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New York Post
28-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Ryne Stanek wants Mets' bullpen as deep as possible for October: ‘Proven recipe'
SAN FRANCISCO — Ryne Stanek's 2022 World Series ring with the Astros serves as his reminder that a deep bullpen is a good idea for any team with serious championship aspirations. That year, Stanek joined Ryan Pressly, Rafael Montero, Héctor Neris and Bryan Abreu, among others, to provide formidable resistance in the late innings. Advertisement 'It's a proven recipe to have success,' Stanek said Sunday before the Mets' 5-3 win to finish a sweep over the Giants at Oracle Park. 'To have a deep, talented bullpen with good stuff and you have got guys that understand how to pitch in the playoffs, how to pitch in tight games, how to go about their business the right way.' Stanek sees that dynamic at play with the Mets, who activated reliever Gregory Soto on Sunday, two days after acquiring him in a trade with the Orioles. The lefty Soto has a postseason résumé from his Phillies tenure in 2023 — in addition to the Orioles last year — but more importantly, he provides the Mets with a high-leverage option with swing-and-miss capabilities. Along those lines, the Mets also have Edwin Díaz, Reed Garrett, Huascar Brazobán and Stanek. Also, left-hander Brooks Raley returned from Tommy John surgery rehab immediately after the All-Star break and hadn't allowed an earned run in his three appearances entering Sunday. Advertisement 4 Mets pitcher Ryne Stanek (55) throws in the ninth inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Citi Field, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST It's possible president of baseball operations David Stearns isn't finished in the bullpen: Plenty of potential upgrades remain available between now and Thursday's trade deadline. The idea of adding another big arm intrigues Stanek. Advertisement 'That's how you win in October,' he said. 'The starters give you four or five [innings], maybe into the sixth if they are really cruising. But then you just 'boom, boom, boom,' and then you try to put a game down as fast as possible.' CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND METS STATS After a rough June stretch in which the bullpen was stretched thin by injuries and short starts from a makeshift rotation, the unit has stabilized. In addition to Raley and José Buttó returning from the IL, Stanek has rebounded from a largely underwhelming first half with scoreless outings in 10 of his past 12 appearances entering Sunday. Advertisement 4 Mets pitcher Ryne Stanek (55) celebrates the win against the Los Angeles Angels at Citi Field, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST 'We definitely thought from the start this year the bullpen was pretty good,' Stanek said. 'Then we had some injuries and a lot of things that the year just hands you. We had a month stretch where we scuffled, but I think it was like an all-encompassing, with injuries and use, and all the things coming together that put a lot of strain on us. I think, overall, we have had a pretty good group.' Stanek, who entered Sunday with a 4.04 ERA in 41 appearances, credited manager Carlos Mendoza and pitching coach Jeremy Hefner for ensuring the entire bullpen is utilized and relievers aren't overworked. He also has liked the organizational depth that has helped keep the Mets afloat, with pitchers such as Rico Garcia, Brandon Waddell, José Castillo, Austin Warren and Chris Devenski helping absorb innings at a respectable level. 4 New York Mets pitcher Gregory Soto (65) throws a pitch during the seventh inning against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. Bob Kupbens-Imagn Images 4 Mets pitcher Brandon Waddell (82) throws in the sixth inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Citi Field, Friday, July 18, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST Advertisement Delivering insights on all things Amazin's Sign up for Inside the Mets by Mike Puma, exclusively on Sports+ Thank you Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Check out more newsletters 'We have relied on a lot of different guys to get us into games and keep us in games and do a lot of things,' Stanek said. 'So many guys have come up and answered the call. I think it's been a pretty good testament to the depth of the quality arms that we have, that we were able to shuffle as many guys as we did and still play good baseball. 'We had a stretch [in June] of two weeks where we kind of scuffled, but for the most part, the whole year, we've played really well and pitched well. That speaks to the depth and quality of depth we have.'
