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Mets Calendar Classics - Mets Games Played On This Date: April 8
Mets YouTube Channel: Mets 4 Diamondbacks 3 - 4/7/26
Mets Defeat Diamondbacks, 4-3:
- Peralta battles cold, wind, inefficiency before Mets rally, win in extras (MLB.com)
- Welcome back, Ronny! Mauricio walks it off for Mets in first game, AB in the bigs this season (MLB.com)
- Mets' Ronny Mauricio delivers walk-off base hit in 10th inning to beat Diamondbacks (Newsday)
- Mets use late-inning magic for chilly walk-off win over Diamondbacks (NY Post)
- Mets take big hit from ABS system before being saved by Ronny Mauricio’s heroics (NY Post)
- Ronny Mauricio delivers walk-off single as Mets defeat Diamondbacks (Daily News)
- NY Mets vs Diamondbacks highlights as Ronny Mauricio walks it off (The Record)
- This was the Mets’ big winner in thrilling walk off triumph (The Record)
- New York Mets’ Ronny Mauricio was ready in first big-league shot of 2026 (The Athletic)
- Ronny Mauricio's First Career Walk-Off Hit Lifts Mets to Fourth Straight Win (SI.com)
- Mauricio lifts Mets over Diamondbacks 4-3 in 10 innings with pinch-hit single in return to majors (AP)
- Ronny Mauricio returns to the majors with a flourish for the New York Mets (AP)
Juan Soto’s Calf Injury:
- Mets choosing to play it safe with Juan Soto’s calf injury: ‘Take your time’ (NY Post)
- Mets explain decision to place Juan Soto on injured list: ‘There’s no reason for us to push it’ (Daily News)
- Projecting Mets lineup without injured Juan Soto, who is out 2-3 weeks (The Record)
- Mets reveal what tipped scales in decision to put Juan Soto on IL (The Record)
Other Mets News:
- 6 pitchers who are throwing harder in 2026 (MLB.com)
- Laura Albanese: Mets' Ronny Mauricio latest example of club's 'next man up' mentality (Newsday)
- The Mets have to free themselves from their never-ending Brett Baty-Mark Vientos dance (NY Post)
- Carlos Beltran has mixed emotions about ‘misunderstood’ Mets tenure with number to be retired (NY Post)
- Mets, Yankees take different approaches regarding Tuesday’s cold day of baseball (NY Post)
- Mets’ deep rotation looking like a strength: ‘We can be a stabilizing force’ (Daily News)
- Ronny Mauricio latest unlikely Mets hero. How did he get here? (The Record)
Metsmerized Online
Elian Peña Continues Strong Start to 2026
Morning Briefing: Mauricio the Latest Unlikely Hero
Mauricio’s Walk-Off Gives Mets 4-3 Win Over D-Backs
Game Chat: Diamondbacks vs Mets, 4:10 PM
Examining the Mets’ MLB-Ready Position Player Depth
Series Preview: Mets Return Home to Host Diamondbacks
Mets Minors Weekly Report: 2026 Season Gets Underway
Amazin' Avenue
Mets Morning News: Ronny!
Mets Daily Prospect Report, 4/08/26: Cold snap
Mets win back and forth affair with a Mauricio walk off
Mets vs. Diamondbacks: Lineups, broadcast info, and open thread, 4/7/26
Mets Minor League Players of the Week: Week One/Two
Mets return to Citi Field, starting with three-game set against Diamondbacks
Rising Apple Feed
5 NY Mets players with the most to gain or lose while Juan Soto is on the IL
Steve Cohen calls out NY Mets fans who didn't show up after getting free tickets
Former NY Mets coach is rising to the challenge but it may be a mirage
Today's NY Mets opponent makes Francisco Lindor’s slow start look inexcusable
NY Mets duo needs to do what they haven't done before with Juan Soto injured
Rescheduled NY Mets start time should be the first step toward another change
The very real possibility NY Mets and LA Dodgers fans don’t want to hear
NY Mets place Juan Soto on the IL and every fan has the same question
Here’s how the big 4 NY Mets players who left this offseason are doing in 2026
Faith and Fear in Flushing
ABSolutely No Reason to Worry
Mets360
Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Diamondbacks 3 (10 INN) 4/7/26
Evaluating the Mets' offense after 10 games
kinerskorner.com
Cold, Breezy Night Saved by Mauricio’s Scorching 107 MPH Walk-Off Single in the 10th
Time Traveler Tuesdays: New York Mets Shortstops of the 2010s: A Decade of Transition
Mack's Mets
RVH - Winning Before It All Comes Together
Tom Brennan - Today’s Tasty Tidbits
Reese Kaplan -- Who Saw the Mets Sweep of the Giants Happening?
