Fans gush over British announcer’s call of Mets’ win over Phillies
America wants more Darren Fletcher. The TNT Sports announcer drew rave reviews for his call of the game-ending double play during Sunday’s Mets-Phillies game in London. Fletcher, the football announcer, provided some truly exhilarating play-by-play commentary, with Drew Smith inviting a weak grounder from Nick Castellanos and catcher Luis Torres turning it into a double […]
Mets’ Jeff McNeil believes he would be a ‘heck of a cricket player’
LONDON — Jeff McNeill flipped through the TV channels in his hotel room, watching more cricket matches than he expected to watch before the Met’s arrival in England last week. The Mets second baseman was caught. “My wife and I have both gotten into it. I think I’d be a great cricketer,” McNeill said after […]
Where Steve Cohen’s Mets focus is amid trade deadline chatter
LONDON — Steve Cohen didn’t want to talk about the trade deadline. He continued to insist it was too early, and he also understood that the truest statement about whether the Mets would buy or sell by July 30 would be made non-verbally by the actions of the team, not by himself. Then the Mets […]
Mets hold on to beat Phillies in London with game-ending double play
LONDON — The Mets got more than just a sightseeing trip or two in their four days across the Atlantic. Teams with some flaws have shown a penchant for creating magic in the ninth inning, and that was on display again Sunday as the Mets pulled away to a draw with the Phillies in the […]
Alex Rodriguez’s plan to fix Mets will irk Yankees: ‘Get Juan Soto’
Alex Rodriguez has a simple plan for the Mets. But it came at the expense of his former team. Before the Yankees played the Dodgers on Saturday, manager Kevin Burkhart asked on Fox: “How would you improve the Mets?” David Ortiz, A-Rod and Derek Jeter offered scathing analysis in the “How Do We Fix the […]
Bizarre choice of players, merch used to promote Mets’ London games
That’s not really surprising. As the Mets and Phillies prepare to meet back-to-back this week as part of the London Series, an eagle-eyed Mets fan’s X-post revealed an unusual advertisement for the event. A poster outside the New Era Carnaby store in London advertised the series, which features an unlikely trio of Mets relief pitchers: […]
Mets’ London excursion is ultimately a business trip
LONDON — Pete Alonso threw a curveball. Minutes into Friday’s press conference, Alonso began bombarding local reporters with questions about the best places to try the city’s most famous dish and whether they could find a traditional Sunday roast in time for Sunday. This was the day after the Mets traveling party and their families […]
MLB GMs have eyes on Mets if they become MLB deadline sellers
GMs are said to be particularly interested in what the Mets might do because they potentially have more tradeable players than any other team. Pete Alonso, Luis Severino, Sean Manaea, J.D. Martinez, Harrison Bader, Jake Diekman, Adam Ottavino, Reid Garrett and Sean Reid-Foley should have value, as well as Starling Marte and Jose Quintana if […]
Mets’ recent offensive resurgence provides some hope
WASHINGTON — Contrary to speculation last week that Buckingham Palace had called the Mets and told them they weren’t welcome in London, it turns out that what appears to be a major league team was planning to leave one nation’s capital for another on Wednesday night. The Mets have obvious flaws, but their lineup’s recent […]
Starling Marte ‘felt something’ in knee before Mets scratch
Starling Marte was out with a knee injury, but Mendoza said the Mets weren’t particularly concerned. Marte told manager Carlos Mendoza after Tuesday’s win that he “felt something” in his right knee in the bottom of the seventh inning. Mendoza had Marte back in the lineup on Wednesday, playing him in right field, and said […]