New York Times
11-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Mets miss a late-game lefty, lose another DH in doubleheader: 3 takeaways
BALTIMORE — It was a forgettable Thursday for the Mets. The Orioles swept New York in a doubleheader, 3-1 and 7-3, at Camden Yards. The Mets' bullpen blew a late lead in the opener and couldn't keep one in the nightcap. The offense went 2-for-19 with runners in scoring position. 'We just couldn't put anything together,' manager Carlos Mendoza said. Advertisement Let's run through some takeaways. Shortly after losing pitcher A.J. Minter for the season, president of baseball operations David Stearns acknowledged the magnitude of the loss. 'We're not going to be able to explicitly replace what he meant for our team,' Stearns said in the middle of June. 'So we're going to have to figure out a way to cobble that together. Whether it's in August, September or October, we're going to be facing very good left-handed hitters in leverage spots, and we're going to have to have pitchers who can get those guys out. Some of those pitchers are probably on our roster right now. To the extent we can continue to balance our pen with additional players who can get lefties out, we're going to look to do that.' The Mets have felt Minter's absence at various junctures this season, but never more acutely than in Thursday's first game. Ryne Stanek gave up the go-ahead homer to lefty-swinging Gunnar Henderson in the eighth inning of the 3-1 loss. Ryne Stanek is asked to assess his first half of the season: "Besides a couple ugly ones, I think I've thrown the ball pretty well…overall, trying to stay away from the big, ugly ones is more conducive to putting up overall good numbers" — SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) July 10, 2025 New York led 1-0 into the eighth. Mendoza had already started going batter-to-batter with starter David Peterson in the seventh inning. (This essentially means that Peterson was going to be removed if anyone reached base.) After Peterson's 1-2-3 seventh inning, Mendoza sent Peterson back out with 87 pitches and 6-7-8 due up in the Baltimore order. But when Peterson allowed lefty Colton Cowser's leadoff single the other way, Mendoza decided Peterson had done more than enough for the day. He turned to righty Ryne Stanek out of the pen, even though going with a righty meant the O's could pinch-hit their two best hitters, Gunnar Henderson and Ryan O'Hearn, who had started the day on the bench because of their struggles against southpaws. Advertisement This was a spot that Minter would have filled if healthy. With him out, Stanek stood out as the best of Mendoza's bullpen options. Of the right-handed set-up men in Mendoza's pen, Stanek has been the best against lefties throughout his career and this season. (He's actually been better against lefties than righties for his career, and this season he's held lefties to a .660 OPS, compared to .746 for Reed Garrett and .816 for Huascar Brazobán.) Perhaps bringing in lefty Richard Lovelady would have kept Henderson and O'Hearn on the bench; however, Lovelady has allowed six hits (four of them for extra bases) in 16 at-bats against righties this season. Mendoza could have gone outside the box by bringing in reverse-split righty Chris Devenski, who's always been good at getting lefties out but has traditionally struggled against righties (albeit not as much in limited big-league action this year). The only other real option was keeping Peterson in, and Mendoza had already signaled (by warming Brazobán as early as the sixth inning and by telling Peterson he was batter-to-batter by the seventh) that he didn't want to extend his starter too much. 'Once you get to the eighth inning, I had Stanek ready,' Mendoza said. 'We're in the eighth, 90 pitches, (Peterson) did his part.' 'I felt like I was in a good spot, pitch-wise. I felt great, physically,' Peterson said. 'He made it clear that he was going to be aggressive, so I wasn't really surprised when he came out and signaled to the bullpen.' Once in the game, Stanek just didn't have it. Henderson golfed his 2-1 slider onto Eutaw Street in right field to turn a one-run deficit into a one-run Baltimore lead. Stanek then walked four of the next six hitters, throwing a total of 11 strikes in 31 pitches. When Jesse Winker and Starling Marte have been healthy, the Mets have gotten excellent results out of their planned DH platoon: The two have combined to be about 20 percent better than a league-average hitter. That would place them eighth in baseball in production from the DH spot. Advertisement However, Winker missed two months with an oblique injury and was headed for an MRI on Thursday for back tightness, just two games into his return. Marte is already on the IL with a bone bruise in his right knee, the same one that required an injection in spring training. If these were one-off injuries where you could bank on better health in the second half, the