks of the 2025 season, when comparing Soto not to himself but to his contemporaries, he absolutely deserves a spot on the roster in Atlanta.

Source: https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/7...ld-atlanta-stowers-tucker-tatis-acuna-carroll