Juan Soto homered twice, and Marcus Semien drove in a pair of insurance runs as the visiting New York Mets posted a 6-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday.
The Mets took the first game of their first series of the season against the Phillies, winning 6-4 on a windy evening in Philadelphia in part due to two home runs from Juan Soto and another solid performance from Sean Manaea.
In leading the New York Mets to a 6-4 win over their division rival Philadelphia Phillies, Juan Soto accomplished something he's become known for at this point in his career.
The New York Mets signed Bo Bichette this past offseason. Bichette was linked to the Philadelphia Phillies before ending up with the Mets, though. With the Mets and Phillies playing in Philadelphia on Thursday, the subject came up while Bichette was speaking with reporters.
Not every all-timer has instant success at the next level. For many baseball players, it takes a few bumps in the road out of the gate before they ever reach stardom.
The New York Mets have been without star shortstop Francisco Lindor for more than half the 2026 season. Lindor last played on April 22 against the Minnesota Twins, when he left the game after five innings.
The New York Mets' struggles this year have been well documented. Having one of the league's highest payrolls and sitting in last place in the division does not go unnoticed.
Thursday, June 18, 2026 • 6:40 PM Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA LHP Sean Manaea (1-2, 4.78) vs. RHP Aaron Nola (3-4, 5.86) SNY • MLBN For the first time in 2026, the Mets will finally play the Philadelphia Phillies, their division rivals.
The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play.
The New York Mets are sending one of their young fielders on a rehab assignment. Infielder Ronny Mauricio will officially play in his first rehab game tonight for the Single-A St.
Major League Baseball had proposed completely overhauling the draft in its most recent proposal. Below is a breakdown of the biggest changes. In MLB’s proposal, high school players will no longer be eligible to be drafted.
All wasn’t lost in Cincinnati for the New York Mets. Yes, the Mets dropped two out of three to the Reds as maddening inconsistency continues to plague this team.
The usual response from the 2026 Mets: for now, they’ll barely float above water. The exact same thing happened last week: to start their six-game homestand, the Mets lost two out of three against the Cardinals, then looked to be turning the tide after taking two against the MLB-best Braves.
At long last, Sean Manaea is back to being a first-inning starter for the New York Mets. Manaea will look to build off a productive outing Thursday when the Mets open a three-game road series against the Philadelphia Phillies.
The New York Mets' season hasn't gone anything like what President of Baseball Operations David Stearns had planned entering the season, and it's been nothing short of an abject failure through the first two and a half months.
The New York Mets received another positive sign from their lineup on Wednesday, as third baseman Bo Bichette continued his June resurgence while discussing the chemistry developing in the clubhouse.
The New York Mets received a major boost Wednesday afternoon as Bo Bichette continued his resurgence in a convincing win over the Cincinnati Reds. Behind another strong performance from Bichette and a dominant outing from starting pitcher Nolan McLean, the club rolled to a 9-1 victory at Great American Ball Park.
Trade season is heating up, and starting pitchers are once again expected to dominate the conversation. With contenders looking to strengthen their rotations for October, several proven arms are already drawing attention ahead of the Aug.
An injury to Christian Scott opened the door for Kodai Senga to make his return to the New York Mets' rotation on Tuesday night. There was some hope that a strong final rehab start for Senga would make him an option to fill a spot in the back of their rotation, but that hope went unfulfilled against the Cincinnati Reds.
Tobias Myers did not create the Mets’ rotation problem. He just made it impossible to ignore. The Mets got blown out 12-0 by the Reds on Monday, and the score was ugly enough by itself.
The Mets are going to designate infielder Vidal Bruján for assignment, reports Chelsea Janes of SNY. That will likely be the corresponding move to open an active roster spot for infielder Zack Short, who was claimed off waivers yesterday.
The New York Mets got some encouraging news when Christian Scott landed on the injured list this week. The injury is not believed to be serious. Manager Carlos Mendoza indicated the right-hander’s hip impingement is considered minor, and the hope is that Scott misses only the minimum 15-day stint after responding well to a cortisone shot.
The Mets are going to place right-hander Christian Scott on the injured list, reports Will Sammon of The Athletic. It is due to a hip issue, per Jon Heyman of The New York Post.
Bo Bichette remained unsigned in the free agent market until the New York Mets signed him to a jaw-dropping three-year, $126 million deal in January. The Boston Red Sox were among the teams interested in the 28-year-old infielder.