Mets could feel comfortable moving forward with Winker and Marte. But both players have struggled to stay on the field in recent years, and it's hard to count on that platoon being fully healthy for the stretch run and into October. Yes, the Mets have other options (see the next header). However, the inconsistency at the bottom of their order and this uncertainty at DH should make adding another established bat a consideration at the trade deadline. When Winker's back tightened up in Thursday's first game, Mark Vientos came off the bench and delivered a pair of hits — the same number of knocks he'd had in his prior 27 at-bats since coming off the injured list himself. Mark Vientos lines a double to start the 6th — SNY (@SNYtv) July 10, 2025 'That was good to see. He hit the ball hard,' Mendoza said. 'He's going through it. Hopefully that game gets him going.' (In the nightcap, Vientos went 0-for-4. After a 10-pitch at-bat ended in a groundout in the second inning, his last three at-bats lasted just seven pitches, including two strikeouts.) Vientos has seen his playing time dwindle, first with the injury (a low-grade hamstring strain) and then with the slump since his return. Mendoza has been juggling Vientos with Brett Baty, Ronny Mauricio and Jeff McNeil on the infield, and Vientos has been the cold bat. But with Winker's back tightness requiring a trip home to New York for an MRI, it wouldn't be a surprise if he landed on the 10-day IL. Given that Marte is also on the shelf, that would open up the DH spot for Vientos for the whole series in Kansas City and potentially for a few games after the break. Vientos hasn't started games on four consecutive days since May 18 to May 21. (Photo of Tyrone Taylor and Juan Soto: Greg Fiume / Getty Images)
New York Post
10-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Ryne Stanek blows it as Gunnar Henderson homer sinks Mets in Game 1 of Orioles doubleheader
Access the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. Try it free BALTIMORE — Trying to survive Thursday afternoon on one run was never a good idea for the Mets, only underscored by the hanging slider Ryne Stanek threw to Gunnar Henderson in the eighth inning. Henderson crushed it. The Orioles fans who had mostly been drowned out by a large contingent of Mets supporters for the previous two hours finally got to roar. As Juan Soto looked up, Henderson's shot disappeared into the right-field seats for a two-run homer that helped send the Mets to a 3-1 loss in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Camden Yards. This one included a potential casualty: Jesse Winker was removed after his first at-bat with back tightness, only two days removed from his return from the injured list following an oblique strain. Negated was a strong performance by David Peterson in his final start before the All-Star break. The left-hander pitched seven-plus innings and allowed one earned run on five hits with six strikeouts. 3 Gunnar Henderson of the Orioles hits a go-ahead home run off Mets reliever Ryne Stanek in the eighth inning during Game 1 of a doubleheader on July 10, 2025. X/MLB After Peterson returned for the eighth and allowed a Colton Cowser leadoff single, Stanek entered and fell behind 2-1 to the pinch-hitter Henderson, who unloaded for his 11th homer of the season. Stanek proceeded to walk the bases loaded before Ramon Laureano's sacrifice fly gave the Orioles an insurance run. The right-hander's work has been choppy this season, but over his previous seven appearances he had allowed only one earned run. The Mets, who lost for the second time in three games, went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position. 3 Mets reliever Ryne Stanek reacts after giving up a home run to the Orioles' Gunnar Henderson on July 10, 2025. X/MLB Tyrone Taylor stroked an RBI double in the fifth for the Mets' lone run. Brett Baty drew a leadoff walk against Charlie Morton in the inning before Taylor delivered to snap an 0-for-17 drought. Taylor hadn't driven in a run over his previous nine games. CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND METS STATS The veteran Morton limited the Mets to one earned run on four hits with four strikeouts and three walks over six innings. The right-hander threw a season-high 104 pitches. 3 Mets starter David Peterson pitches against the Orioles in Game 1 of a doubleheader on July 10, 2025. Getty Images The Mets wasted chances early. Brandon Nimmo singled leading off the game and Francisco Lindor walked — both advanced bases on a passed ball with no outs — but Morton recorded three outs without a run scoring. In the third, Lindor singled with two outs and Soto reached on Jackson Holliday's fielding error before Pete Alonso grounded out to end the threat. Peterson's pickoff of Holliday at first base in the sixth helped maintain his 1-0 lead. In the fourth, Taylor threw out Jordan Westburg attempting to advance first to third on Laureano's single.