centerfield maz
Jeff McNeil: 2022 N.L. Batting Champion (2018 - 2025)
Gary Carter: Hall of Fame Catcher (The Mets Years Part One: 1984 - 1986)
Rod Gaspar: 1969 World Champion Mets Utility Man (1969-1970)
Syracuse:
Syracuse was rained out. They will try to play two in Buffalo today starting at 12:35 PM.
Binghamton Rumble Ponies:
Binghamton was also rained out, they have scheduled 2 games today starting at 4.
Brooklyn Cyclones:
- Brooklyn Cyclones Game Recap: Cyclones Can't Clip BlueClaws; Fall 5-1 on Tuesday Night
- 4/7/2026 Box Score: Jersey Shore BlueClaws 5 Brooklyn Cyclones 1: Mitch Voit: 2B 1 for 4; 2 Ks; John Bay: LF 0 for 3; 1 walk; 1 K; Antonio Jimenez: SS 0 for 4; 2 Ks; Corey Collins*: 1B 0 for 3; 3 Ks; Daiverson Gutierrez: C 1 for 3; 1 walk; Colin Houck: 3B 0 for 4; 2 Ks; Yohairo Cuevas*: RF 1 for 4; 1 run; 2 Ks; 1 SB; Vincent Perozo*: DH 1 for 3; 1 walk; 1 K; Diego Mosquera: CF 0 for 4; 1 RBI; 2 Ks; Joel DÃaz: (L, 0-1) 3.1 innings; 3 runs; 3 ERs; 3 hits; 5 walks; 5 Ks; Irving Cota: 3.2 innings; no runs; 2 hits; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Dakota Hawkins: 0.2 inning; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 1 hit; 1 walk; 1 K; Danis Correa: 0.1 inning; no runs; 1 hit;
- Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes - 4/7/2026
- 4/7/26: Mets Roster Moves: Irving Cota and Tanner Witt to Brooklyn
St. Lucie Mets:
St. Lucie's game was suspended in the top of the 3rd with the St-L Mets up 2-1. They will resume play this afternoon at 4.
For the complete Mets Minor League statistics click here.
AP Sports via the Winnipeg Free Press
Pirates sign teenage shortstop Konnor Griffin to a 9-year deal worth at least $140 million
Konnor Griffin has joined Paul Skenes in Pittsburgh, whose window to win now feels wide open
Toronto Blue Jays fall to Los Angeles Dodgers for sixth straight loss
Albies hits his 3rd home run and the Braves beat the Angels 7-2 following a bench-clearing brawl
Robbie Ray pitches Giants past Phillies 6-0 to stop 4-game slide
Brawl breaks out between Braves pitcher Reynaldo López and Angels slugger Jorge Soler
Castro’s 3 RBIs lead Rockies over Astros 5-1 for second series win, which last year took until June
Henderson homers again as the Orioles beat the White Sox
Minnesota’s Taj Bradley shines on an off night for Tarik Skubal as Twins beat Tigers 4-2
Kyle Higashioka homers as Rangers beat George Kirby for 1st time in 3-2 win over Mariners
MLB Trade Rumors
Pirates Sign Konnor Griffin To Nine-Year Extension
Free Agent Power Rankings: Players #11-15
Cade Horton To Undergo Season-Ending UCL Surgery
Astros Notes: Brown, Hader, Bullpen
Marlins Release Daniel Johnson
Joey Lucchesi Elects Free Agency
Poll: What Should The Cubs Do With Ian Happ, Seiya Suzuki?
