Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Your Wednesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets The Mets bounced back against the Cubs on Tuesday night, winning 4-2. Receiving strong pitching performances for the third straight day, D.J. Stewart was the hero of the night, hitting what would end up being the game-winning three-run homer in the sixth inning. Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, Newsday, Daily News, NY Post, MLB, ESPN. Starling Marte was reinstated from the bereavement list ahead of Tuesday’s game. Mark Vientos was sent back to Triple-A, but is keeping ..read more

Mark Vientos | Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images Catch up on all the Mets prospects in yesterday’s minor league action! Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (15-11) SYRACUSE 14, ROCHESTER 5 (BOX) Dom Hamel didn’t exactly have his best stuff, but it didn’t really matter too much, as Syracuse absolutely destroyed Rochester. Starter Jackson Rutledge got tagged for four runs in five innings, old friend Stephen Nogosek gave up 2 runs in 0.2 innings of work, and T.J. Zeuch allowed seven runs in an inning. The only Red Wing pitcher who was worth his weight was another old friend, Robert Gsellman; he tossed two-plu ..read more

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images DJ Stewart provided the Mets the big hit they didn’t get Monday night to push the Mets past Chicago. So far this year, the Mets have been one of the most reliant teams on the home run across baseball. This has played out even more in recent days, as three of the Mets’ four runs on Sunday and their only run on Monday were all via the home run. When the Mets are slugging, they win. And tonight, one big slug from DJ Stewart was the keynote shot that they needed to beat the Cubs by a score of 4-2. Coming off back-to-back games where the Mets starter went eight inn ..read more

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The Mets look to bounce back behind Sean Manaea. Mets lineup Brandon Nimmo - LF Francisco Lindor - SS Pete Alonso - 1B J.D. Martinez - DH Jeff McNeil - 2B Tyrone Taylor - CF DJ Stewart - RF Brett Baty - 3B Omar Narváez SP: Sean Manaea - LHP Cubs lineup Nico Hoerner - 2B Patrick Wisdom - 1B Ian Happ - LF Christopher Morel - DH Dansby Swanson - SS Mike Tauchman - CF Nick Madrigal - 3B Miguel Amaya - C Alexander Canario - RF SP: Javier Asaad - RHP Broadcast info First pitch: 7:10 PM TV: SNY Radio: WCBS 880, WEPN 1050 ..read more

Jonathan Hui-USA TODAY Sports Mark Vientos optioned to Triple-A After missing the last three games due to a stint on the Bereavement List, the Mets reinstated outfielder Starling Marte ahead of tonight’s game against the Cubs. In a subsequent move, infielder Mark Vientos was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse. After a very down year in 2023, Marte has been off to a strong start in 2024, hitting .288./327/.442 with four home runs and four doubles in 25 games. Vientos, in his three games, went three for seven with a game-winning home run in extra innings for the Mets’ sole victory against the Cardina ..read more

Jonah Tong | Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images What minor league players put up the best numbers this past week, April 23rd to April 28th? Matt Rudick Week: 5 G, 22 AB, .364/.440/.727, 8 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 2 K, 0/0 SB, .375 BABIP (Double-A) 2024 Season: 16 G, 56 AB, .232/.348 /.411, 13 H, 4 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 10 BB, 18 K, 0/0 SB, .306 BABIP (Double-A) A standout letterman at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego, the diminutive Matt Rudick went undrafted after graduating and went on to play at San Diego State University. There, he continued to impress, hitting .341/.4 ..read more

This week, we discuss whether Adrian Houser’s time in the rotation should be up, the strong work from the bullpen of late, MLB attempting to rectify the Fanatics fiasco, and more. Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space. This week, we begin with a discussion about the starting rotation—the strong work by José Quintana and Luis Severino the past couple of days and also Adrian Houser’s struggles. Though Carlos Mendoza has said Hous ..read more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Your Tuesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets On a night when Luis Severino came six out away from baseball immortality, the Mets ended up enduring a gut-wrenching 3-1 loss to the Cubs. Brandon Nimmo led off the game with a home run, but the Mets would not score again and only managed three base hits the rest of the way. For a while, it seemed like it might hold up, as Severino was mowing down the Chicago batters in quick succession. He finally relented in the eighth, serving up a single to Dansby Swanson. The Cubs ti ..read more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Severino allowed no hits through seven innings, and the Mets failed to capitalize. The Mets came into today with two straight series losses to the Giants and Cardinals. They had Luis Severino on the mound, coming off a loss against San Francisco where he gave up three runs in six innings. The Cubs were coming into town doing pretty well, sitting comfortably in second place in the Central and Jameson Taillon taking the mound for them. The Mets were hoping to continue the good vibes after the Mark Vientos walk-off home run the day before. To start off the game ..read more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Mets kick off a four game set against Chicago. Mets lineup Brandon Nimmo - LF Francisco Lindor - SS Pete Alonso - 1B J.D. Martinez - DH Jeff McNeil - 2B Tyrone Taylor - RF Mark Vientos - 3B Harrison Bader - CF Tomas Nido - C SP: Luis Severino - RHP Cub lineup Nico Hoerner - 2B Mike Tauchman - RF Ian Happ - LF Christopher Morel - 3B Michael Busch - 1B Dansby Swanson - SS Matt Mervis - DH Yan Gomes - C Pete Crow-Armstrong - CF SP: Jameson Taillon - RHP Broadcast info First pitch: 7:10 PM TV: SNY Radio: WCBS 880, WEPN 1050 ..read more