Your Saturday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
Following a disappointing series loss to the Diamondbacks, the Mets started their road trip with a much-needed rebound win against the Cardinals. Despite falling behind early, the Amazins took a lead that they would not relinquish with a four-run fifth inning, with the first two runs coming off a home run from Pete Alonso. They continued to add runs from there (most notably with a home run from Brandon Nimmo, who reached base each time he came to the plate last night), Clay Holmes tossed six innings of three-run ball, and the bullpen combo of José Buttó and Ryne Stanek pitched three scoreless innings to close out the 9-3 victory.
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Awards for the first month of the season were handed out yesterday, and the Mets had two recipients, with Pete Alonso being named NL Player of the Month and Luisangel Acuña taking home the award for best NL Rookie in April.
Paul Blackburn made another rehab start for the Cyclones last night as he looks to return from his knee injury.
Pitching prospect Blade Tidwell will be the next starter from Syracuse called upon to make a spot start for the Mets.
There are a few things worth knowing about Tidwell as he gets ready to make his major league debut.
The Mets continue to watch Ronny Mauricio’s slow but steady return to game action with great interest.
Around the National League East
The Phillies were down by a run heading into the bottom of the seventh against the Diamondbacks, but solo homers from Kyle Schwarber and Max Kepler propelled them to a 3-2 victory.
Grant Holmes tossed a solid start for the Braves against the Dodgers, but the bats didn’t have much of an answer for Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles bullpen, leading to a 2-1 defeat to open their series against the NL West powerhouse.
Mitchell Parker had a tough start, surrendering four walks and five runs in four innings of work against the Reds, and a solo home run from Josh Bell was the only offense the Nationals could muster in their 6-1 loss.
The Marlins were stifled by Gunnar Hoglund—making his major league debut—and fell to the Athletics 6-1.
Young Miami starter Eury Pérez is hoping to make his major league return back from Tommy John surgery as early as June.
Around Major League Baseball
Jazz Chisholm Jr. is likely going to miss quite a bit of time for the Yankees due to a high-grade oblique strain.
The Red Sox have placed Walker Buehler on the injured list due to shoulder inflammation, though they do not expect it to be a lengthy absence.
The Diamondbacks welcomed Ketel Marte back to their active roster yesterday after the All-Star second baseman missed almost a month due to a hamstring strain.
Boston first baseman Triston Casas suffered a significant knee injury during last night’s game that required him to be taken off the field in a stretcher.
Tempers flared between Tigers starter Tarik Skubal and Angels shortstop Zach Neto last night, causing benches to clear.
In the same game, Riley Greene made history by hitting two home runs in the same inning.
MLB executives weighed in on which teams and players have been the biggest surprises and disappointments so far in 2025.
A number of star players are off to slow starts this year—which ones are more concerning than others?
Max Scherzer remains on the injured list, but that’s not stopping him from having some fun at the expense of CB Bucknor.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Vasilis Drimalitis previewed the weekend series in St. Louis.
Brian Salvatore and Chris McShane discussed the past week of Mets action in the latest episode of Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series.
Joe Sokolowski hit us with another installment of This Week in Mets Quotes.
This Date in Mets History
David Cone made his first start of what would end up being his breakout season and tossed his first career shutout on this date in 1988.