IN FOCUS - Edwin, Reed, Ronny, Soto, Nimmo, Baty, Senger

 

Pitch Profiler      @pitchprofiler

EDWIN DÍAZ STRIKES OUT THE SIDE TO SECURE HIS 12TH SAVE

Mack –

I'm sure we all thought Diaz was toast after the f8rst two weeks of the season. Well, he isn't. In fact, he has been pitching all-star relief since then. Edwin knows the value of an opt out year. The boy is gone at the end of this season.

  

REED THE STEED

Mack -

Diaz, Brazoban, and Garrett. These are the guys that have made the end of each game tolerable while this team doesn't produce at the plate. Enjoy what you are watching folks because, once this season ends, you will never see this again.

Thomas Nestico       @TJStats

Ronny Mauricio (NYM) has been in AAA for a week and he looks right at home

He is running an OPS over 1.500 while showcasing elite power metrics. The free-swinging approach holds back his upside, but the raw power makes him a tantalizing prospect

Mack –

Yes, the sample is small... and I remind all of you that we have seen Ronny play this hot before... but it's a lot more enjoyable to watch anyway. The Mets may have a wonderful dilemma coming up soon. Brett Baty is proving out to be the future Mets third baseman, which is Mauricio's natural position. Well, if you can call any position natural for Ronny since he plays all of them so badly. The Mets have plenty of second base actors, so, when you call this guy up, where do you play him? My choice would be DH for this season.

 

 Worst Outs Above Average (OAA) – Outfielder  (Soto)

 Mack –

Charts like this prove out what we all knew going into thus season... Soto is a bat first baseball player. No. Wait....

  

Defensive Runs Saved Leaders – Left Fielder  (Nimmo)

 

Mack –

I didn't expect to see Nimmo's name ranked this high up this season. Of course, I didn't expect to see Pham's name at all. Baseball ga ga.

 

 Defensive Runs Saved Leaders - Third Baseman (Baty)

 

Mack –

Another wow. Take this in... BRETT BATY IS FOURTH THIRD BASEMAN IN THE FRIGGIN LEAGUE IN DEFENSIVE RUNS SAVED. Yeah, I know. He's fifth. So I cheated. It's my post.

 

 Defensive Runs Saved Leaders – Catcher  (Senger)

 

Mack –

I love this one the most. The fifth best catcher in the league in defensive runs saved isn't even in the league anymore. Hasn't been since April 24th. Now you can see why analytical nerds want this guy back.

 

Tom Brennan: Met Win AA Game; GARRETT IS GOLD; Give Mets Credit Where Credit Is Due; Prospect Superstars

BETTER THAN FELLOW FORMER METS REDHEAD WAYNE GARRETT?

As the saying goes, “Give credit where credit is due.”

In 2023, Reed Garrett was DFA’d by the Orioles. 

30 years old. 27 big league innings, 44 hits allowed, 26 runs. 

NOT a great resume.

But…he was very good in AAA for the Os in 2023. Which is no doubt why the Mets nabbed him.

After the DFA, he was kinda shaky for the Mets in 2023. ERA of 5.82.

A bad decade was concluded. On to his 30s.

Still a Met in 2024, he got his real chance.

He made the most of it. 

8-5, 3.75. 83 Ks in 57 IP.

Would have been BETTER, but Edwin got his sticky fingers suspension, and Drew Smith rushed his warm up after Edwin was ejected, and quickly needed Tommy John. 

The pen, suddenly real short, caused Reed’s pitching burden, already heavy, to get heavier, and he got shelled and ended up on the IL for a month. And a bad final 2024 outing spiked his ERA. 

3.11 up to that last outing. Great season.

THIS YEAR?  ERA below 1.00 through Tuesday.  A huge contributor.

As a Met, lifetime, 10-6, 3.46, 122 Ks in 96 IP. 

GREAT.

28 other teams didn’t grab Garrett (currently earning just $950K). The Mets did.

Best Mets Reed since Rick Reed.

So…don’t be a complainer…like me…let’s give credit where credit is due.

 

Jared Young

Jared Young also is older, soon to be 30. He had done very little at the MLB level before he was called up. Just 13 for 62. Mets grabbed him for 2025.

Many wondered why he was just called up. 

