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ATLANTA — Meet the Mess, 2020 version. Just over a week into their 60-game season, the Mets have a glaring problem that will keep them socially distanced from even the expanded playoff format if they can’t find a fast solution. Just like old times, the bullpen is a raging inferno. Friday night it was Dellin …
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The sight of Seth Lugo or Justin Wilson to protect a lead or tie usually ensures the Mets are in good shape, but Wednesday night they got hit with a double whammy. First, the ultra-reliable Lugo flushed a lead in the seventh inning by surrendering a long ball to tie it. Wilson took matters a …
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BOSTON — In a best-case scenario — remember those? — David Peterson would be four months into his first season at Triple-A. There wouldn’t have been even a thought about him spending even a day as a Met this year because he would be learning his craft in Syracuse. Meanwhile — best-case, remember — the …
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BOSTON — David Peterson earned his big-boy pants Tuesday night, departing the mound in the sixth inning all grown up so quickly. A major league debut can be scary enough, but for a left-handed pitcher performing in the Green Monster’s fabled shadow, the pressure can strangulate. And yet here was Peterson in control against the …
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Robinson Cano will open the season batting sixth. The 37-year-old gets the Opening Day start at second base against the Braves, the Mets announced. Cano had previously been featured hitting third in the lineup throughout intrasquad scrimmages and exhibition games in summer camp. Pete Alonso will hit third in the opener, however. Cano mainly hit …
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Rewind to early March, when life still seemed mostly normal and the countdown was underway to the Mets opening the 2020 season. At the time, the Mets didn’t resemble a team that was an obvious favorite in the NL East, but likewise it was hard to say they shouldn’t compete for first place. The lineup …
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What if we are asking the wrong question with Robinson Cano? Not where he should bat in the Mets lineup? But if he should bat in the Mets lineup? Hall of Famers such as Carlton Fisk, Sam Rice, Honus Wagner and Carl Yastrzemski had down seasons at an advanced age, then rebounded to have multiple …
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The Mets played their second exhibition game of spring training 2.0 on Sunday, and for a second straight night, Robinson Cano hit third. The 37-year-old was in the three-hole more than anywhere else in his first season in Queens and the results were not good, as Cano finished with a .633 OPS in 245 plate …
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Proceed at your own risk, Mets fans. Jarred Kelenic, the one-time Mets prospect dealt away in the Robinson Cano/Edwin Diaz trade, may be in the big leagues faster than you think. Kelenic, the Mets’ first-round pick (sixth overall) in the 2018 draft, blasted a pair of home runs in a Mariners intrasquad game on Monday, …
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The resumption of spring training 2.0 on Tuesday will bring an increased focus on roster construction for Mets officials. With only 10 workout days remaining until Opening Day, following Monday’s mid-camp break at Citi Field, the biggest personnel question might be whether the team can count on Robinson Cano and Brad Brach as part of …
ATLANTA — Meet the Mess, 2020 version. Just over a week into their 60-game season, the Mets have a glaring problem that will keep them socially distanced from even the expanded playoff format if they can’t find a fast solution. Just like old times, the bullpen is a raging inferno. Friday night it was Dellin …
