Mets News and Morning Links - 5/23/2025

 

Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Pepe Mangual and Vic Black.  Mets start home series against Dodgers, Brooklyn stays hot, St. :Lucie and Syracuse fall.

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Today's Game: 

• Fri., May 23 LHP Clayton Kershaw (0-0, 11.25) vs. RHP Griffin Canning (5-1, 2.47) 7:10 p.m. (Apple, Audacy 880 AM, 92.3 FM HD2) 

AP Sports: 

• Dodgers visit the Mets to open 3-game series "Last 10 Games - Mets: 5-5, .222 batting average, 2.51 ERA, outscored by seven runs. Dodgers: 5-5, .293 batting average, 5.14 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs."

Mets360:

• Mets welcome Dodgers to Citi Field for key weekend series
• Podcast Episode 6 with Taryn Cooper
• Mets relievers hold up in May after heavy usage in April

NY Post: MLB scout tells The Post the key part of Juan Soto’s game that’s gone off the rails. “He looks uncomfortable, like he doesn’t know what to do,’’ one NL scout who watched Soto in Boston said Thursday. “He’s always been known for his patience. It’s a big part of what makes him so special. But this wasn’t patience. This seemed more like indecisiveness.” 

NY Post: The alarming statistics that can explain Juan Soto’s notable lack of power in underwhelming Mets start. "Soto has a career-worst .429 slugging percentage this season, .140 below his mark with the Yankees last year. One notable dip is in his bat speed, which is down 2.0 mph from last year and now sits at 73.4. It’s also 1.2 mph less than his 2023 average with the Padres."

NJ.com: Mets legend on Juan Soto drama: ‘Body language is important’. “Obviously, the expectations are high for him, and coming from the Yankees makes it all the bigger story, I get it,” Piazza said..."You have to get through it. You have to rely on your teammates to have your back...I just followed the advice that Roy Campanella told me when I was a rookie — just play the game hard, let everything else take care of itself.”

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More Juan Soto News:

• Separating truth from speculation when it comes to Juan Soto’s Mets happiness (New York Post)
• Juan Soto's early struggles with Mets reminiscent of Lindor's first season (SI.com)
• We're waiting for Juan Soto to be Juan Soto again (Yahoo) 

 

Other Mets News:

• Mets' Clay Holmes leading pitching staff's data revolution (Newsday)
• Mets’ measuring-stick test against vaunted Dodgers is here (New York Post)
• Inside the slumping Mets’ extra-long hitters’ meeting and ‘psychology’ lesson (New York Post)
• Mets trying to clean up mistakes with first-place Dodgers up next (NYDN)
• Mets takeaways: Huascar Brazobán’s confidence, power outage for 2 sluggers and more (The Athletic)
• Inside the New York Mets' Bark at the Park at Citi Field (Curbed) 

Mets.com: 

• Baty keeps 'coming full force,' does lefty-on-lefty damage in Mets' win
• Canning to hill as Mets host Dodgers on Apple TV+
• Reddit AMA: OK, let's talk about 'The Juan Soto Thing'
• Each club's most pleasant prospect surprise
• These are some of the most interesting pitches in Triple-A

Yahoo Sports/Mets:

• Sizing up Dodgers, Mets in rematch of last year's NLCS teams
• Pete Crow-Armstrong's looming Cubs payday comes with side of Mets regret
• Mets trade idea replaces Starling Marte with ex-Yankees slugger
• Mets vs. Red Sox drama, early season awards check-in and The Good, The Bad & The Uggla | Baseball Bar-B-Cast
• MLB's arrogant 'gift' to fans is costly in more ways than one
• Mets’ young infielder has regained his confidence and is blossoming into a star
• MLB insider predicts Edwin Diaz to opt out of Mets contract
• Dodgers-Mets this weekend is national TV only

Metsmerized: 

• Minors Game Chat: McLean Aiming to Bounce Back
• Megill Strikes Out 10, Awaits Fate
• 3 Up, 3 Down: Mets Endure More Troubles In Boston
• Mets Minors Recap: Paul Blackburn Dominates In Syracuse Win

