Mark Vientos injury update, Ronny Mauricio to join Mets
On Baseball Night in NY, SNY MLB Insider Andy Martino reports that Yankees would like Jazz Chisholm to play 3B and former Mets GM Zack Scott, speculates on who they could pursue as second base options at the trade deadline including former Yankee Isiah Kiner-Falefa IKF and possibly even the Mets' Jeff McNeil.
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New York Times
19 minutes ago
- New York Times
Mets can't shake out of their funk in series loss to lowly Nationals
WASHINGTON — The Mets' era of good feelings lasted all of three games. Less than 48 hours ago, the Mets could claim a shift in momentum. They had won a series against a good team and cracked jokes in the clubhouse Tuesday night after opening this road trip with their crispest game in weeks. But what was light-hearted Tuesday was downtrodden Thursday, following a series loss to a last-place team. Advertisement 'We have to be better,' said Juan Soto. In a script all too familiar over the last several weeks, the Mets were blitzed in the middle innings and silent against an opponent's bullpen, wasting an early three-run lead in a 9-3 loss to the Nationals. It's New York's first series loss in the nation's capital since 2021, when Soto played right field for the home team here. The Mets are under .500 this season against the three teams beneath them in the National League East standings, consistently missing opportunities to take advantage of the softer parts of their schedule. New York is a half-game ahead of idle Cincinnati for the final wild-card spot, and it fell a season-high seven games behind first-place Philadelphia in the division. 'We've got to get going. We've got to see results,' manager Carlos Mendoza said. 'We don't have much time left.' On Thursday, the Mets got to Washington starter MacKenzie Gore early. Francisco Lindor hit his eighth leadoff home run of the season — that's a franchise record — and just his second homer as a right-handed batter since June 1. Starling Marte went yard in the third, and Hayden Senger picked up the first RBI of his career with a sacrifice fly in the fourth for a 3-0 lead. Chances for more in that fourth and fifth went by the wayside, with the Mets stranding two runners in each frame. As usual, they'd regret that. Lindor SMOKED that one 😮💨@Lindor12BC | #LGM — New York Mets (@Mets) August 21, 2025 As has been his tendency this season, Sean Manaea cruised for the first few innings before hitting trouble in the middle of the game. Manaea struck out eight of the first 11 Nationals he faced. But the last of those, C.J. Abrams, reached on a wild pitch to lead off the fourth, ultimately scoring on a groundout. Advertisement An inning later, Washington took the lead with the help of some New York sloppiness. Following a leadoff single, Jacob Young bunted the ball hard at Pete Alonso; Alonso's throw to second, however, was not in time to get an out. Manaea hit Abrams two batters later to load the bases and, after a sacrifice fly, walked Andrés Chaparro to reload them. His day was done. Tyler Rogers was greeted by a two-run single from Riley Adams to give the Nats a 4-3 lead. Rogers surrendered an additional run in the sixth on a single by the ninth-place hitter, Young. Manaea was charged with four runs in 4 2/3 innings. 'It starts with our starters. They set the tone,' Mendoza said. 'It's been hard for those guys for two months.' The rotation was supposed to be stabilized when Kodai Senga and Manaea each returned just before the All-Star break. Instead, the pair has combined for a 5.19 ERA in that span. They're averaging less than 4 2/3 innings per start between them. This doesn't even mention the struggles that sent Frankie Montas to the bullpen. 'Senga and Manaea, we need those guys,' said Mendoza. Since Manaea initially shifted his arm slot last July, it has steadily lowered more and more. The Mets have been working with the left-hander on raising it back to where he'd first lowered it, thinking that will permit him to get his fastball back to the top of the zone, where it played so well in 2024, more consistently. Otherwise, teams are feasting on the lefty the second and third times through the order. 3⃣⬆️3⃣⬇️ — New York Mets (@Mets) August 21, 2025 Just as infuriating as the starting woes has been the offense's extended quietude against opposing bullpens. On Wednesday, New York picked up a single hit in 3 2/3 innings against the Washington bullpen, the worst in all of baseball. On Thursday, the Nationals' relief corps retired 14 of 16 to close out the game. Advertisement 'Back-to-back nights, we didn't have good at-bats against them,' Mendoza said. 'The biggest thing is we chased. We didn't give ourselves a chance to create opportunities.' If you knew nothing about these teams before this week, you'd surely think it was Washington and not New York that built a purported super bullpen in the last month. Nats' relievers allowed two runs and nine baserunners over 11 1/3 innings in the series. The Mets? Their relievers gave up five runs and eight baserunners in 3 1/3 innings on Thursday alone. James Wood's three-run homer off Ryne Stanek in the eighth put the game firmly out of reach. In a moment like this, it is helpful to remember that the 2024 Mets, for all their pluck and verve, had slumps in August and September. They nearly went scoreless in Seattle, they lost a series to the Athletics, they looked off even over the final weekend in Milwaukee. And at this point in the season, they were a game worse than the 2025 team is. But what's troubling is how long this play has persisted — not just poor play, but poor play that looks similar night after night. 'It ain't late, but it ain't early,' said Soto. 'We've got to figure out one way or another to win a game.' Spot the pattern. Connect the terms Find the hidden link between sports terms Play today's puzzle
San Francisco Chronicle
an hour ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
James Wood hits a 3-run homer and the Nationals beat the banged-up Mets 9-3 to win series
