Tag: New York Mets

The Mets’ City Connect purple-ish jerseys are here and fans generally liked what they saw

Fans think the Mets did a pretty good job on these.

After much anticipation, the New York Mets unveiled their City Connect jerseys for the 2024 season.

Fans knew to expect at least some purple on the uniforms or hats based on the teaser video posted earlier this month. But now that they are officially here, we now know exactly what the jerseys will look like when they are on the field.

New York will wear these for the first time on April 27 against the Cardinals. The team will continue to rock the purple look for the majority of their home games played on Saturdays for the remainder of the season.

While the MLB jerseys produced by Fanatics are getting widely criticized this year, these are generally receiving positive reviews.

Some cool details include nods to the concrete sidewalks, the New York subway system (including the 7 Line train to Citi Field) and tokens, bridges, and maps.

Fans generally liked what they saw

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The Mets may stink but Edwin Diaz’s trumpet entrance is even better with a thrilling new light show

The LED light show for Edwin Diaz and the trumpets is amazin’ even in a loss.

The New York Mets are having a truly disastrous start to the 2024 MLB season, but there is also good news if you’re a fan of this team.

Despite starting off the season with four consecutive losses for the first time since 2005, among the players, the vibes are in a very good place. Perhaps a big reason why is the return of closer Edwin Diaz.

The star pitcher missed all of last season while celebrating in the World Baseball Classic, which was a heartbreaking disaster for everyone involved. Fortunately, however, Diaz has returned to the team and looks as amazing as ever.

When he entered the field for the first night game of the season in New York, fans got to watch his stunning trumpet-fueled entrance.

This past offseason, the team installed LED lights at Citi Field that have now elevated the performance to an even more exciting place than it was when we last saw Diaz enter the game.

RELATED: Where Mets’ Edwin Diaz’s amazin’ entrance music ranks on the top all-time best MLB closer entrance songs

Diaz’s entrance was already one of the best things about baseball but a good light show can make something go from good to great.

We’ve seen cool lighting at Dodger Stadium after home runs but the addition of the changing colors to the trumpet song is a one-of-a-kind experience.

If it already looks this good now, just imagine how great the vibes will feel when all of this happens for an actual save and a win for Diaz and the Mets. Goosebumps!

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New lip-reading video shows NSFW stuff Rhys Hoskins and Jeff McNeil yelled at each other

So many curses yelled between these two.

It was the Opening Day drama that made headlines everywhere: after Rhys Hoskins dangerously slid into Jeff McNeil at second base in the Milwaukee Brewers’ win over the New York Mets on Friday, the infielder and the first baseman jawed at each other.

It was clear Hoskins called McNeil a “crybaby” and surely there were expletives tossed at each other. And that’s where Jomboy comes in — the lip-reader of all things baseball and beyond had a go at what was said between the two, and you can bet he found a lot of not-so-nice stuff.

WARNING: There’s a TON of NSFW stuff said in this one:

Jeff McNeil has the perfect Taylor Swift walkup song in 2024

Is Jeff McNeil a Swiftie?

If you’re a baseball player in New York and you need the perfect song to walk up to when you’re batting, Taylor Swift has one tune that’s just ideal.

That would be Welcome to New York, off of her album 1989. Jeff McNeil happens to fit the profile as a Mets player who apparently wanted to change up his walkup music this year, so in his first game of 2024, he strolled up to the plate to the sounds of Taylor Swift.

As you’d expect, people picked up on it immediately and they loved it. Here’s a sampling from X (formerly Twitter):

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Sean Manaea cut his hair for the first time in 4 years and looks completely different

Sean Manaea looks SO different now!

Sean Manaea has made a bunch of stops around Major League Baseball in recent years, starting in Oakland with the A’s, followed by the San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants and now the New York Mets.

One thing hasn’t changed: his huge head of long, curly hair.

That is … until now!