Cody Ponce To Undergo Knee Surgery
Blue Jays Designate Josh Fleming For Assignment
Alejandro Kirk To Undergo Thumb Surgery
Diamondbacks Select Luken Baker
A’s Option Luis Morales
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White Sox Place Austin Hays On IL, Select Dustin Harris
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Sources: Griffin, Pirates agree on 9 years, $140M
Soler, Lopez trade haymakers, ejected in brawl
Jays' Kirk has surgery, expected to miss 6 weeks
Cubs' Horton to have elbow surgery, done for '26
Pirates hopeful of long-term deal with SS Griffin
CBS Sports Headlines
Konnor Griffin extension: Pirates lock up top prospect on record nine-year deal just days after MLB debut
Dodgers vs. Blue Jays: Ohtani's NL Cy Young chances perhaps realistic with another dominant pitching outing
Brewers vs. Red Sox prediction, odds, time: 2026 MLB picks for Wednesday, April 8, from proven model
Padres vs. Pirates prediction, odds, line, time: 2026 MLB picks for Wednesday, April 8 from advanced model
Pirates' Paul Skenes takes no-hitter into sixth inning, continues return to form in dominant outing vs. Padres
FanGraphs Baseball
Gimme the Heat, Boys, and Free My Soul, No One Can Touch José Soriano
Effectively Wild Episode 2462: Coolness Personified (and Quantified)
Trio of Playoff Contenders Each Loses Superstar to Injury
Brendan Gawlowski Prospects Chat: 4/7/26
The Last-Place Cubs Are Injured, but All Is Nowhere Near Lost Yet
Born on this date:
- Mac Scarce (1949)
- Gary Carter (1954)
- Pete Walker (1969)
- Timo Perez (1975)
- Eddie Kunz (1986)
- Jeff McNeil (1992)
- Jhonfran Escalona (1999)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Chris DeWitt to the Chicago Cubs for Matt Franco on April 8, 1996.
Cleveland Indians claimed Jason Anderson of the New York Mets on waivers on April 8, 2004.
1984 | A pitch thrown by Mike Torrez, in the Mets' 3-1 victory over Houston at the Astrodome, damages Dickie Thon's face, compromising the promising 25 year-old shortstop's career. The orbital bone around the left eye is broken by the remorseful right-hander's fastball, ending the infielder's season and impacting his future as a major leaguer due to problems with depth perception as a result of the injury. |
1988 | Gary Carter, celebrating his 34th birthday with a 3-for-3 day including a home run, is doubled off second base after Howard Johnson lines out to right field to end the game on a bizarre play. Shortstop Juan Samuel, who had started to throw the relay from outfielder Chris James back to the mound, tags the Mets' catcher straying off the bag for the final out in the Phillies' 5-1 victory at Veterans Stadium. |
2000 | Blue Jay southpaw David Wells' nine-hit complete game 4-0 shutout against Texas at The Ballpark in Arlington snaps Kenny Rogers' 19-game home winning streak. 'The Gambler's' accomplishment, compiled while hurling for the Yankees, A's, Mets, and Rangers, is the third-longest in major league history. |
2005 | Jimmy Carter, who was not invited by the current administration to be part of the American delegation for today's funeral of Pope John Paul, attends the home opener at Turner Field. The former president and his wife Roslyn, who both stayed for the entire game, enjoy watching the Braves beat the Mets, 3-1. |
2008 | In the last home opener at Shea Stadium, the Mets are beaten by a pitcher who is older than their ballpark. Jamie Moyer pitches six strong innings, giving the 46 year-old the victory in the 45 year-old stadium when the Phillies rally to beat the Mets, 5-2. |
1969: Four expansion teams make their debuts. The Kansas City Royals, Seattle Pilots, Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres all win their inaugural games. At Shea Stadium, the Expos defeat the New York Mets, 11 - 10, to keep the Mets winless for openers. Pitcher Dan McGinn hits the Expos' first home run as the key hit, a three-run home run by Coco Laboy, is given up by Canadian-born Mets reliever Ron Taylor.
2008: Chase Utley ties a major league record by being hit by pitch three times in a game as the Phillies top the Mets, 5 - 2. Utley is hit by an Oliver Perez pitch in the 1st inning and is again plunked by Perez in the 4th. In the 7th, he is hit by Scott Schoeneweis to tie the record.
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