J.D. Martinez News Archive
News -- May 2024 (99)
- 5/22 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Guardians, 1:10 PM: Wednesday, May 22, 2024 • 1:10 PM Progressive Field • Cleveland, OH LHP Jose Quintana (1-4, 5.21) vs. RHP Triston McKenzie (2-3,...
- 5/22 Faith & Fear in Flushing: Chasing Something: When the Mets are behind, Keith Raad likes to convey the score to those of us listening on the radio or some radio-adjacent audio...
- 5/22 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Guardians, 6:10 PM: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 • 6:10 PM Progressive Field • Cleveland, OH RHP Adrian Houser (0-3, 7.44) vs. RHP Xzavion Curry (0-0, 0.00...
- 5/22 RotoWire: Returns to lineup MondayMartinez (illness) will start at designated hitter and bat cleanup in Monday's game in Cleveland....
- 5/21 Faith & Fear in Flushing: Bad Ideas Upon Bad Ideas: I’d like to put 6:10 pm start times on the list of things that I thought would be good, or at least novel, and turned out...
- 5/21 Mets Merized: Outfield, Baserunning Miscues Cost Mets in 3-1 Loss at Cleveland: Mistakes in the field and on the bases cost the Mets a 3-1 loss Monday to Cleveland (31-17). Francisco Lindor went 0-for-4 in...
- 5/21 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Guardians, 6:10 P.M.: Monday, May 20, 2024 • 6:10 PM Progressive Field • Cleveland, OH RHP Tylor Megill (0-1, 2.25) vs. RHP Ben Lively (2-2, 3.06) SNY...
- 5/21 RotoBaller.com: J.D. Martinez Back At DH On Monday: New York Mets designated hitter J.D. Martinez (illness) is back at DH and is batting cleanup for the Mets on Monday against the...
- 5/20 Mets Merized: 3 Up, 3 Down: Mets Continue To Implode In Miami: Talk about a rough weekend for the New York Mets in Miami. If dropping two out of three to a bad Marlins team wasn’t bad...
- 5/20 Mets Merized: Series Preview: Mets Head to Cleveland to Face Guardians: For the next stop on their road trip, the New York Mets (21-25) head to Progressive Field to take on the Cleveland Guardians (30-17)....
- 5/20 Mets Merized: Mets Make Series of Roster Moves: The New York Mets made a flurry of roster moves Monday ahead of their series opener in Cleveland. The first transaction was activating...
- 5/20 Mets Merized: Players of the Week: Manaea and Martinez Heat Up: The Mets had a rough week against two National League East rivals, the Philadelphia Phillies and Miami Marlins. Dropping five...
- 5/20 Mets Merized: Led By Offense, Mets Avoid Sweep In Miami Via 7-3 Victory: The New York Mets (21-24) entered Sunday’s contest with the Miami Marlins hoping to avoid getting swept for the third time,...
- 5/19 The Report On Sports: New York Mets Could Part Ways with Key Players in Pre-Deadline Trades: After around two months into the season, the New York Mets are once again positioned as potential sellers in the market, a scenario...
- 5/19 RotoBaller.com: J.D. Martinez Out With Flu-Like Symptoms: New York Mets designated hitter J.D. Martinez (illness) is out of the starting lineup on Sunday against the Miami Marlins due...
- 5/19 Mets Merized: Mets’ Offense Show Signs of Life Despite Heartbreaking Loss: The New York Mets’ offense has not produced at the level expected of them so far this season. A lineup that includes Pete...
- 5/19 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Marlins 10, Mets 9 (10 INN) 5/18/24: Things can always get worse. A few days ago, the GR for the game against the Phillies called it the most disappointing loss of...
- 5/19 Faith & Fear in Flushing: It’s Not Going Well: Believe it or not, the Mets did some good things on Saturday afternoon before decidedly not good things started happening. Mark...
- 5/19 Mets Merized: Edwin Díaz Blows Four Run Lead in 10-9 Loss: When it rains, it pours. When it’s rock bottom, it’s really rock bottom. Whatever happened on Saturday, was exactly...