WASHINGTON (AP) — James Wood broke out of a slump with a three-run homer, Riley Adams hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth inning, and the last-place Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 9-3 on Thursday to take two of three from their banged-up NL East rivals. Wood's opposite-field shot to left in the ninth was his 26th homer of the season but just his second since the second-year slugger played in his first All-Star Game. Rookie Brady House had three hits and an RBI for the Nationals, who got another strong performance from their inexperienced bullpen after All-Star MacKenzie Gore couldn't get through the fifth. Jackson Rutledge (2-2), Clayton Beeter, PJ Poulin, Cole Henry and Jose A. Ferrer combined to allow one hit in 4 2/3 innings, with Ferrer getting the last four outs for his fourth save. Francisco Lindor broke the Mets' franchise record for leadoff homers in a season with his eighth. It was his 25th homer of the season and 28th career leadoff shot. Starling Marte also homered for the Mets, who didn't have regulars Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil in the lineup due to nagging injuries. McNeil struck out looking as a pinch-hitter in the eighth. New York has lost 16 of 21 and fell seven games behind first-place Philadelphia in the division. Key stat Mets slugger Juan Soto went 1 for 12 with six strikeouts in the series against the club that signed him as a 16-year-old in 2015. Up next The Mets begin a series at Atlanta on Friday, with rookie Nolan McLean (1-0, 0.00 ERA) making his second career start. Joey Wentz (4-3, 4.72) pitches for the Braves. ___
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Mets drop series against Nationals after losing rubber game, 9-3
The Mets dropped the rubber game against the last-place Washington Nationals on Thursday afternoon, losing 9-3. Here are the takeaways... -For the first time since late July, it looked like Sean Manaea was poised to have a good day on the mound. The left-hander began his outing by retiring nine of the first 10 batters he faced, including seven via strikeout. The only hit Manaea allowed over the first three innings was a ground-rule double by Brady House that got stuck in the left-field wall padding and barely missed being a home run. Still, after the first hard-hit ball against him and the first Nationals chance to score, Manaea came back to strike out two to end the inning and leave the runner stranded at second. -From then on, though, things got tricky for the lefty. The fourth inning began with another strikeout, Manaea's eighth of the game, but catcher Hayden Senger couldn't stop the sweeper and CJ Abrams reached safely on the wild pitch charged to Manaea. After a lineout, a single and a hit by pitch loaded the bases, Abrams came around to score on Dylan Crews' groundout to second base. Brett Baty made the play going to his right, cutting off Francisco Lindor who might have had a chance to step on second and double up Crews even with his speed. -After surrendering just the one run in the fourth, Manaea was back out for the fifth and paid for another defensive misstep. Following a single to start the inning, Jacob Young laid down a sacrifice bunt which was handled by Pete Alonso. Instead of getting the sure out at first base, Alonso threw to second to try and get the lead runner out, but his throw was too late. Alonso's aggressiveness put runners on first and second with nobody out and had Manaea in some more hot water. The left-hander got one out before hitting his second batter of the game to load the bases once again. Met killer Paul DeJong hit a sacrifice fly to get Washington closer, but Manaea was one out away from escaping further damage. However, he was unable to close the door and walked Andrés Chaparro to end his outing and left with the bases loaded. -Up by one, manager Carlos Mendoza turned to Tyler Rogers to get the final out of the inning and hold onto the lead, but the submariner came in and immediately gave up the lead on a two-run single by Riley Adams. Both runs were charged to Manaea, who went 4.2 innings and gave up four earned runs on three hits, a walk, two HBPs and a wild pitch. It's the fourth consecutive outing that Manaea has allowed four earned runs or more after coming off the IL and pitching to a 2.08 ERA in July in four games (three starts). Manaea has an ugly 7.98 ERA in four August starts. His season ERA now sits at 5.15 in 36.2 innings. -On the other side, pitching for the Nationals, MacKenzie Gore lasted just 4.1 innings and was touched up for three runs, including Lindor's leadoff home run to start the game -- the shortstop's eighth time leading off a game with a homer, a new franchise single-season record. Starling Marte also tagged Gore for a solo shot in the third to give the Mets a 2-0 lead. -But against Washington's bullpen, which has struggled all season, New York couldn't get anything going. Five pitchers held the Mets scoreless for 4.2 innings and before Lindor's two-out single in the ninth, their last hit was a single in the fourth inning by Cedric Mullins. Instead, it was New York's bullpen that let the game get away. -After Rogers failed to bail out Manaea in the fifth, the roof caved in on Ryne Stanek in the eighth. The right-hander allowed four runs on three hits and two walks. The big blow came off the bat of the struggling James Wood, who unloaded on a three-run bomb to break the game open and give the Nationals a 9-3 lead. Stanek now has a 5.65 ERA this season and an 18.56 ERA over his last seven appearances (5.1 innings). -Senger notched his first career RBI with a sacrifice fly in the fourth that put New York ahead 3-0 at the time. Game MVP: Riley Adams He finished 2-for-3 and his two RBI in the fifth gave his team the lead that it would not relinquish. Highlights What's next The Mets continue their road trip with a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves starting on Friday night. First pitch is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. RHP Nolan McLean (1-0, 0.00) will make his second career start after a superb outing in his MLB debut and will face off against LHP Joey Wentz (4-3, 4.72 ERA).