Amazing Avenue: 

• Can you guess this Mets third baseman in today’s in-5 trivia game?
• Mets Daily Prospect Report, 5/23/25: Make the rain stop please

Kiner's Korner: 

• Hit or Error? Baseball Digest's 1994 Rookie Edition Reexamined
• Rewriting Mets History: The Reggie Jackson Draft Day Alternative

Mack's Mets: 

• Reese Kaplan -- Retrofitting Pitchers Onto the 26 Man Roster
• John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Harvey Gets Hammered, 5/23/2015
• MACK- MY Thursday Observations - Chain Position Anaysis - OF - (2 of 2) - Holmes, Tong, McLean, Reimer, Who's Trying?, , Pete
• Tom Brennan: Defending Drew Gilbert; Vientos Woes; Brendan Girton; FCL Scorchers
• Paul Articulates – Sorting out Soto

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Syracuse: 

• Syracuse Mets Game Recap: McLean tosses gem, Mets fall to Red Wings, 6-4, on Thursday night
• 5/22/2025 - Box Score: Rochester Red Wings 6 Syracuse Mets 4
• Drew Gilbert*  CF 1 for 4; 1 walk; 1 K; Gilberto Celestino  RF 1 for 4; HR; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 walk; 1 K; Jon Singleton  DH 1 for 4; HR; 1 run; 2 RBIs; 1 walk; 1 K; Joey Meneses  1B 2 for 5; 1 K; Donovan Walton  LF 0 for 3; 2 walks; 1 K; Hayden Senger  C 1 for 5; Luis De Los Santos  3B 0 for 4; 1 K; Luke Ritter  2B 2 for 3; 1 run; 1 walk; 1 K; Yonny Hernández  SS 0 for 3; 1 run; Nolan McLean  (L, 1-2) 6 innings; 2 runs; 2 hits; 2 walks; 6 Ks; Felipe De La Cruz   0 inning; 4 runs; 4 ERs; 3 hits; 2 walks; Chris Devenski   1 inning; no runs; Grant Hartwig   1 inning; no runs; Ty Adcock   1 inning; no runs; 3 Ks; 

Binghamton Rumble Ponies: 

• Press Release: Thursday’s Rumble Ponies Games against Richmond Postponed "Suspended game will resume Friday at 5 p.m., regularly scheduled game follows. Thursday’s regularly scheduled game to be made up as part of a doubleheader on Sunday, May 25th with a 12:00 pm first pitch."
• 5/22/2025: Binghamton Rumble Ponies Game Notes

Brooklyn Cyclones: 

• Brooklyn Cyclones Game Recap: Hernandez Hammers Cyclones Past BlueClaws, 4-1
• 5/22/2025 Box Score: Brooklyn Cyclones 4 Jersey Shore BlueClaws 1
• A.J. Ewing*  CF 0 for 3; 1 run; 1 walk; 1 K; Carson Benge*  RF 2 for 3; double; triple; 1 walk; Jacob Reimer  DH 0 for 3; 1 RBI; Eli Serrano*  LF 0 for 3; 1 walk; Marco Vargas*  SS 1 for 2; 1 run; 2 walks; 1 K; Boston Baro*  3B 0 for 4; Ronald Hernandez#  C 2 for 4; double; HR; 2 runs; 2 RBIs; Estarling Mercado*  1B 1 for 4; 1 RBI; 1 K; Jefrey De Los Santos*  2B 0 for 3; 1 walk; R.J. Gordon   4.2 innings; 1 run; 1 ER; 4 hits; 2 walks; 7 Ks; Jace Beck  (W, 3-1) 1.1 innings; no runs; 1 walk; 1 K; Ben Simon  (H, 2) 2 innings; no runs; 1 walk; 1 K; Saul García  (S, 4) 1 inning; no runs; 1 hit;
• Today's Brooklyn Cyclones Game 1 Lineup - 5/22/25
• Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes - 5/22/2025

