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Veteran Mets outfielder is proving David Stearns right

After fan favorite outfielder Brandon Nimmo returned to Queens on an eight-year $162 million deal before the 2023 season, Mets fans anticipated Nimmo to be manning center field for the foreseeable future.

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Edwin Díaz Notches 100th Save with Mets

Edwin Díaz on Monday night—pitching on back-to-back days—notched his 100th career save with the Mets. He’s now just one save shy of tying Billy Wagner for fifth all-time with the Mets, and he’s certainly within reason to pass Jeurys Familia‘s 124 saves for third by the end of this season.

MLB News / Yardbarker / 4 minutes ago

MLB strikeout props for Tuesday 4/16: Keep fading Cubs' Kyle Hendricks

We are 5-1 in our last six picks. With a full slate of MLB games set for Tuesday night, we're looking to keep the profit train rolling with three more K props.

MLB best bets: Odds, expert picks, predictions for Tuesday 4/16

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New York Mets News / Empire Sports Media / 1 hour ago

Mets notch fourth win in last five games over Pirates & gain ground in NL East

The New York Mets are steadily finding ways to win games of late despite concerning and sloppy play from their fielding unit. The Mets secured a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in their series opener on Monday night.

New York Mets News / Amazin' Avenue / 2 hours ago

Mets Minor League Players of the Week: Week Two

What minor league players put up the best numbers this past week, April 8th to April 14th? Week: 6 G, 25 AB, .320/.414/.560, 8 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 4 BB,

New York Mets News / Mets360.com / 1 hour ago

Mets hold their own while playing a challenging schedule

In all professional sports leagues, the conventional wisdom is to play .500 versus the good teams and then clean up against the bad teams. But does it work?

Harrison Bader News / Mets Merized Online / 43 minutes ago

Bader Delivers Go-Ahead RBI Again on Monday

The Mets have come a long way since their 0-5 start to the season. They’ve won eight of their last 11 games, beating scorching-hot teams in the Reds, Braves, Royals, and Pirates.

MLB News / Amazin' Avenue / 40 minutes ago

A Pod of Their Own: Vibes are back

This week, we chat about the Mets’ turnaround over the past week, the revelations from the criminal complaint in the Mizuhara/Ohtani gambling scandal, and more.

MLB News / Field Level Media / 3 hours ago

Mets host Pirates, look to bump up winning percentage again

New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza doesn't favor the expression "it's still early." But it's not too early for the Mets to be relieved they're at .500.

New York Mets News / Mets Merized Online / 1 hour ago

Remembering Joe D, MMO Founder, One Year Later

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since we lost Metsmerized Online founder Joe DeCaro. It was on this day last year that he passed, just a few weeks into the 2023 season — a season that I know he had a ton of optimism for, as most all Mets fans did.

MLB News / Field Level Media / 9 hours ago

Eighth-inning rally sends Mets past Pirates

Harrison Bader delivered a tiebreaking hit in the eighth inning for a second straight game on Monday, hitting a two-run double to highlight the Mets' comeback from a three-run deficit and lift New York in a 6-3 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates.

New York Mets News / ClutchPoints / 9 hours ago

Mets’ 4 shocking surprises to begin 2024 season

Coming in with the highest of expectations last season, the New York Mets were nothing but a big fat dud by season’s end. They finished fourth in the NL East, with a 75-87 record, obscenely far from their projected win total and nowhere near the playoffs.

New York Mets News / Mets360.com / 1 hour ago

Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Pirates 3 (4/15/24)

The Mets fell behind by three runs but put up two crooked run innings late to defeat the Pirates, 6-3, in the opener of a three-game set Monday night at City Field.

Francisco Lindor News / MLB Trade Rumors / 8 hours ago

Francisco Lindor’s slow start is not abnormal

It's not time to panic regarding Lindor.

New York Mets News / Yardbarker / 10 minutes ago

Pete Alonso addresses possibly spending entire career with Mets

On the same day that the New York Mets retired the No. 16 jersey once worn by ace pitcher Dwight "Doc" Gooden, All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso discussed the possibility of joining him one day and of playing his entire career with the Mets.

Mets trade for veteran catcher in deal with Cubs

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The 'New York Mets managers' quiz

Julio Teheran News / Larry Brown Sports / 11 hours ago

Cubs land this two-time All-Star pitcher on a minor league deal

The Chicago Cubs are taking a flier on a former All-Star pitcher.

Watch: Cubs rookie belts HR in his fourth consecutive game

Righty Jameson Taillon to make next start with Cubs after strong rehab outing

Mets trade for veteran catcher in deal with Cubs

Which pitchers have the most strikeouts in MLB postseason history?

The '1984 Chicago Cubs' quiz

MLB News / Field Level Media / 4 hours ago

Mets get timely hitting in eighth inning to take series with Royals

Harrison Bader snapped a scoreless tie with an eighth-inning RBI single Sunday afternoon and four pitchers combined on a three-hitter for the host New York Mets, who beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 in the rubber game of a three-game interleague series.

MLB News / Action Network / 15 hours ago