- 5/18 Mets Merized: Francisco Lindor Bats Leadoff in Mets Lineup Shuffle: The Mets are shaking up their lineup. Presumably, in an attempt to generate more offense, Carlos Mendoza has inked Francisco Lindor as...
- 5/18 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Marlins, 4:10 PM: Saturday, May 18, 2024 • 4:10 PM loanDepot Park • Miami, FL RHP Luis Severino (2-2, 3.00) vs. LHP Braxton Garrett (0-0, 8.44)...
- 5/18 Mets Merized: Mets Offense Lacks Identity in 2024: The Mets 2024 season has mimicked a rollercoaster ride featuring many ups, downs, and loops. But the offense as of late has mirrored...
- 5/18 Mets Merized: Morning Briefing: David Fletcher Bet On Sports With Ippei Mizuhara’s Bookmaker: Good morning, Mets fans! Per Tisha Thompson of ESPN, former Angels infielder David Fletcher bet on sports with the same bookmaker...
- 5/18 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Marlins 8, Mets 0 (5/17/24): The Marlins jumped Christian Scott with a four-run second inning and cruised to an 8-0 win in the opener of a three-game series...
- 5/18 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Marlins, 7:10 p.m.: Friday, May 17, 2024 • 7:10 PM loanDepot Park • Miami, FL RHP Christian Scott (0-1, 2.84) vs. LHP Jesús Luzardo (0-3, 5.97) SNY...
- 5/18 MLBTradeRumors: Journeymen Taking Advantage Of Playing Time With Athletics: Opportunities in the big leagues can be fleeting. Jackson Holliday of the Orioles came into this year considered the best prospect...
- 5/17 Mets Merized: Bader’s Two-Hit Game Fuels Mets Victory: Although his name was not in the starting lineup against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, Mets outfielder Harrison Bader...
- 5/17 Mets Merized: Martinez’s Hitting Tip Turns Alonso’s Fortunes Around: It can be scary to approach a slumping polar bear, but once J.D. Martinez got up the nerve, the Met slugger’s bat heated...
- 5/17 Mets360.com: Mets’ hitters and the quality of their contact: The only thing that matters is what actually happens between the white lines. But there are things that happen because of skill...
- 5/17 Mets Merized: Morning Briefing: Mets Win Ahead of Series With Last-Place Marlins: Good morning, Mets fans! Take a deep breath, the schedule gets easier this weekend. J.D. Martinez singled in the go-ahead run...
- 5/17 Mets Merized: Mets Avoid Sweep With 11-Inning Win Over Phillies: The New York Mets (20-23) were in danger of being swept in a four-game series by the Philadelphia Phillies (31-15) and going 1-6...
- 5/17 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Phillies 5 (11 INN) 5/16/24: Jorge Lopez shut the door in the 10th inning and Jake Diekman got a strikeout with the tying run on third base as the Mets defeated...
- 5/17 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Phillies, 6:40 PM: Thursday, May 28, 2024 • 6:40 PM Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA LHP Jose Quintana (1-4, 5.44) vs. RHP Taijuan Walker (3-0,...
- 5/16 RotoBaller.com: J.D. Martinez Smashes Second Homer Against Phillies: New York Mets designated hitter J.D. Martinez smashed his second home run of the season in Wednesday's loss on the road to the...
- 5/16 Mets Merized: Walks Haunt Mets in 10-5 Loss to Phillies: After playing two games in New York, the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies traveled to Philadelphia to continue their four-game...
- 5/16 Faith & Fear in Flushing: The Muck and Mire: At least the Mets seem to be accepting that some things aren’t working. They reported for duty in Philadelphia without Joey...
- 5/16 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Phillies, 6:40 PM: Wednesday, May 28, 2024 • 6:40 PM Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA LHP Joey Lucchesi (0-0, -.–) vs. LHP Ranger Suarez...
- 5/14 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Phillies vs Mets, 1:10 PM: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 • 1:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Aaron Nola (4-2, 3.67) vs. RHP José Buttó (1-2, 3.00) SNY • MLBN...
- 5/14 Faith & Fear in Flushing: When the Game Was Lost: The game wasn’t lost when Edwin Diaz gag-jobbed the save, though Diaz’s slider has been MIA all season, his command...
