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Mets postpone Opening Day until Friday due to rain

Amazin' Avenue (Vasilis Drimalitis) — Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images For the second straight year, Opening Day has been rained out. With rain forecast for Wednesday night through much of Thursday, the Mets made the decision to postpone Opening Day earlier this afternoon. The Mets will now kick off the season on Friday, March 29 at 1:40 p.m. at Citi Field against the Brewers . Fans who wish to go on Friday can...
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Francisco Lindor looks to have another excellent season in Queens

Amazin' Avenue (David Capobianco) — Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images After a down first season, Lindor has posted 6-fWAR campaigns each of the last two years. Entering his fourth season as the Mets shortstop, Francisco Lindor has developed into a leader and one of the faces of the franchise. It started out a little bumpy in 2021, but over the last two seasons, Lindor has been not only the most...
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Alex Ramirez needs more time

Amazin' Avenue (Brian Salvatore) — Photo by Jared Blais/MLB Photos via Getty Images The speedy outfielder looks to improve his bat in 2024. Before the Mets sent most of their tradable players elsewhere at the 2023 trade deadline, Alex Ramirez was a much more important piece in the Mets’ system. An international free agent who got a $2.05 million signing bonus, Ramirez is an athletic, speedy outfield prospect who has...
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We’re all rooting for Zack Short

Amazin' Avenue (Brian Salvatore) — Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images The feel good story of late spring has arrived. On Sunday morning, Zack Short got a phone call that many of us have experienced: his grandmother had passed away. Short, in his first spring training with the Mets , could not join his family in the Kingston area to be with his grandmother as she died. As much fun as it seems like being a pro...
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José Quintana is an unlikely Opening Day starter

Amazin' Avenue (Brian Salvatore) — Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images The veteran lefty hopes to build on his successful, but limited, 2023 season. This wasn’t how Opening Day was supposed to go. Depending on when you were projecting the Mets ’ Opening Day starter, you either had optimism that Yoshinobu Yamamoto was going to be the newest Met and would take the hill on March 28th. If it was on the first day of Spring...
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A Pod of Their Own: The Steve Cohen Group Chat

Amazin' Avenue (Allison McCague) — This week, we talk about the J.D. Martinez signing, the Mets’ Opening Day roster, and baseball’s biggest scandal in years. Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets , social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space. This week, we begin by discussing the J.D. Martinez signing...
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Mets Morning News for March 27, 2024

Amazin' Avenue (Kory Powell) — Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK Your Wednesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets Entering her third season with the Mets , Liz Benn shared the team has the most female coaches in baseball . The Mets released reliever Phil Bickford. Tylor Megill and his brother Trevor are set to face off in the big leagues later this...
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(Weird) Dream Season

Faith and Fear in Flushing (Greg Prince) — Today we reach that year in the MY FAVORITE SEASONS, FROM LEAST FAVORITE TO MOST FAVORITE, 1969-PRESENT countdown when I have to admit I went to sleep sometime in early April and woke up sometime in early November. That must be what happened, because I don’t seem to have any memories of anything that could [...]
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Mets release Phil Bickford

Amazin' Avenue (Chris McShane) — Phil Bickford | Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Picked up during the 2023 season, Bickford’s time with the Mets has ended. The Mets have released 28-year-old right-handed reliever Phil Bickford, having designated him for assignment a few days ago to make room for designated hitter J.D. Martinez on their 40-man roster. Coming into spring training, Bickford was one of several...
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You should be excited about Jett Williams

Amazin' Avenue (Lukas Vlahos) — Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Jett’s already been incredibly impressive. How much more can he be? When I started thinking about a title for this season preview (easily the least fun part of writing these things), all the usual aviation related puns came to mind. Headlines like “This Jett is ready for takeoff” or “Jett about to take flight” are incredibly...
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Omar Narváez is clearly the Mets’ backup catcher in 2024

Amazin' Avenue (Chris McShane) — Omar Narváez | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Francisco Alvarez is the number one catcher, and Narváez will be his backup. Omar Narváez joined the Mets before the 2023 season, and just a few days into the season, he hit the injured list and saw top prospect Franciso Alvarez called up to fill in. Narváez didn’t make it back until early June, and by then, Alvarez had gotten a firm...
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Josh Walker could get another shot in the Mets’ bullpen in 2024

Amazin' Avenue (Chris McShane) — Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images The 29-year-old made his big league debut last year. Josh Walker was picked by the Mets in the 37th round—a round that no longer exists by 17 rounds—in the 2017 draft. Most players taken in rounds that late don’t end up making it to the big leagues, but Walker made his debut with the major league team last year. The results across his 10.0...
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José Butto will provide valuable starting depth in 2024

Amazin' Avenue (David Capobianco) — Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images In the modern game, depth pitchers like Butto are a really important thing to have—and can help set the Mets apart from other teams with shallower rotations. Last April, the Mets’ starting rotation was ravaged by injuries/suspensions extremely early in the season. Max Scherzer was suspended, and Justin Verlander, Carlos Carrasco,...
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Flushing is Burning: Sho Me the Money

Amazin' Avenue (Grace Carbone) — Anyone wanna place a bet on how long this scandal will last? Grace is back with some huge stories. She starts with the world’s quickest recap of recent baseball news to get to the story of the week, maybe year: Shohei Ohtani’s betting scandal. Who did what, what we know, what we don’t, what situations make more sense than others, Grace attempts to make heads and tails of anything and walks...
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Mets Morning News for March 26, 2024

Amazin' Avenue (Vasilis Drimalitis) — Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Your Tuesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets The Mets concluded their spring training schedule with a 3-0 loss to the Yankees . New York finished spring with a 15-14 record. There was a scary moment when Starling Marte was hit in the head by a Clay Holmes pitch. However, the Mets’...
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