He shut them all up with a key 2 run HR and a double on Tuesday. The Mets saw that he had a .415 OBP in AAA in 2023 and 2024 and grabbed him. 

Without him, maybe they lose on Tuesday, rather than the team winning streak going to 4.

Credit where credit is due, folks.

WE FOLLOW SOOOO MANY METS HITTING PROSPECTS, BUT…

HERE IS A NON-MET PROSPECT TURNED MLB SUPERSTAR

…it is really since Jeff in 2018 and Pete in 2019 that we’ve had any prospects turn into star hitters. Alvarez might become one still, but his career .223/.299/.412 (career to date) is not that of a Star hitter. 

Baty? No. Vientos? No. Sorry. And they didn’t keep Super Crow.

Before Jeff and Pete, it was David Wright and Jose Reyes 25 years ago.

Jacob Wilson in Oakland, on the other hand, is a 23 y/o budding superstar, hitting .353 (not a typo) with 7 HRs, 30 RBIs, and just one K every 19 PAs. 

We are happy if a coveted Mets prospect hits .253 with a K every 5 PAs. In AAA.

I’ll take one of those Wilson superstar types any day (year, decade) in Metsville. How about you? 

DISPARITIES CAN BE HUGE

HEADING INTO FRIDAY’S GAME: 

Mets are lowest in HRs allowed at 36.  The Orioles have allowed 87.

Mets are highest in HBPs with 36.  The Athletics are lowest, with 10.

 - Mets pitchers have hit 15 fewer hitters. So much for an eye for an eye.

REALLY EASING BACK IN

Sean Manaea has started to face live batters.  He's been pitching to Jose Siri, who was 1 for 20 prior to his injury.  That is really easing back into things.  Pitching to a hitter who frankly can't hit. Siri in 2024 and 2025? .180.

Frankie Montas, on the other hand, has been facing tough South Atlantic League batters.  The 32 year old has allowed 4 runs in 4.1 IP in 2 outings.

A SUPER SIGN OF EXCELLENCE

The Mets' pitchers at AA, High A, and A ball have been racking up the Ks.

Binghamton AA? 484 Ks in 376 IP (#1)

Brooklyn High A? 515 Ks in 412 IP (#2)

St Lucie in A Ball? 490 Ks in 428 IP (#3)

THAT is impressive.

Syracuse is 10th out of 20 with a still solid 468 Ks in 449 IP.  Brandon Sproat's low 31 K total in 41 IP (#82 in the International League) has pushed them down from 7th to 10th.  Blade Tidwell, with 61 Ks, is 4th in that league.  Jonah Tong in AA is 14 Ks higher (at 72 punch outs) than the next highest Eastern League pitcher in Ks. Terrific.

Friday night, Binghamton, Brooklyn and St Lucie allowed one run, in total, while scoring 21. Zach Thornton was awesome again.  5-0, 1.54 ERA this year. And TRACE WILLHOITE had a two HR, 6 RBI night in St Lucie’s 16-1 devastation win, and Kevin Villavicencio plated 5 runs.  

I want to see the Mets beat the AA Rockies 16-1 today. Can they?

NOT ALL MINORS NEWS IS GOOD

The FCL Mets are the worst hitting team in the FCL. The Rays team has scored 129 runs. The FCL Mets have scored 58 runs in 18 games.

THESE NY METS? 

They beat the AA Colorado Rockies (9-48) last night. Lindor (3 hits, two solo HRs), Soto (2 hits), and Marte (HR) hitting masked over the continued miserable hitting from Vientos (0-3, 3 Ks) and “Bud Harrelson Alvarez”. Nimmo has struggled, too, but is showing some incline.

I’d bring up Ronny Mauricio (.560) ASAP, and send down Jared Young. 

Mr. Vientos will lose playing time.  But that is OK.  Mark has just 21 RBIs batting behind Lindor, Soto, and Alonso, who are each on base a lot.  Why so few rib eyes? He is an inexplicable 7 for 48 with RISP.  Add in zero speed (1 career steal) and bad defense?  Sounds like a AAA dude to me. 

Sounds, too, like Brett Baty is the new starting 3B. Better bat, better defense, 4 times the speed of Vientos (4 career steals).