- 5/14 Mets Merized: Díaz Blows Two-Run Lead In Ninth, Phillies Win 5-4 In Extras: The Mets (19-21) are nearly a quarter of the way through the 2024 season, and just now are they facing the division rival Phillies...
- 5/14 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Phillies 5, Mets 4 (10 INN) 5/13/24: Edwin Diaz couldn’t hold a two-run lead in the ninth inning and the Mets couldn’t score in either the ninth or 10th, which led...
- 5/14 Philly Sports Reports: Have We Met Yet? — Series Preview: Phillies at Mets, May 13 – 16Baseball’s best record Philadelphia Phillies head to Citi Field to battle the New York Mets......
- 5/14 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Phillies vs Mets, 7:10 P.M.: Monday, May 13, 2024 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Cristopher Sánchez (2-3, 3.22) vs. LHP Sean Manaea (2-1, 3.31) SNY...
- 5/14 CheapHill44: Combined No-Hitters: Saturday afternoon, Max Fried, Joe Jiménez, and Raisel Iglesias narrowly missed combining to no-hit the New York Mets. Designated...
- 5/13 Mets Merized: 3 Up, 3 Down: Nimmo’s Heroics Helps Mets Avoid Braves Sweep: Brandon Nimmo was the hero on Mother’s Day as the New York Mets avoided the sweep to the Atlanta Braves. After dropping...
- 5/13 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Braves vs. Mets, 7:10 P.M.: Sunday, May 28, 2024 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Bryce Elder (1-1, 5.28) vs. RHP Luis Severino (2-2, 2.93) ESPN The...
- 5/12 Mets Merized: Mets’ Offensive Struggles At Citi Field Continued On Saturday Against Atlanta: The feeling around the 2024 New York Mets was that the lineup would be their strongpoint, with the pitching be more of the question...
- 5/12 Mets360.com: Mets’ fans’ worst-case scenario for 2024 is playing to script: Well, at least it is for one Mets fan I could name. Back in March, some clown wrote that this 2024 season would be a mystery,...
- 5/12 Box-Toppers: Braves’ Fried tops players for Saturday, May 11; Athletics’ Estes tops AL players: Braves pitcher Max Fried is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day. Fried struck out five over seven scoreless and hitless...
- 5/12 Faith & Fear in Flushing: Futile With a Chance of Humiliation: There’s honestly not a lot of insight to be had comparing a mediocre baseball team with a very good one. Very good teams...
- 5/12 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Braves 4, Mets 1 (5/11/24): The Mets were held without a hit until two outs in the ninth inning and while they avoided that ignominy, they fell to the Braves,...
- 5/12 Baseball Musings: No-No Braves: Braves pitchers just finished eight no-hit innings against the Mets. Max Fried started and went seven innings, walking three and...
- 5/12 Mets Merized: Bats Absent in Mets 4-1 Loss To Braves: The lows get lower for the 2024 New York Mets. On a day when they, once again, broke out the City Connect jerseys, and Christian...
- 5/11 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Braves vs Mets, 4:10 PM: Saturday, May 11, 2024 • 4:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Max Fried (2-1, 4.23) vs. RHP Christian Scott (0-0, 1.35) SNY •...
- 5/11 Faith & Fear in Flushing: Mood-Matching Outfits: Good call Friday night wearing the reimagined (apparently during a bout of gloom) black jerseys in which the Mets wordmark, the...
- 5/11 Mets Merized: Long Balls Bite Quintana in Mets’ 4-2 Loss to Braves: A sizable track record of avoiding the long ball during a long career ended in short order. Jose Quintana had started his career...
- 5/11 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Braves vs Mets, 7:10 p.m.: Friday, May 28, 2024 • 1:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Charlie Morton (2-0, 3.50) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (1-3, 5.20) SNY...
- 5/10 MLBTradeRumors: Willson Contreras Expected To Miss About 10 Weeks: Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras underwent surgery to stabilize the fracture in his forearm on Wednesday of this week. Manager...
