Your Thursday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
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The Mets’ winning streak came to an end, as they were shut out by the Marlins 5-0, denying them a sweep of Miami at Citi Field. Max Meyer was excellent for the Marlins and the Mets only managed two hits off him over 6 1⁄3 innings of work. Tylor Megill was successful in limiting the damage and the two runs against him in the first were unearned, but dealt with a lot of traffic on the base paths, which ballooned his pitch count and forced him to leave the game after just four innings. Edwin Díaz had his first true blowup of the season, which resulted in three Marlins insurance runs in the ninth. I suppose the fact that the aforementioned blowup didn’t come in a game the Mets were leading can be taken as a small silver lining from an otherwise cold, blustery, yucky day at Citi Field.
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One of the many crappy things about yesterday’s loss was that Brett Baty’s struggles continue unabated; he went 0-for-3 at the plate and also committed a throwing error that contributed to the Marlins’ two-run first inning. “He’s going through it right now,” manager Carlos Mendoza said of Baty. “He’s going to have to continue to fight through it.”
Though the Mets have repeatedly expressed belief in Baty, they are in win-now mode and can ill afford to keep running him out there without results, writes Joel Sherman of The New York Post.
Luis Torrens underwent an MRI on Friday for his bruised forearm and yesterday we learned that the test came back negative. Torrens is still day-to-day, but will likely avoid an IL stint.
“That was one of the essential parts of the discussion,” Juan Soto told ESPN in Spanish on Tuesday regarding free agency negotiations with the Mets. “Who was going to bat behind me?” Soto was accustomed to having Aaron Judge as crucial protection for him in the lineup. “I told them the best option was him,” Soto said, referring to Pete Alonso, who is obviously no Aaron Judge, but a right-handed slugger who has thus far provided the lineup protection Soto sought.
The Mets expressed their condolences via the Citi Field Twitter account for loss of Rubby Pérez, a merengue legend, who frequently performed at Citi Field.
Around the National League East
Trea Turner hit his first home run of the season in the Phillies’ 4-3 win over the Braves yesterday.
Jayson Stark of The Athletic wonders if the Braves offense can ever get back to its 2023 form.
MLB Trade Rumors polled its readership on whether the Braves should extend Spencer Schwellenbach.
After the Dodgers put up four runs in the first, the Nationals battled back to take a lead in the third, but ultimately lost to LA 6-5.
Around Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is exploring a licensing deal for the MLB.tv streaming service.
The finalized pools and schedule for the 2026 World Baseball Classic were announced yesterday.
Pirates fans are outraged after finding out the commemorative “Bucco Bricks” which used to lay at the park’s main entrance are gone and now discarded at a recycling center.
Yesterday Ken Rosenthal reported that Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s extension with Blue Jays includes a $325M signing bonus, spread over course of 14-year, $500M deal. In other words, the Jays will pay out 65 percent of Guerrero’s contract in a signing bonus.
The Padres beat the A’s 2-1 yesterday to become the first team to 10 wins.
There was a rather, uh, interesting play in the Pirates’ contest against the Cardinals yesterday, which went 13 innings.
On the latest episode of the MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo took turns making their picks for the first 10 Draft selections for 2025.
In ESPN’s MLB Power Rankings for Week 2, the Mets leapfrogged the Yankees to come in at #4 and the Cubs took a huge leap as well to #6. The Dodgers, Phillies, and Padres round out the top 3.
MLB.com gave us one positive early-season development for each team. For the Mets, it was the bullpen.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
On a new episode of From Complex to Queens, Thomas and Lukas take a look at the rosters of all the Mets’ affiliates and do a quick rundown of this year’s top-25.
Steve Sypa crowned the first Mets minor league players of the week for 2025.
Vasilis Drimalitis wrote about how even a perceived “slow” start from Juan Soto has still been pretty darn good.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 1969, Tommie Agee hit the longest home run in Shea Stadium history.