Alvarez? He has just 3 XBH and 7 RBIs in 88 PAs. I dunno, that….sucks, frankly. Even Bud Harrelson would have been disappointed with doing that.

Reese Kaplan -- Not a Lot of Roster Help Waiting in Syracuse

A great many writers and friends focus more on the minor leagues than they do what’s happening right now with the Mets in the majors.  The interest is understandable as what’s happening in the NL East is present day reality whereas what is going on in the lower levels could constitute a change in course in the future.  Taking a brief look at AAA for help for the current big club does not fill you with a bunch of warm and fuzzy feelings.

Pitching

The first big name to consider is rehabbing starting pitcher who had been slated for the bullpen in Paul Blackburn.  A 31 year old veteran, he arrived mid season in 2024 in a trade no one particularly favored and then went down with injury.  His 2025 has been a story of rehab for his health and he’s working his way back up to decision time.  His numbers in the minors are slightly better than his major league record as a 4.85 ERA pitcher who doesn’t strike out very many but conversely doesn’t hand out too many free passes.  His aggregate rehab shows an ERA a full run better than what he’s done in the majors for his career since he began it back in 2017, but as fans and media both know there’s currently no room at the Citifield inn.  The starting rotation with rare exception has been stellar, so that would make Blackburn bullpen fodder or an as yet unused 6th starter strategy.  Still it would mean someone not stinking up the joint would need to be cut loose to make room.

The next name fans learned to regard in 2024 with great confidence was the little known Dedniel Nunez.  The 28 year old right hander delivered nearly a 5:1 strikeout to walk ratio in 2024 and his major league ERA of just 2.31 was something that came out of nowhere compared to the rest of his career.  Injuries cut his season short and he got a late start in 2025 as rehab continued.  His somewhat premature promotion back to the Mets was met with ugly numbers and now he’s returned to Syracuse.  The ERA has come down considerably to the mid 3 range but the batting average against is a scary .306.  It would seem between health and command he’s not exactly at the top of the list for help in the short term.

Up next on the farm is big right hander Blade Tidwell who in his last start was throwing gas, leaving the game having held a multi inning no-hit status until his teammate Nunez allowed three runs to score in relief.  Still, the 11 strikeouts caught everyone’s eyes (but then so did the 4 walks).  For the year Tidwell has his ERA down to a tick under 4.00 and at age 23 it may be he’s a bit of a late bloomer but for now there doesn’t appear to be a 2025 role in Queens for him.

Next come the guys on the 40-man roster who are either long term minor leaguers, fringe major leaguersor whose age indicates they are at best fillers for others in the short term.  This group would include the one-time promoted Ty Adcock who is still sporting a Syracuse ERA of 3.18 with a BAA of .164 and a WHIP of 0.88.  Teammate Chris Devenski is pitching to a 1.96 ERA with a BAA of .164 and a WHIP of 0.76.  Finally there’s Austin Warren, a 29 year old righty whose ERA is a commendable 2.29, but whose BAA is higher at .233 and whose WHIP is getting ugly at 1.42.  None of this trio would seem to be more than injury fill-in material as they are already on the 40-man roster.

Hitting

This list is unfortunately just a single batter, Ronny Mauricio.  None of the rest of the Syracuse Mets other than backup catcher Hayden Senger are on the 40-man roster right now so the former top prospect is likely the next offensive guy to get the call from David Stearns.  For his long rehab people wondered how well Mauricio would do when returning to regular play.  He started off gradually as a DH but now is taking the field and what he’s delivering is certainly turning heads.  Granted, his aggregate 2025 numbers reflect about 1/10 of a playing season with just 57 ABs, but it’s hard to ignore a .316 batting average with 3 HRs, 10 RBIs and 5 SBs.  Extrapolate these numbers for the switch hitter and that’s a full season 30 dingers, 100 RBIs and 50 thefts.  Yes, it’s pretty easy to see why many people are salivating over a Mauricio promotion.  The problem here is three-fold.  First, the club needs to be 100% certain of the man’s health.  The 5 SBs would suggest his knee is likely in good shape.  Second, there is the question of defense.  He’s been primarily a shortstop but Francisco Lindor is in his way.  His other roles would include 2nd base or 3rd base.  Right now it would appear that if the plan is to let Brett Baty play himself into or out of regular at-bats, Mark Vientos’ strong 2024 and weak 2025, veteran Jeff McNeil’s history and Luisangel Acuna’s slumping numbers it’s fairly crowded already.  The third issue is who to take off the roster to make room.  It’s a nice set of problems to have regarding Mauricio, but he’s not going to singlehandedly transform the club’s offense from woeful to wonderful.  