The hurler did a shave and a haircut and now looks COMPLETELY different. Why did he do it? Per the New York Post: “He decided recently without much thought — ‘pretty impulsive,’ he said — that he was ready for a new look.”

Here’s the before, the after and the side-by-side:

Mets invite Drew Gilbert to spring training

The New York Mets invite former Vol Drew Gilbert to spring training.

Former Vol Drew Gilbert has received a non-roster invitation from the Mets to spring training.

New York is scheduled to hold its first full squad workout on Feb. 19. New York’s first spring training game is slated for Feb. 24 against St. Louis in a split squad matchup.

Gilbert was traded from Houston to the Mets ahead of the Major League Baseball deadline on Aug. 1, 2023.

He was selected by Houston in the first-round (No. 28 overall) of the 2022 MLB draft.

Gilbert appeared in 58 games during his final season at Tennessee in 2022, totaling 11 home runs, 70 RBIs, 60 runs, 72 hits, 21 doubles, four triples, 33 walks and four stolen bases.

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire

Former Florida OF signs free agent deal with New York Mets

Former Florida outfielder Harrison Bader is headed back to New York, but this time he’ll play for the Mets instead of the Yankees.

After playing for both the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds in 2023, former Florida Gators outfielder and seven-year MLB veteran Harrison Bader has agreed to a one-year, $10.5 million deal with the New York Mets, according to MLB.com’s Mark Feisand.

The contract is the largest of Bader’s career and a significant pay increase from his arbitration extension with St. Louis in 2022 worth $10.4 million over two years.

Bader joins his former Florida teammate Pete Alonso on the Mets. The two won a College World Series together in 2015, and Alonso welcomed Bader to New York with open arms.

Bader’s best year came in 2021 when he finished with 3.2 wins above replacement (WAR), according to FanGraphs, but that number has dropped to 1.0 since. He’s a career .243/.310/.396 hitter, but it’s the glove that MLB teams are paying for.

Capable centerfielders are some of the hottest commodities at the highest level of the game. There’s no guarantee that Bader finds his way into the starting lineup, but the Mets are banged up enough to have added some outfield depth over the past few weeks.

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Why the Marlins may travel back to New York to play just 1 inning after a rain delay saga

Seriously. This could happen!

It’s been the rainiest of weeks in New York, and that might be wreaking havoc on the National League Wild Card race.

The Miami Marlins are in the thick of it, currently hanging on to the final spot by just a half-game, with the Chicago Cubs right behind and the Cincinnati Reds 1.5 games out. But Tuesday’s game against the Mets was postponed due to rain (there was a doubleheader on Wednesday), and on Thursday, the Marlins were up 2-1 in the ninth inning when rain suspended the contest.

That could mean some chaos: If the result of that suspended game is necessary to decide the Wild Card, there’s a possibility Miami would have to come back to New York after visiting the Pirates and play just ONE inning of baseball on Monday:

Wild. Just wild. And there have been some grumbling from the Marlins about how the Mets’ grounds crew has handled things:

Former LSU pitcher named to MILB All-Star team

Paul Gervase has been named to the South Atlantic League All-Star team.

Former LSU relief pitcher [autotag]Paul Gervase[/autotag] has been named to the South Atlantic League All-Star team.

Gervase was drafted by the New York Mets in the 12th round of the 2022 MLB draft and signed with them that summer. He was then transferred to the Mets High-A club, the Brooklyn Cyclones. That is where Gervase made his mark in 2023.

The righty was superb across his team-high 31 appearances out of the Brooklyn bullpen. Across his 47.0 innings of work, the 6’10 reliever notched a 1.72 ERA and struck out 76 batters.

A 2022 12th-round pick by the Mets organization, Gervase was, statistically speaking, one of the best relief arms across the circuit. Amongst relief pitchers with at least 30 games played, no player in the South Atlantic League had a lower ERA than Gervase’s mark of 1.72.

Paul’s success did not stop there, though. He was promoted to the Mets Double-A squad, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. The future looks bright for this former Tiger!

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