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On Mets Off Day Live, SNY contributor Hannah Keyser and host of the New York, New York podcast John Jastremski join Chelsea Sherrod to discuss the issues the Mets have hitting with runners in scoring position, other concerns with the lineup, and Mets owner Steve Cohen sharing positive reinforcement on social media as the team struggles.
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Fox News
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- Fox News
New Mets pitcher Justin Garza credits video game MLB The Show for helping save career
Pitcher Justin Garza was thinking about quitting the game he loved during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 as he struggled in the minor leagues. However, as Garza is joining the New York Mets now after a deal with the San Francisco Giants, he credits one thing to saving his career. A video game. "MLB The Show actually was a big part about me learning how to pitch and figuring out how to pitch," Garza told The New York Post. "It's so realistic at times, just playing that video game." Garza is not the only player in professional sports to use video games to prepare for games or rework their mechanics. Garza specifically uses the game mode Diamond Dynasty, where he said the different camera angles helped him experience how to use his pitches. Using a catcher's view to pitch, he started reworking his arsenal. Though it was not intentional, he was happy something clicked by playing the game. "Once I started to play more and more, it was like, 'OK, well, I actually have a cutter, I have this four-seam, I have this changeup, and maybe my stuff can play like this," Garza told The Post. Garza was an eighth-round draft pick by the Cleveland Guardians in 2015, but he struggled in his first taste of professional ball. He was only able to post one season with an ERA under five, owning a 3.36 ERA in 2018. However, the pandemic break saw Garza as a rejuvenated hurler on the mound. Garza posted a 1.59 ERA with 31 strikeouts over 14 games in Triple-A Columbus before being called up for the first time in his career. He had 21 appearances in 2021 in the big leagues. He did not make it back to the big leagues until 2023, this time with the Boston Red Sox, but it did not go according to plan. Garza had an 8.35 ERA in 17 appearances (one start) before being moved to the Giants. Garza was in Triple-A Sacramento this year before moving to the Mets. Garza has played one game with the Mets, tossing two-thirds of an inning with two strikeouts in his first appearance. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
New York Times
an hour ago
- New York Times
Mets trade deadline primer: 3 early storylines to watch
NEW YORK — The trade deadline is 50 days away, and the Mets are feeling good. New York's 5-0 win over the Nationals Wednesday pushed them 20 games over .500, good for first in the National League East. But the Mets need only look back 365 days to know how much can change for a team from the start of June until the trade deadline at the end of July. This time last year, the Mets looked more like sellers, their magical summer not yet kick-started by a first pitch from a fast-food mascot. (That was 364 days ago, to be precise.) Advertisement Having already thought through where the Mets might want to add in July, let's take a step back and examine some larger context that may dictate how the Mets approach the deadline. The worst place to be on July 31 is backed into a corner. That's where the Mets were in 2021, when they needed to do something — probably involving an infielder with Francisco Lindor out for a while — and ended up trading Pete Crow-Armstrong for Javier Báez. The Mets shouldn't face that kind of pressure next month. Entering play Wednesday, their chances to make the postseason sat above 90 percent at FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus and Baseball-Reference. Their chances to win the National League East were 86 percent at FanGraphs and 80 percent at BP. Last week, New York won more games than the other four teams in the division combined. It's in a good spot. However, anything can transpire over the seven weeks separating now from the deadline. Going back to 2021, neither Lindor nor Jacob deGrom were hurt until early July, a sequence of events that started the Mets' tailspin in the second half of that season. A major injury can alter the tenor of New York's season. Furthermore, nobody's declaring the NL East over this early in June, not with the talent in the division and the aggressive track records of Philadelphia's Dave Dombrowski and Atlanta's Alex Anthopoulos at the trade deadline. Even if New York feels comfortable in its division lead come late July, the Cubs and Dodgers are likely to offer legitimate competition for a first-round bye. There