John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Bartolo Wins with Bat and Arm, 5/30/2015

Bartolo Colon, 2015 Donruss Baseball Card

2015, the last year the Mets made the World Series.  This daily post will detail the game by game journey to the Fall Classic.  Click here for More Mets History and Calendar Classics.

Year: 2015; Game #51; Sunday;  May 31, NYM 4  Vs. MIA; 3; boxscore;   WP: Colon; LP: Cishek;  Save: Familia; Time: 02:47; DAY; Attendance: 28,711; Record: 28-23; Standings: 2; Games up/behind: 0.5; W; 

Curtis Granderson RF  0 for 3; IW; 1 walk; Rubén Tejada 3B  1 for 4; 2B; 1 RBI; Lucas Duda 1B  0 for 3; HBP; 1 run; 1 K; Daniel Murphy 2B  1 for 4; Wilmer Flores SS  1 for 4; HR; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 K; John Mayberry LF  0 for 4; 1 K; Juan Lagares CF  1 for 3; SB; 1 run; Anthony Recker C  1 for 3; 1 run; 1 K; Bartolo Colón P  1 for 2; 2B; 1 RBI; Darrell Ceciliani PH  0 for 1; Bartolo Colón, W (8-3)  7 innings; 3 runs; 3 ERs; 6 hits; 1 HR; 2 Ks; Carlos Torres, H (8)  0.1 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 1 K; Jeurys Familia, S (15)  1.2 innings; no runs; 2 hits; 2 Ks; 

NY Post: Bartolo Colon legs out RBI double, lifts Mets over Marlins.  "So on a day Mets manager Terry Collins anointed Ruben Tejada his starting third baseman for now, when Jeurys Familia got a five-out save ...and when Bartolo Colon tied the major league lead in wins, what was the real burning question? Was Colon thinking triple on his second-inning RBI double? 'No shot,' Colon said through a translator. .. Mets’ 4-3 sweep-averting victory over Miami."

The Nationals lost 8-2 to the Reds putting the Mets just a half game behind Washington.

NL East Standings - 5/31/25

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
WSN	28	22	.560	--	228	212	.533
NYM	28	23	.549	0.5	192	186	.515
ATL	25	25	.500	3.0	202	215	.471
MIA	20	31	.392	8.5	194	215	.453
PHI	19	33	.365	10.0	157	230	.332

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/31/2015.

Tom Brennan - A Vientos Repeat Suggestion. Tidwell and Mauricio = WOW! And Little Marco's Streak Up to 36.

 

An article on Mets.com addressed Mark's 2025 struggles and his hopes to break out.  It notes his struggles at the dish AND in the field, likely spilling over from the hitting to the fielding:

Mark Vientos Article

May I repeat my earlier suggestions, as a know-nothing blog writer?

Vientos this year, thru Wed., had only swung at the 1st pitch 63 of 200 times. 

That's 31%.

A similar player, who struggled mightily until age 28, Brent Rooker, has hit 51 HRs in 2024 and so far in 2025.  Great resume.

He has swung at the first pitch 115 out of 246 times up in 2025.  

This year and last, first pitch swings 424 out of 896 times 

That's 47.3%.

An enormous difference in that regard between the two sluggers.

The guy who swings much more has gotten much better results.

When Mark gets to 2 strikes this year?

He is hitting .146.  

And he gets to 2 strikes in 54% of his plate appearances.

What the above tells me?  

Mark should be as aggressive as Brent Rooker at swinging at first pitch strikes.  Rooker is the one slugger of the two who is not struggling.

You'll walk less, perhaps, Mark, but your offensive output will be better. 

Likely MUCH better.  Maybe even "Rooker better".

MORE METS MINORS MAGIC LAST NIGHT

The top 4 Mets minors team went 5-0 yesterday, outscoring the opposition 26-8. Dudes are rolling!

