A winning streak for the Mets!
The Mets won their third straight game on a day full of nostalgia and promise for the club
What’s Up with the Mets? ⚾️
The Mets won their third straight game on Saturday with a 6-1 win over the Marlins at Citi Field (box)
Christian Scott started for the Mets and he was excellent over five innings, allowing one run on five hits with eight strikeouts to earn the first win of his Major League career - he now owns a 2.97 ERA for the year
The Mets notched ten hits on the day including five extra-base hits, one of which was Hayden Senger’s first big league homer
Carson Benge doubled twice, Marcus Semien doubled once, and Jared Young contributed a solo homer
The Mets got four scoreless innings of relief from their bullpen behind Scott
After optioning RHP Tobias Myers before Saturday’s game, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said the plan is to stretch Myers out as a starter over the next two weeks, and assess whether or not he will be inserted into their starting rotation
Roster Moves 📰
Optioned RHP Tobias Myers to Triple-A Syracuse
Selected LHP Cionel Perez’s contract from Triple-A Syracuse
Designated LHP Anderson Severino for assignment
Play of the Game ⭐️
There were actually a lot of nice things that happened for the Mets on Saturday, not the least of which was their induction of both Lee Mazzilli and Bobby Valentine into their Hall of Fame.
I am going to tip my cap this morning to Hayden Senger for his first big league home run. He is such a great story, a grocery store worker turned big leaguer and someone who has worked so incredibly hard over the last two years to get to where he is. Every time I see him play or even hear his name, I immediately think of his journey and his trials as a player.
Good for him!
Just Mets Podcast 🎙️
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Mets Hall of Fame Induction 🎖️
Before Saturday’s game against the Marlins, the Mets inducted both Lee Mazzilli and Bobby Valentine into their Hall of Fame.
Here is the club’s tribute video to them, titled “Two of our own:”
Down on the Farm 🌾
INF Ryan Clifford (no. 3 prospect, AAA): 2-for-4, 2B, BB, R
INF Mitch Voit (no. 6 prospect, High-A): 2-for-4, HR, RBI, 2 R
OF/INF Randy Guzmán (Low-A): 3-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, R
BOX SCORES
Single-A SLU | High-A BRK | Double-A BNG | Triple-A SYR
Today’s Game 🗓
Match-up: Mets (25-33) vs. Marlins (26-33)
Where: Citi Field - Flushing, NY
Starters: RHP Nolan McLean (2-4, 4.40 ERA) vs. RHP Janson Junk (3-5, 4.80 ERA)
When: 1:40 PM EDT
Where to Watch: SNY
A nice day full of nostalgia and promise for the Mets on Saturday ✍️
Saturday was actually one of the best days of the year for the Mets, when you really think about it.
Sure, they got a walk-off on Friday from MJ Melendez on Friday night, but that was after a game in which they jumped out to a big lead, blew it, didn’t look good in the process, but pulled a rabbit out of their hat in the end to beat a team that isn’t very good. And sure, it was that same not-so-good team they beat on Saturday, but it just felt like a very routine win in which they didn’t really make any mistakes, both physical or mental. They got some timely hitting, played quality defense, and got fun moments when Hayden Senger hit his first big league homer and Christian Scott earned his first big league win.
All of which was after the Mets held a very nice (and entertaining) ceremony to induct both Bobby Valentine and Lee Mazzilli into their Hall of Fame.
It just seemed like a routine game, something the Mets haven’t really had a lot of this year, if at all. I certainly can’t think of too many instances in which the Mets played a game, played well, and just commanded from start to finish.
It’s nice to write this morning about a truly positive day for this club. I don’t know how many more of these we will have this season, but I drew the lucky straw today, I suppose.
One of the quietly emerging positives for the Mets this season is Scott. He has been really good since he was promoted back to the big leagues on April 23 after missing almost two years while on the shelf as he recovered from Tommy John Surgery. If you recall, when he was brought to the big leagues two years ago, he was one of the organization’s most talked-about pitching prospects. At the time, Nolan McLean had basically just gotten here as a two-way player. There wasn’t much buzz around Jonah Tong yet, so there was Scott as the next best pitching prospect for the Mets, making his big league debut for a club who (surprise, surprise!) was desperately looking for starting pitching options due to both injury and underperformance.
But then, as it happens to so many pitchers, he went down with a torn UCL in his elbow, had Tommy John surgery, and that was the last we really saw of him until he made a start for the Mets against Washington on April 23, albeit a brief one because he was generally ineffective over 1.1 IP that day.
In the six starts he’s made for the club since, including a really strong effort on Saturday, Scott owns a 2.79 ERA. The Mets have yet to unleash Scott this season, as he’s only thrown 29 innings over those six starts and 30.1 IP in seven starts overall, but he has 38 strikeouts against 11 walks this season. It’s understandable the Mets are still building Scott up after missing so much time, but they’ll eventually need to stretch him out some more as he’s averaging under five innings per start.
Even so, if you exclude Clay Holmes from the mix, Scott has been the club’s best starting pitcher since April 23, sporting a 2.97 ERA. That’s impressive. Actually, it’s very impressive and a great surprise considering we really didn’t know what to expect from Scott at all this season. It’s a testament to his work ethic and the patience he had throughout the difficult recovery process (which is still ongoing) to not only get back to the big leagues and earn a spot in the rotation, but also stick and emerge as a significant piece to this roster and a long-term piece for wherever this organization is going at the moment.
Yesterday in particular, Scott got nine swings-and-misses between his fastball and sweeper. He actually increased his usage of that sweeper against Miami on Saturday, presumably because of the chase factor on that pitch and the Marlins’ clear willingness to go fishing on him, and it worked really nicely for him in his sequencing. He hasn’t gotten a lot of swings and misses in a generally small sample so far this season, but remember, he’s still working his way back, trying to find the feel and pitch shaping for all of this again, and generally trying to feel good out there every five days, and none of that is easy in year one back from TJS.
All of the signs are there for Scott to be a solid, top-of-the-rotation starter as he builds himself back, if you ask me. It’s going to take time for all of that to happen, and it may not even transpire in 2026, especially since they need to continue to build him back to where he needs to be physically for that to happen. He’s going to have the classic ups and downs every starting pitcher who goes through Tommy John Surgery has, plus he’s really still being developed into a big league starting pitcher at the same time.
But, how can you not be excited about what he’s flashing out there on the mound? If they can keep him on this track, straighten out McLean (which, there’s every reason to believe he will be fine) and Jonah Tong continues to show not only the stuff, but the poise he’s had since he returned, they might have something to at least build on in the center of the field going forward.
How they do the rest of it is anyone’s guess, since no other move has worked at all for this front office.
Around the League 🚩
Pete Crow-Armstrong tallied four hits in the Cubs 6-1 over the Cardinals
Fernando Tatís Jr. hit his first home run of the 2026 season, but the Nationals put up a six spot in the seventh inning and rolled past the Padres 9-4
Ronald Acuña Jr. hit two home runs as the Braves became the first team to 40 wins with a 5-2 win over the Reds
Alec Bohm and Edmundo Sosa homered as the Phillies edged the Dodgers 4-3 in LA
Congrats to Hayden Senger! No matter what happens the rest of his career, he can say he got a homer in the bigs.
Congratulations to Scott after FINALLY achieving a win in his pitching career. The Mets batters are HARD on young talented pitchers the last 5 years in not supporting them. The team needs to stay serious & perform for another talented snakebitten young man (McLean) & score runs for him.