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The New York Mets (27-36 look to avoid the sweep when they visit the Philadelphia Phillies (45-19) in the final game of a two-game set. Sportsbooks have listed the Phillies as -145 favorites, while the Mets are +122 underdogs to pick up a win.
The New York Mets are spreading their brand of baseball around the world.
The Phillies jumped the Mets for six runs in the fourth inning and cruised to a 7-2 win Saturday afternoon in the first of two games between the clubs played in a soccer stadium in London.
A big defensive blunder by New York Mets outfielder Starling Marte in the fourth inning of Saturday’s London game against the Philadelphia Phillies has people buzzing.
The Mets 2024 campaign has been disappointing. A little more than one-third through the campaign, the blue and orange are nine games under .500 (27-36) and dealing with uncertainty up and down the roster.
The Mets flew across the Atlantic looking to continue their winning ways. They landed in London after a three-game sweep over the Nationals, and were tasked with facing the National League-leading Phillies.
David Wright came with several former New York Mets players as ambassadors for the team as they play the Philadelphia Phillies this weekend in London. Wright, Mike Piazza and Mookie Wilson, among others, came early to work the crowds in London to get them ready for the weekend and this long-standing rivalry between these two NL East teams.
The New York Mets do not have much time left to salvage their season enough to justify being buyers at this year's trade deadline, which is July 30. With the Mets sitting nine games under .500 with a dismal record of 26-35 as of June 8, the organization will likely be selling off veteran talent at the deadline for the second straight summer.
Even overseas, the New York Mets are getting a long look at what a good contending team is about. The Philadelphia Phillies continued their dominance of the Mets this season in Game 1 of the MLB London Series as New York lost 7-2 on Saturday.
Mets couldn’t overcome the five run inning aided by Marte’s poor defense. After two days off for transatlantic travel, the Mets were heading to London Stadium to play the Phillies in the annual London Series.
The 2024 Major League Baseball trade deadline is under two months away and the New York Mets will be one of the most talked about teams. New York currently is eight games under .500, but it's hard to truly determine what the club will do.
New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Saturday that there isn't an established timeline for the projected return of injured right-hander Kodai Senga.
New York sports teams always have an extra spotlight on them as every franchise in that city is a big market team. From the sounds of it, Francisco Lindor notices a huge difference between playing for the New York Mets and the Cleveland Guardians.
The 2024 campaign hasn’t really gone the New York Mets way to this point, as they sit in fourth place in the National League East with a 27-35 record. While there are guys struggling up and down the roster, one guy who has really come to personify the Mets and their current woes is Jeff McNeil.
The New York Mets are trying to salvage their season, but they will have to do so without their ace starting pitcher for at least a while more. On Saturday, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters in London that it is "fair to say" that star right-handed hurler Kodai Senga will not pitch in the first half of the regular season.
The New York Mets announced on Friday that top prospect Jett Williams had a right wrist TFCC debridement procedure on Thursday and will be out for approximately 8-10 weeks.
The potential addition of second base to his skill set comes at a time when longtime second baseman Jeff McNeil is struggling through the worst results of his career.
We are just moments away from seeing Major League Baseball games appear in London, UK again. The New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies will face off in the third edition of the London Series starting on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
If the Mets don’t make significant improvements in the next six-plus weeks, they’ll head into deadline season as a seller. Impending free agents are always the most apparent trade candidates. The Mets have no shortage of rentals they can market.
It has been a rough 2024 season for the New York Mets, but the team has been playing much better as of late. They finished off a three-game sweep on the road against the Washington Nationals earlier today and have won five of their last six games.
Luis Torrens hit two of New York's three home runs, Luis Severino pitched eight strong innings and the visiting Mets beat the Washington Nationals 9-1 Wednesday to complete the three-game sweep.
The Mets announced Wednesday that they’ve released veteran catcher Omar Narvaez and right-hander Jorge Lopez. Both were recently designated for assignment, and both are now free agents.
The New York Mets are probably going to throw in the white flag sooner or later.
On Tuesday night, in front of their home crowd, the Brooklyn Cyclones pitched a combined no-hitter for the first time in franchise history. The Brooklyn Cyclones are the High Single-A affiliate for the New York Mets.
It may be a matter of when, not if, the New York Mets trade first baseman Pete Alonso. Here are three possible landing spots for the slugger.
The New York Mets had a touching tribute to Darryl Strawberry during the franchise icon's number retirement ceremony.
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