Most impressive? Tidwell fanned 11 in 5.2 hitless innings. Wow. 

Nolan Ryan stats.

He was charged with 2 runs, as his reliever allowed 2 Tidwell runners to score.

Almost as terrific last night?  Tong Terrific and Santucci the Superb combined for 12 innings, 1 run, and 13 Ks. 

Plenty of WOWs last night.  SOOO many fine players in the Mets minors.

RESULTS CAN SPEAK VOLUMES

Ronny Mauricio has already been in the big leagues.  

His AAA stats say he wants back, ASAP:

In Syracuse, the slugger, who turns 25 next April, is slashing at .560/.586/.960 in 29 plate appearances. Wow.  

Paul McCartney, who was a star performer at Shea Stadium in his day, is singing, "Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged".

No infield errors so far in roughly 80 innings in R-Mo's rehab, too. Yay!

Drew Gilbert?  He was great in AA in 2023.  

But 2024 was an injury-addled wash out.  

On to 2025...

In Syracuse, the slugger, who is 7 months older than R-Mo, and turns 25 in September of this year, is just .202/.338/.286 in 148 PAs.  Not Wow.

His positive highlight there is 23 walks vs. 25 Ks.  But the actual batting results are not what any of us might have hoped for.  It almost seems, with just 25 Ks, that he has to be hitting in some bad luck.

A decision may soon be forthcoming for David Stearns.  

If Mauricio stays scaldingly hot, and Jose Siri continues to not hit when he is healthy, do you decide to DFA and demote Siri, and promote Mauricio?  I'd sure lean that way.  Siri is, after all, just 76 for 422 (.180) the big leagues in 2024 and 2025. Which is not .560/.586/.960 by a long shot.

Gilbert?  Maybe his rust is finally shaken off and he is ready to put up a .560/.586/.960, too, in his next 29 PAs.  Time will tell.

LITTLE MARCO

Trump in 2016 called Presidential rival Little Marco.  Now, former Senator Marco Rubio is US Secretary of State.

Little Marco - with BIG Results

"Little Marco" Vargas of the Mets just turned 20, and is not really little, either, at 5'11".  

He's been in 36 games this year.  As I listened for a while to the Cyclones game on SNY last night, he's gotten on base in all 36 games this year.  

THAT is no "little" feat. Keep it rolling, Big Marco.

In 7 of those 36 games, he went hitless, but worked out one walk in 6 of those 7 games, and 2 walks in the other.  He walks a lot.  

OBP of .410.  Career OBP, in 795 PAs, is .411, along with 53 steals.  

Add some power, and the world is yours, Little Marco (who is not little, either, but better described as Masterful Marco). 

Reese Kaplan -- Winning Big May Require You to Play Small

Whether in Little League, college ball, minor leagues or even during the World Series we’ve all pondered what it would be like to smash the game winning home run in the bottom of the ninth to convert a sure loss into a nearly mystical level of victory.  The crowd celebrates with reckless abandon, the player who swung the bat is carried off the field by his teammates in recognition of how one at-bat would go into the history books as an incredible and magical transformation from also-ran to all-time great.  Yup, we’ve all wanted to be that slugger whose skill, strength and stamina catapulted himself into legendary status.

During the PED era in particular it seemed as if nearly all clubs were embracing this approach by stacking the lineup with ballplayers who more resembled bodybuilders than stars on the baseball diamond.  Yes, it is a true firecracker moment when this type of long ball results in a change in the lead. While the days of Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco and many others hopefully are long past us, the fact remains that many clubs lean more on the Earl Weaver strategy of waiting for the three-run homer than they do in actually building runs.

The subject for today is the pros and cons of the opposite approach usually known as small ball as a method of scoring more regularly and frequently rather than having highlight reel occasional fence clearing moments of glory.  For the New York Mets, going into this season it would seem that the long ball capable hitters would be plentiful between Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, Mark Vientos, Francisco Alvarez and Brandon Nimmo.

What we have seen is far more impressive pitching than anyone could have expected, but a definite issue with the home runs occurring frequently enough to ensure that the club could start to bank on that weapon as a way to win games consistently.  Instead we see the team batting average hovering towards the bottom of the league as simple base hits were becoming nearly as difficult for the team to enjoy from its batters.

