en-us SportSpyder - New York Mets (Faith and Fear in Flushing) https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/sources/11224/news Emily and I were up in Massachusetts for our high-school reunion and so missed both the good vibes of Friday night’s game and the disappointment of Saturday’s clunker. Plus we drove up Thursday night, which was an off-day, spent by the Mets in their usual posture of wandering the West Coast. Even in a season that’s [...] Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:23:37 GMT Jason Fry https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/articles/56888913 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/articles/56888913 false false Carson Benge had a heckuva day Sunday. Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:00:56 GMT Greg Prince https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/articles/56887440 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/articles/56887440 false false One final late night West Coast start for 2026 awaited. Its contents were a mystery at its beginning, but you couldn’t be blamed if you sensed in advance something would go awry. Escaping the Metsian temporal cul-de-sac is rarely a breeze. Saturday. San Diego. After dark. You don’t have to be Joe Piscopo to report that [...] Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:49:40 GMT Greg Prince https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/articles/56874125 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/articles/56874125 false false The Mets are 3-0 in Friday night West Coast games in 2026. Maybe they should schedule some more of them. Or maybe we should just play every Friday night from 9:40 PM Eastern time forward, regardless of locale. The same team that toppled the Giants in San Francisco on a Friday night in April and [...] Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:37:18 GMT Greg Prince https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/articles/56866818 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/articles/56866818 false false Based on where the Seattle Mariners went last season and where the Seattle Mariners sit this season, it is fair to say that on Wednesday afternoon at T-Mobile Park, the New York Mets beat a playoff or at least playoff-caliber team. The Mariners made the postseason in 2025 and lead their division in 2026. The [...] Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:37:41 GMT Greg Prince https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/articles/56844251 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/articles/56844251 false false “Give me the name of a baseball player.” “Darryl Strawberry.” “No, a real one!” —Frasier and Martin Crane, Frasier, “A Cranes’ Critique,” Season 4, Episode 4, October 22, 1996 Dr. Frasier Crane and his brother Dr. Niles Crane, haughty denizens of Cafe Nervosa that they are, would probably shudder if the jingle for what they’d likely consider a pedestrian [...] Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:08:34 GMT Greg Prince https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/articles/56833145 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/articles/56833145 false false