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Mets Daily Prospect Report, 3/29/26: Syracuse loses for first time in 2026

Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (1-1) WORCESTER 5, SYRACUSE 3 (BOX) For the second time in as many days, Syracuse scored three runs, but this time, they surrendered five and suffered their first loss of the 2026 campaign. Joander Suarez gave up the first couple of those runs in his first start of the year, and Jonathan […]

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Mets vs. Pirates: Lineups, broadcast info, and open thread, 3/28/26

Mets lineup Francisco Lindor – SSJuan Soto – LFBo Bichette – 3BJorge Polanco – 1BLuis Robert – CFBrett Baty – DHMarcus Semien – 2BCarson Benge – RFFrancisco Alvarez – C David Peterson – LHP Pirates lineup Jared Triolo – SSRyan O’Hearn – 1BBryan Reynolds – LFMarcell Ozuna – DHNick Gonzales – 3BBrandon Lowe – 2BNick […]

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Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, Episode 225: Opening Day Recap

Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. This week, Chris and Brian discuss the happy recap of the Mets’ Opening Day 11-7 victory over the Pirates. They discuss the new-look offense, Freddy Peralta’s first Mets’ start, and marvel in the fact that the Mets […]

Mets Morning News: Let’s play (game) two

Meet the Mets There is a realistic scenario in which the 2026 Mets could wind up with the most productive outfielder in all of baseball. Where do things stand between Freddy Peralta and the Mets regarding a potential contract extension? Jorge Polanco and Bo Bichette both handled themselves adequately at their new positions on opening […]

Mets Daily Prospect Report, 3/28/26: Happy minor league opening day!

Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (1-0) SYRACUSE 3, WORCESTER 1 (BOX) Welcome back to minor league baseball! With Nolan McLean and Carson Benge both on the major league roster and all but guaranteed to accrue enough innings/at-bats to graduate from rookie status, Jonah Tong will soon be Mets’ number one prospect, and the right-hander picked up where […]

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2026 Spring Training: Hitting Prospects

Now that spring training is behind us, let’s take a look at how the Amazin’ Avenue top prospects performed in Port St. Lucie. Carson Benge (2) A.J. Ewing (4) Jacob Reimer (5) Ryan Clifford (6) Mitch Voit (9) Elian Peña (11) Nick Morabito (13) Chris Suero (15) Antonio Jimenez (18) Edward Lantigua (19) Eli Serrano […]

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2026 Spring Training: Pitching Prospects

Now that spring training is behind us, let’s take a look at how the Amazin’ Avenue top prospects performed in Port St. Lucie. Nolan McLean (1) Jonah Tong (3) Will Watson (7) Jack Wenninger (8) Jonathan Santucci (10) Zach Thornton (12) R.J. Gordon (14) Dylan Ross (16) Ryan Lambert (17) Peter Kussow (24)

2026 Minor League Preview: Syracuse Mets

First Half Record: 31-44 (7/10, International League East Division) Second Half Record: 46-29 (2/10, International League East Division) When the 2025 season began, the Syracuse Mets had an assortment of the Mets’ top prospects and an additional nineteen players with major league experience. Syracuse had ended the second half of the 2024 season as one […]

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Here’s what the Mets had to say after yesterday’s Opening Day win

Unsurprisingly, the vibes were good after the Mets’ 11-7 Opening Day victory over the Pirates at Citi Field on Thursday afternoon. That reflected in the post-game comments, where there were a lot of positive things to say about the team’s performance in the win. Carlos Mendoza On the team’s approach against Paul Skenes in the […]

The new look Mets were on full display in yesterday’s win

The dominant storyline regarding the Mets all offseason was about the roster turnover. If you look up and down yesterday’s Opening Day lineup, about half of the players in it are new faces, most of whom weren’t even in the organization last season. Yesterday’s 11-7 victory over the Pirates in which the Mets got the […]

Freddy Peralta’s Mets debut was a mixed bag

Freddy Peralta wasn’t at his best in his Mets debut yesterday. In five innings, he gave up four earned runs, struck out seven, didn’t walk anyone, and surrendered two home runs. He threw 80 pitches in the process, and the relatively high-stress nature of some of those innings combined with the lopsided score in the […]

Carson Benge looked the part of a well-rounded player in his big league debut

It’s been less than two years since the Mets drafted Carson Benge with their first-round pick, and seven months ago, he was still tearing up Double-A as a member of the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. In his major league debut yesterday, though, he showed what had the prospect world so excited about him as he did […]

It was a good (Opening) Day

The Mets are the winningest team in baseball history on Opening Day. That trend continued today at Citi Field, as the Mets defeated the Pittsbirgh Pirates by a score of 11-7. Freddy Peralta took the ball for the Mets, and ran into some early trouble. Oneil Cruz dorked a ball to right-center field to lead […]

Mets sign Tommy Pham to minor league deal

The Mets added a bit of outfield depth ahead of their season opener, as the team has agreed to a minor league deal with Tommy Pham, per ESPN’s Jorge Castillo. If Pham gets called up to the team’s major league roster, he’d be on a $2.25 million salary with a potential $850k in bonuses, and […]

Here’s the Mets’ 2026 Opening Day lineup

With their season set to get underway at 1:15 PM EDT this afternoon, the Mets have announced their Opening Day lineup for the 2026 season. Here it is. SP: Freddy Peralta There aren’t any surprises there, as everyone who’s starting today was expected to be a starter coming into the season, especially once top prospect […]

National League East Preview: Mets face challenges from familiar foes

Last year’s National League East race ended with the Phillies (96-66) winning their second consecutive division crown, while the Mets (83-79) and Braves (76-86) both underperformed expectations and missed the playoffs entirely. The Marlins (79-83), meanwhile, came close to .500 as they showed promise and play a key role in ending the Mets’ postseason dreams […]

Mets Morning News: Play Ball!

Meet the Mets It’s Opening Day, Mets fans! After a long, cold winter baseball is finally back, and it’s time for another season of Mets baseball. Ahead of Opening Day, the team finalized its roster with Richard Lovelady and Jared Young grabbing the final two spots. Freddy Peralta gets the honor of starting Opening Day, […]

How to tune in to the Mets’ Opening Day game against the Pirates

There’s no better Mets tradition than tuning in to hear Gary, Keith, and Ron calling the team’s first game of the season. Unfortunately, Major League Baseball decided to make a deal that delays that joyous occasion until the Mets’ second game of the year, as the team’s Opening Day game against the Pirates is going […]

Mets announce Opening Day roster

The Mets announced their 26-man roster for Opening Day earlier today. The Mets are carrying 13 pitchers and 13 position players, and there are no real surprises on the list, though the make-up of the bullpen has a somewhat unexpected choice or two. Starting Pitchers: Clay Holmes (RHP) Sean Manaea (LHP) Nolan McLean (RHP) Freddy […]

2026 Mets King of Spring Training, final poll

With Grapefruit League play in the books and Opening Day just days away, it’s time to choose our 2026 King of Spring Training! Let’s review our candidates and their final spring training numbers. Cristian Pache – .419/.500/.710 in 31 ABs Pache’s batting line has fallen a touch since our update last week because he’s gone […]