Small ball, however, is not simply about singles vs. home runs.  It’s also a matter of moving runners along with bunts, stolen bases, balls hit to the opposite side and bases on balls helping to create traffic on the base paths.  Think about what it was like having some of the leadoff hitters from the Mets history — Mookie Wilson, Rickey Henderson, even Roger Cedeno.  What they were adept at doing was getting on base, causing havoc for opposing pitchers and catchers once they were and one single run at a time contributing greatly to the team’s probability of winning. 

Not quite so far in the past was the steady on-base capabilities provided by Jeff McNeil and Brandon Nimmo.  As these players started playing differently and contributing in other ways it corresponded with the Mets’ inability to score.  This most recent 9-4 loss to the lowly White Sox demonstrated the anemic ability the club has shown to hit with runners in scoring position. 

Perhaps instead of looking for the next slugger or even the next Tony Gwynn, maybe it is equally valid for the club to think about how to advance from base to base rather than simply focusing on crossing home plate.  How often have you seen bunts used by this club (other than by Starling Marte)?  Even the stolen base is a weapon not deployed as aggressively as was done in the past.  Growing up in Little League everyone had drilled into them the mantra “a walk is as good as a hit” yet nowadays batters are nearly derided for getting on base without taking a swing.

One of the reasons players in the minors like Jett Williams are generating such buzz is that they remember the value in getting on base, stealing bases, hitting  behind the runners already present and doing all of the small things necessary to help put a W on the board.  Yes, it’s great when you see someone advance to the team who can change outcomes with one swing of the bat, but even in a stellar season you’re talking about perhaps 30 to 40 times per season when the slugger is effective.  Unfortunately the player comes to the plate about 600 times and the strategy of hoping for that 30-40 time productivity seems a low probability for success.

Think back for a moment to the pre-McGwire Cardinals and remember how positively crazy they made opponents with their successful implementation of small ball to win regularly.  Some teams take this approach when they lack the long ball threats while others work on it as a philosophical strategy.  It would seem that for the Mets the long-ball approach is nice but inconsistent.  Maybe it is time to try it another way.  

MACK- My Friday Observations : Mets Futures: 2B, Vientos

 

Morning.

 

Yesterday, we discussed both the current and future of first base.

Today, we take around eight steps to the right and move back to the edge of grass.

Second base.

Frankly, there seems to be enough guys right now on the parent Mets to move this discussion on to short. In fact, if you ask me who the current starter here was, I would be unable to anoint one player here. Right now, the starter varies from Jeff McNeil to Brett Baty to Luisangel Acuña.  My guess is Baty is becoming the permanent third baseman, but you watch. As soon as I write that next Wednesday, Carlos Mendoza will play him back here.

For the sake of argument, and this series, my team currently have an exciting speed demon that may be the best fielder on this team (Acuña) and an ex-batting champ that is under contract until the end of the 2026 (2027 opt) season (McNeil). Additionally, if needed, there is a capable third wheel if injuries hit both Acuna and McNeil (Baty). To me, all good for 2026.

Past that, there is currently one option for 2026, a possible one for 2027, and another possible for 2028.

The 2026 option is the current number one prospect for the Mets… as either a shortstop or centerfielder. Nowhere do you read about Jett Williams being a second baseman, but, with short blocked until sometime next decade, and center could easily go to another prospect, the only way you would get Williams in the Mets lineup is to move at least one of Acuna or McNeil. He’s currently is pulling his weight in Binghamton and there is a good chance he could finish this season in Syracuse. This makes my ETA for Jett to be around the 2026 all-star break. Williams has the kind of raw talent that makes teams make room for him, so my guess he will start somewhere. Unless he is traded for a biggie. As they say… news at eleven.

Past Williams, the two “maybe” options all started strong this year. One started strong at St. Lucie, but is now tepid in Brooklyn (Marco Vargas) and Trey Snyder, who is hitting in the .250 range for St. Lucie. I have to see a lot more out of these two before I consider them viable options to start at second in, Flushing.

My guess?

The future of second baseman first belongs to Acuna, followed by Williams. Sadly, next season McNeil begins the odd man out process.