should still be plenty of reason to seek improvement. In his first trade deadline with the Mets, Stearns executed in adding to the margins of the roster without sacrificing much in prospect value. New York brought in a trio of relievers (Phil Maton, Ryne Stanek and Huascar Brazobán), an extra outfielder (Jesse Winker) and a depth starter (Paul Blackburn) — many of whom played key roles in their run in September and October. Advertisement There will likely be room for a move or two like those again this year, especially in the bullpen. But Stearns has proven so swiftly adept at adding depth to New York's roster that it's not all that easy to find obvious opportunities for upgrades. Maybe that dynamic, combined with the Mets' ambitions to advance come October, leaves space for a bigger, more aggressive play. During his time in Milwaukee, Stearns rarely made big swings at the deadline. (The acquisitions of Mike Moustakas and Jonathan Schoop in 2018 are probably the biggest deadline deals he's made leading a front office.) So there isn't that track record of, say, Dombrowski or Anthopoulos pulling the trigger to add a talent like David Price (which those two did in consecutive summers a decade ago). But there's a good chance the Mets enter the last week of July in a better position than any of those Brewers teams. (New York already has a larger run differential through 66 games than any of Stearns' Milwaukee teams did a week ahead of the deadline.) This is a team that should harbor real thoughts about winning the World Series, and a big move could prove pivotal in doing so. Let's return one more time to 2021, when the Mets made that ill-fated deal with the Cubs involving Crow-Armstrong. New York struck out that week in its efforts to acquire Minnesota's José Berríos, largely because its farm system was too top-heavy. The Mets had the front-line guys other teams wanted, but they didn't have the depth pieces to either polish off a trade or make it more palatable for their system. That farm system is in better shape now, although it is still not one of the very best in baseball. The Mets will likely want to stay away from trading from the very top of their system, but they now possess intriguing talents, especially on the pitching side, up and down their affiliates — the kind they can package together to consolidate into one good major-league player coming back the other way. (Photo of Jeff McNeil and Pete Alonso: Dustin Bradford / Getty Images)
Associated Press
3 hours ago
- Associated Press
Mets host the Nationals on 5-game home win streak
Washington Nationals (30-37, third in the NL East) vs. New York Mets (44-24, first in the NL East) New York; Thursday, 1:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Mike Soroka (3-3, 4.86 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 35 strikeouts); Mets: Kodai Senga (6-3, 1.59 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 65 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mets -251, Nationals +204; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets will try to keep a five-game home win streak going when they take on the Washington Nationals. New York has gone 26-7 at home and 44-24 overall. The Mets have hit 87 total home runs to rank seventh in MLB play. Washington is 15-19 on the road and 30-37 overall. The Nationals are 21-5 in games when they have more hits than their opponents. The matchup Thursday is the seventh meeting between these teams this season. The Mets have a 4-2 advantage in the season series. TOP PERFORMERS: Juan Soto has 13 doubles, 13 home runs and 35 RBIs while hitting .252 for the Mets. Pete Alonso is 15 for 40 with three doubles and six home runs over the last 10 games. James Wood has 16 doubles, 16 home runs and 45 RBIs for the Nationals. Josh Bell is 8 for 36 with a double, two home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Mets: 8-2, .255 batting average, 2.67 ERA, outscored opponents by 29 runs Nationals: 3-7, .211 batting average, 4.19 ERA, outscored by 18 runs INJURIES: Mets: Mark Vientos: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jesse Winker: 10-Day IL (side), Danny Young: 60-Day IL (elbow), A.J. Minter: 60-Day IL (lat), Frankie Montas: 60-Day IL (lat), Brooks Raley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sean Manaea: 60-Day IL (oblique), Jose Siri: 10-Day IL (shin), Nick Madrigal: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Drew Smith: 60-Day IL (elbow), Christian Scott: 60-Day IL (elbow) Nationals: Dylan Crews: 10-Day IL (back), Paul DeJong: 10-Day IL (face), Orlando Ribalta: 15-Day IL (biceps), Derek Law: 15-Day IL (forearm), DJ Herz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mason Thompson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josiah Gray: 60-Day IL (elbow) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