Yahoo
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Casey Mize hurls seven scoreless innings
David Peterson, Luis Torrens and Edwin Diaz on team coming through in Mets win over Brewers After a pair of rough outings, Mets starter David Peterson addressed his mechanics being amiss and responded with an outstanding effort in a 3-2 win. Peterson added that it's always comforting to have a Ryne Stanek and Edwin Diaz to close the door on the opposition. Catcher Luis Torrens throwing out the tying run at second base in the ninth inning may have bee the biggest play of the game. Torrens credited Diaz with a quicker delivery to the plate and the Mets closer returned the compliment, calling Torrens a "great catcher." 5:25 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
New York Times
04-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Mets can't wait for the trade deadline. They need to make a move now
NEW YORK — Ryne Stanek pumped both arms and let out a yell alongside the 42,000-plus at Citi Field. He had just struck out the heart of one of the hottest offenses in baseball, completing a four-up, four-down outing that was a critical part of the Mets' 3-2 win over the Brewers. Edwin Díaz had done the same in a four-out save Wednesday night. That the Mets are asking this much out of their leverage relievers, each in back-to-back appearances no less, in early July spells out what has become clearer and clearer this past week. Advertisement The Mets cannot afford to wait until the trade deadline to make a move. More than doing something big on July 31, they need to do something now. Wins on Wednesday and Thursday night were refreshing reminders of what this team is capable of — an offensive outburst against an excellent starter one night, a comprehensive pitching performance against a streaking offense the next. But before those two wins, the Mets had lost 14 of their previous 17 games. Diehards can probably do the math offhand: That's two games worse than the 5-12 finish to 2007 that constituted one of the sport's most memorable collapses. (Such stretches are not disqualifying, it's worth noting. The 2023 Rangers and 2000 Yankees each won the World Series after similar funks, and on those occasions, it happened later in the season.) David Stearns' track record proves he's unafraid to move aggressively early in the season. While leading the Brewers, he famously traded for Willy Adames in May. Last season, he added Phil Maton to a flagging Mets bullpen in the second week of July. Earlier this year, Stearns told The Athletic, 'I am probably even more inclined to action now as I have gone throughout my career. I have gotten to the point where I would rather make mistakes of commission rather than mistakes of omission.' 'Anytime you can bring in a player to your organization that makes you better, it's great to do,' Stearns said Thursday. 'We're going to explore every avenue we can and see what's out there.' Major-league sources have indicated that the Mets have been active in attempting to jump the market and make a move early. There are reasons, though, that trades are rarely made in the first half of July. Allow Stearns to explain. 'The first is you need a dance partner, and those don't always emerge the first couple weeks of July,' Stearns said Thursday. 'For the better of the sport, we have more playoff teams that keep more teams in it longer and fewer teams inclined to trade valuable major-league players early in the month before they get a clearer picture of their competitive state. Advertisement 'The second hurdle is, because of everything I just said, the prices for players who are available can be prohibitively high. And you can walk yourself into a pretty foolish deal, and we're not going to do that. We're certainly active in discussions, but it's early.' While the roster has sprouted leaks like a failing dam over these last three weeks, it's the bullpen that requires rebar right now. Yes, the need in the rotation is acute; the Mets are planning to pitch Justin Hagenman, Frankie Montas and Brandon Waddell this weekend against the Yankees. (Diehards can be forgiven here for not knowing two of those names offhand.) But Stearns was right when he called it a short-term issue Thursday. New York could have Sean Manaea, Kodai Senga and Paul Blackburn all back in the rotation by the start of the second half, nine games from now. Outside of rehabbing left-hander Brooks Raley, there are no impending reinforcements in the bullpen. In fact, it suffered a critical blow Thursday, when the Mets placed right-hander Dedniel Núñez on the injured list with a right elbow sprain and acknowledged that Núñez may need a second Tommy John surgery. The timing is terrible: Since his last recall from the minors, Núñez had looked more like the key contributor he'd been for months last summer — an arm capable of picking up the late-inning slack. Now, he may join A.J. Minter and Danny Young as relievers lost for the season. Díaz shut it down 🎺 #LGM — New York Mets (@Mets) July 4, 2025 Before turning back to Stanek the last two nights, the Mets had relied heavily on Reed Garrett and Huascar Brazobán as Edwin Díaz's primary set-up men this season, and both have been hit hard of late, which is putting it politely. That pair had combined for a 1.04 ERA through June 2; they've combined for a 15.95 mark since. While it's difficult to add this early, as Stearns showed last year in acquiring Maton from Tampa Bay and Stanek from a contending Seattle team, there are ways to be creative. To get a quality reliever in Maton from a team that was one game under .500 at the time of the trade, the Mets only had to take on his contract. They could try to pull that same lever with, say, the Orioles' Andrew Kittredge, who's owed $4.25 million the rest of this season plus a $1 million buyout of a club option. Kittredge owns a 2.67 ERA since 2021. He is not always healthy, but he is right now, and that's a significant data point for the Mets' needs. Advertisement And while the teams that are totally out of it are not exactly teeming with desirable players, there are several solid relief options in Colorado, Pittsburgh, Miami and Washington. Those include more recognizable names like David Bednar and Kyle Finnegan, as well as more under-the-radar possibilities like Tyler Kinley and Anthony Bender. The series win over Milwaukee permits the Mets' players and coaches a chance to exhale, however briefly, before the Subway Series. The front office has no such luxury. The time to make a move is now.