Top Bat Speed Decliners (2024 to 2025)

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6373938/2025/05/22/fantasy-baseball-2025-player-outlook-bat-speed/

Mark Vientos, however, needs to find his 2024 bat speed. He’s making better swing decisions, but his barrel rate is down by half to 7%. I have no inside knowledge here, but I wouldn’t be shocked if he has some nagging aches and pains messing with his swing just enough to cause a significant drop-off.

Mets the best in baseball at limiting extra-base hits

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6386784/2025/05/28/mets-limit-extra-base-hits/

Through two months of the 2025 season, New York’s pitching staff is the best in the majors at preventing extra-base hits.

To understand this, let’s use the stat “isolated power,” or “ISO,” which is just slugging percentage minus batting average. The league-average ISO is .150.

    1.    Mets        0.103

    2.    Giants      0.121

    3.    Red Sox   0.121

    4.    Twins       0.126

    5.    Yankees   0.126

NL Rookie of the Year Odds

https://www.justbaseball.com/mlb/nl-al-rookie-of-the-year-odds/

1. Drake Baldwin/Atlanta Braves                                    +275         

2. AJ Smith-Shawver/Atlanta Braves                             +425         

3. Agustín Ramírez/Miami Marlins                                 +500         

4. Logan Henderson/Milwaukee Brewers                    +700         

5. Matt Shaw/Chicago Cubs                                               +1200       

6. Chad Patrick/Milwaukee Brewers                              +1400       

7. Hyeseong Kim/LA Dodgers                                           +1800       

7. Luisangel Acuna/New York Mets                                +1800

Possible Mets Trade Package for Paul Skenes

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6387091/2025/05/28/paul-skenes-pirates-mlb-trade-proposals/

New York Mets

Proposed package: OF Carson Benge, 1B Ryan Clifford, SS/OF Jett Williams, RHP Brandon Sproat

The Mets could offer arguably their four best prospects for Skenes. Sproat could effectively replace Skenes in the Pirates’ rotation immediately, while Benge, Clifford and Williams would give them a trio of bats who would improve their lineup in the long term. This is the weakest package of the five, but among this group of potential trade partners, the Mets are the team that needs Skenes the most. He’d pair with Kodai Senga to lead a rotation that surprisingly tops the majors in ERA (2.85) this season.

                           Mack –

                           I assume that the Pirates evaluate players and prospects better than they play baseball games. This is really weak package for the second-best pitcher in the game. Clifford continues to show that he probably shouldn’t have been traded for Sproat is reliever in the making. It will take, at least, two more power names here. One, could come from the A+ or FCL level, but the other would have to be prime raw meat. If it was me, I would replace Clifford and Sproat with either Ronnie Mauricio or Jonah Tong, and replace Sproat with Estarling Mercado. 

IN FOCUS - Lindor, Manea, Soto, Harvey, Skenes, Cota, Juarez, Baty, Garrett, Brazoban, Alonso, Senga

 

SNY Mets                              @SNY_Mets

Francisco Lindor does something unique as a leader that players in the Mets' clubhouse credit him for - he goes to each teammates' locker and checks in on them after every series.

                        Will Sammon      @TheAthletic

Lindor: "For me, it is more instinctual. It’s like walking into my house and saying hello to my kids."

Sean Manaea: "It goes a long way in making people feel welcome. I’ve never seen it before. I can’t think of anyone I’ve played with that would do something like that. It’s very unique, special."

Juan Soto: "I really respect that. He really cares about the guys. That’s huge for a team — to show a little love to every player and have them know that you always have their back, even if they have a bad day. It’s big time."

 

Mathew Brownstein       @MBrownstein89

Matt Harvey's first 35 career starts:

231.0 IP, 2.38 ERA, 2.34 FIP, 0.96 WHIP, 28.5 K%

Paul Skenes's first 35 career starts:

208.1 IP, 2.03 ERA, 2.47 FIP, 0.94 WHIP, 30.6 K%

 

Matt Levine                             mlevine@bingrp.com

Please see below for today's transactions involving the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. An updated roster is attached.

RHP Irving Cota - Transferred from AA Binghamton to A St. Lucie

LHP Daniel Juarez - Activated off Binghamton's Development List

 

Mets Den        @MetsDen_·

This off day seems like a good time to take a look back at some of the bright spots through the #Mets first 56 games of the season…

Brett Baty has come into form and has given the team a much needed spark as of late. After a slow start, he given the team every reason to believe he can be the 3B of the future and his sparkling defense has been a big reason why.

