Mets 4 Rockies 2 (Coors Field, Denver CO) Mets record: 13-22 Mets streak: Won 2 WP -David Peterson (1-4) LP - Tomoyuki Sugano (3-2) SV - Devin Williams (4) Seat on the Korner: Carson Benge We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented

Back in 1971, a small group of baseball thinkers gathered in Cooperstown—the spiritual home of the game—to start something that would grow far beyond their wildest dreams. That group became the Society for American Baseball Research. Today, it’s a worldwide community thousands strong, made up of people who share one simple trait: they love baseball. Not “they can calculate launch angle in their sleep” love. Not “they’ve memorized every OPS+ since 1912” love. Just… love baseba

This week's edition of Minor League Mondays focuses on fireballing relief pitching prospect Ryan Lambert.

Mets 5 Angels 1 (Angel Stadium, Anaheim, CA) Mets record: 12-22 Mets streak: Won 1 WP - Clay Holmes (4-2) LP - Jack Kochanowicz (2-1) Seat on the Korner: Clay Holmes We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event Rest

Every Sunday here at Kiner’s Korner, we dust off the attic of Mets history and pull down a “Forgotten Face of Flushing.” Some wore the uniform for years. Others barely had time to find the clubhouse spread before disappearing into baseball obscurity. But this week is different. Over and above our Derek Bell forgotten Met piece here is one that's about an “Almost Face of Flushing.” A player who, for a brief, dizzying moment in February of 2021, felt like he was about to be the

Welcome back to Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing, our weekly wander through the Mets attic, where last week we bumped into Rick Anderson, a man who waited nearly a decade for his shot… and made the most of every second once the door finally cracked open. This week, we stay in that same neighborhood of “brief but memorable,” but instead of quiet persistence, we turn to something a little louder… a little flashier… and, because this is Mets history, just a little bit

Angels 4 Mets 3 in 10 innings (Angel Stadium, Anaheim, CA) Mets record: 11-22 Mets streak: Lost 1 WP - Ryan Zeferjahn (2-1) LP - Austin Warren (0-1) Seat on the Korner: Oswald Peraza We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The

The most unusual season in the history of the New York Mets and the sport of baseball took place in 2020. On March 13th, 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency because of a pandemic that became known as Covid-19 or the Coronavirus Pandemic. Quarantines, entry bans and other restrictions were implemented as thousands of cases were being reported. On March 16th, the White House advised against any gatherings of more than ten people. Three days later, U.S. citizens

Mets 4 Angels 3 (Angel Stadium, Anaheim, CA) Mets record: 11-21 Mets streak: Won 1 WP - Huascar Brazoban (2-0) LP - Jose Fermin (0-1) SV - Devin Williams (3) Seat on the Korner: Ronny Mauricio We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly present

Mets' starter Clay Holmes was a clear choice to take home Met of the Month honors for April.

Every now and then, you set out to do something productive and wind up in a place where productivity goes to die—somewhere between YouTube, baseball nostalgia, and “how did I get here and why is it 2:17 in the morning?” For me, it started innocently enough. As I’ve been working to build the Long Island chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR, for those of us who enjoy explaining acronyms almost as much as we enjoy box scores), shameless plug: if you’re a L

Nationals 5 Mets 4 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 10-21 Mets streak: Lost 2 WP -Mitchell Parker (2-0) LP - Luke Weaver (2-1) S- Gus Varland (3) Seat on the Korner: CJ Abrams We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The

Coming off a lost weekend to the Colorado Rockies, when we look back at the trade history between these two National League teams, we see a history of indirect consequences. The largest deal was another huge three team trade that will be examined in a future piece about mega-deals. The most famous intersection of these teams was a trade that NEVER really happened. Following the 2000 season, NLCS MVP Mike Hampton famously departed for free agency as his family fell in love wit

Nationals 14 Mets 2 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 10-20 Mets streak: Lost 1 WP -Cade Cavalli (1-1) LP - David Peterson (0-4 Seat on the Korner: Curtis Mead We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event Restau

If you want to understand the Mets’ mindset going into tonight, don’t start with the standings, the injuries, or even the schedule that suddenly looks like a gift from the baseball gods. Start in the clubhouse, where the message is somehow both simple and impossibly complicated. Relax. But also step up. Don’t press. But produce. Ignore the noise. But fix everything. Carlos Mendoza stood there pregame sounding like a man trying to balance a glass of water on a moving train. Th

Mets 8 Nationals 0 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 10-19 Mets streak: Won 1 WP -Clay Holmes (3-2) LP -Zack Littell (0-4) Seat on the Korner: Clay Holmes We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event Restaurant

If you’re reaching for the panic button already, you’re not alone. Mets fans everywhere are hovering over it like it’s the “Skip Intro” button on Netflix when the show hasn’t even started yet. The record? An ugly and I do mean ugly 9-19. The standings? A 10.5-game gap in the division and 6.5 back in the Wild Card. And yes, if you’ve already blamed the GM, the manager, and the popcorn vendor in Section 304 (we see you), you’re right on schedule for late-April baseball in Queen

The Mets’ story behind the plate in the 1980s with John Stearns, the bruised emblem of bad teams that still fought hard. Then the story bursts into the Gary Carter years, when the catcher stopped being merely a defensive post and became a source of power. The decade’s lasting image remains Carter in blue-and-orange gear, smiling, crouched, and pulling a young club toward October and to the promised land. In the early years, the Mets’ catcher was Stearns, “Bad Dude,” tough eno

This week's edition of Minor League Mondays takes a look at Mets' outfield prospect Nick Morabito, who is currently hitting .268 for AAA Syracuse.

Rockies 3 Mets 0 2nd game (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 9-19 Mets streak: Lost 3 WP -Chase Dollander (3-2) LP -Kodai Senga (0-4) SV -Zach Agnos (2) Seat on the Korner: Chase Dollander We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly prese