St. Lucie Mets: 

• St. Lucie Mets Game Recap: Hammerheads shut out St-L Mets 3-0
• 5/22/2025 Box Score: Jupiter Hammerheads 2 St. Lucie Mets 0
• Trey Snyder  3B 1 for 4; 2 Ks; Yonatan Henriquez#  CF 1 for 4; 1 K; Colin Houck  SS 0 for 4; 2 Ks; Corey Collins*  DH 0 for 3; 1 walk; 1 K; Trace Willhoite  1B 0 for 3; 1 K; Vincent Perozo*  C 1 for 3; Kevin Villavicencio  LF 0 for 2; Willy Fanas*  RF 0 for 3; 3 Ks; Nick Roselli*  2B 0 for 3; 1 K; Frank Elissalt  (L, 3-2) 3 innings; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 2 hits; 1 walk; 3 Ks; Franklin Gomez*   4 innings; no runs; 2 hits; 3 walks; 2 Ks; Cristofer Gomez   2 innings; no runs; 5 Ks;
• Tonight's St. Lucie Mets Lineup - 5/22/25

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

• Pepe Mangual (1952)
• Butch Metzger (1952)
• Buck Showalter (1956)
• Ricky Gutierrez (1970)
• Vic Black (1988)
• Paul Gervase (2000)

Died on this date:

• Jose Lima (2010)
• Joe Pignatano (2022)

Transactions:
New York Mets purchased Jimmy Piersall from the Washington Senators on May 23, 1963.

New York Mets claimed Aaron Altherr on waivers from the San Francisco Giants on May 23, 2019.

National Pastime.com: 

1963

Mets first baseman Gil Hodges is immediately named as the manager of the Senators, replacing Mickey Vernon, when the teams complete the deal that sends Jimmy Piersall and a player to be named later to New York. The 33 year-old part-time outfielder, who will bat only .194 in 40 games for his new team, will be released in July after drawing the ire of manager Casey Stengel for running the bases backward to celebrate his 100th career home run.

1965

Mets' outfielder Ron Swoboda takes his position wearing a batting helmet - on his foot. After kicking the protective headgear, which gets stuck on his spikes, manager Casey Stengel ordered the young player to go out to the field.

2004	Kaz Matsui, who surpasses Tommy Agee's 1969 team record, sets a franchise mark with his fifth leadoff home run of the season, becoming the first Mets player to accomplish the feat in consecutive games. The 28 year-old Japanese shortstop is also the first big leaguer to have his first five career round-trippers be hit batting first in the first inning of a game.
2011	In a profile piece written for The New Yorker magazine, Fred Wilpon makes some very candid comments about some of the 'stars' on his payroll. The embattled Mets owner is critical of the often injured Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran, and calls David Wright a nice kid, but "not a superstar".

Baseball Reference:

1999 The Mets rally for 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the Phillies and Curt Schilling‚ 5 - 4.

2004: The Mets down the Rockies‚ 4 - 0‚ as Tom Glavine hurls a one-hitter. Glavine loses his no-hitter with two outs in the 8th inning as Kit Pellow doubles. Kaz Matsui leads off the game with a homer for New York‚ the 5th time he has done so this year to tie Chili Davis for the most leadoff homers for a National League rookie. He hit one yesterday as well.

2006: Carlos Beltran hits a two-run home run in the bottom of the 16th inning that gives the Mets a 9 - 8 victory over Philadelphia. The game lasts 5 hours, 22 minutes, has 522 pitches and is the longest for the Mets since 1995. You Tube Link: 

 

2010: The Mets win their first subway series against the crosstown Yankees since 1998 with a 6 - 4 victory. Jason Bay homers twice - only his second and third long balls of the year - against CC Sabathia. Johan Santana is the winner and Francisco Rodriguez picks up the save by striking out Alex Rodriguez with two men on to end the game.

2019: Gomez's 3-run HR in 8th lifts Mets past Nats - 5/23/19. You Tube Link.

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