Reed Garrett has been phenomenal out of the pen. With a 0.76 ERA through 24 appearances, he’s well affirmed himself into the circle of trust.

Huascar Brazoban has turned into the player we thought we were getting when trading with the Marlins at last year’s deadline. After struggling with command last year and ultimately being left off the NLCS roster, Brazoban has come into form with a 1.11 ERA through 24 appearances and seems to be in a great place mentally.

Pete Alonso has proved to be the backbone of this lineup. After a dragged out offseason negotiation, Pete has kicked off his 2025 campaign with a .290 AVG, 43 RBIs and 31 runs. He’s without a doubt on pace for a career season…let’s see if he can keep it rolling

Kodai Senga has been COOKING. He’s off to a league leading 1.46 ERA and has given the Mets some much needed stability at the top of the rotation. Great to see him healthy and in form after his miraculous comeback in the NLDS

Certainly a lot of positives to take from the #Mets 34-22 start to the season…

Who has impressed you the most?

John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Mets fight back but lose late, 5/30/2015

Jack Leathersich, 2015 Topps Heritage Card

2015, the last year the Mets made the World Series.  This daily post will detail the game by game journey to the Fall Classic.  Click here for More Mets History and Calendar Classics.

Year: 2015; Game #50; Saturday;  May 30, NYM 5  Vs. MIA; 9; boxscore;  WP: Dunn; LP: Robles;  Save: Ramos; Time: 03:07; DAY; Attendance: 39,095; Record: 27-23; Standings: 2; Games up/behind: 1.5; L; 

Curtis Granderson RF  1 for 3; HBP; 2 runs; 1 RBI; 1 walk; Rubén Tejada 3B  2 for 4; 2B; 3 RBIs; 1 walk; Lucas Duda 1B  1 for 4; 2B; 1 RBI; 1 walk; 1 K; Daniel Murphy 2B  0 for 4; 1 walk; 1 K; Michael Cuddyer LF  1 for 5; Wilmer Flores SS  2 for 5; GDP; 1 run; Juan Lagares CF  1 for 4; 1 run; 1 K; Eric Campbell PH  0 for 1; 1 K; KevinPlawecki C  1 for 4; 2 Ks;  Jon Niese P  0 for 1; Daniel Muno PH  0 for 0; 1 run; 1 walk; John Mayberry PH  0 for 0; 1 walk; Darrell Ceciliani CF  0 for 1; Jon Niese  4 innings; 5 runs; 4 ERs; 7 hits; 2 HRs; 3 Ks; Erik Goeddel  1.2 innings; no runs; 1 hit; 2 Ks; Jack Leathersich  0.1 inning; no runs; 1 K; Hansel Robles, L (0-1)  1 inning; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 3 hits; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Alex Torres  2 innings; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 3 hits; 2 HRs; 1 K; 

Jon Niese allowed 5 runs, 4 ER on 7 hits in the 1st 5 innings.  However, down 5-1, the Mets came back to tie it in the bottom of the 5th highlighted by a Rueben Tejada bases clearing double.  Marlins broke up the tie as Christian Yelich singled in two off Hansel Robles (L,0-1) in the 7th and added 2 insurance runs on back to back homers by Giancarlo Stanton and Jeff Baker in the 9th off Alex Torres.  

NY Post: Jon Niese hammered as Mets fall again to lowly Marlins. “The pitcher and his team are searching for answers when it comes to the left-hander, who was hit hard for a fourth consecutive outing in a 9-5 loss to the Marlins at Citi Field on Saturday. He was knocked out after just four innings and has coughed up at least four earned runs in each of his last four outings. In the process, he has seen his ERA skyrocket from 1.95 to 4.42.”

Despite the loss the Mets stay 1.5 games behind the first place Washington Nationals.

NL East Standings 5/30/15

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
WSN	28	21	.571	--	226	204	.547
NYM	27	23	.540	1.5	188	183	.512
ATL	24	25	.490	4.0	195	210	.466
MIA	20	30	.400	8.5	191	211	.455
PHI	19	32	.373	10.0	156	226	.337

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Generated 5/30/2015.