- 5/10 The Report On Sports: St. Louis Cardinals Catcher Willson Contreras Expected to Miss 10 Weeks: St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras had surgery this Wednesday to stabilize a forearm fracture. Manager Oli Marmol informed...
- 5/10 Mets Merized: 3 Up, 3 Down: Mets Bounce Back In St. Louis: The New York Mets are enjoying an off day having taken the series against the Cardinals. Although the final game was rained out,...
- 5/9 MLBTradeRumors: Braves Acquire Zack Short From Red Sox: The Red Sox have traded infielder Zack Short to the Braves in exchange for cash considerations, per announcements from both clubs....
- 5/9 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Notes: Bader, Megill, Gilbert, Williams: Harrison Bader has been out of the starting lineup for three of the Mets’ last five contests. He was penciled back into...
- 5/8 The Report On Sports: Should the Pittsburgh Pirates Make a Blockbuster Trade After a Slow Start?: As the trade deadline looms on the horizon, teams across MLB find themselves at a crossroads, assessing their current standings...
- 5/8 Mets360.com: Wednesday catch-all thread (5/8/24): Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. Please use this space instead of going off topic...
- 5/8 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Cardinals, Rain Delay: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 • 1:15 PM Busch Stadium • St. Louis, MO LHP Jose Quintana (1-3, 5.20) vs. RHP Sonny Gray (4-1, 0.89) SNY...
- 5/8 TeamRiseOrFall.com: MLB DFS Top Plays 5/8/24 Early Slate: MLB DFS Top Plays 5/8/24 Early Slate Welcome to ourMLB DFS Top Plays 5/8/24 Early Slate article. In today’s slate, the matchups...
- 5/8 Mets Merized: Morning Briefing: Kodai Senga Throwing Bullpen Soon: Good morning Mets fans! Mets ace Kodai Senga will throw a bullpen session in the coming days, according to Anthony DiComo of...
- 5/8 Faith & Fear in Flushing: Baseball Makes No Sense: Baseball makes no sense. Just ask the Mets, who went into the second inning at Busch Stadium Tuesday night down 3-0 to the Cardinals,...
- 5/8 The Report On Sports: St. Louis Cardinals’ Star Catcher Willson Contreras Suffers Fractured Arm: The St. Louis Cardinals were dealt a significant blow during their game against the New York Mets when their star catcher, Willson...
- 5/8 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Cardinals 5 (5/7/24): Brandon Nimmo and Pete Alonso both homered and drove in three runs to power the Mets to a 7-5 win over the Cardinals Tuesday night...
- 5/8 MLBTradeRumors: Willson Contreras Suffers Arm Fracture, To Undergo Surgery: 10:18pm: Contreras told reporters he’ll undergo surgery and expects to miss six to eight weeks (X link via Denton). Contreras...
- 5/8 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Cardinals vs Mets, 7:45 PM: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 • 7:45 PM Busch Stadium • St. Louis, MO RHP José Buttó (0-2, 2.57) vs. RHP Miles Mikolas (2-4, 5.68) SNY...
- 5/7 Baseball Musings: Beat the Streak Picks: The Log5 Method yields these top picks: 0.289 — Starling Marte batting against Miles Mikolas. 0.289 — Nathaniel Lowe...
- 5/7 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Cardinals, 7:45 P.M. ET: Thursday, May 28, 2024 • 7:45 PM Busch Stadium • St. Louis, MO LHP Sean Manaea (1-1, 3.07) vs. RHP Kyle Gibson (2-2, 3.79) SNY...
- 5/5 Mets Merized: Christian Scott Lives Up to Hype in Mets Loss to Rays: On a day where Christian Scott was impressive and battled through a tough beginning to his outing, the New York Mets dropped another...
- 5/5 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Rays 3, Mets 1 (5/4/24): Christian Scott was terrific in his MLB debut but the Mets’ offense was MIA in Tampa, resulting in a no-decision for Scott and...
- 5/5 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Rays, 7:10 PM: Saturday, May 4, 2024 • 7:15 PM Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, FL RHP Christian Scott (0-0, -.–) vs. RHP Zack Littell...
- 5/4 Baseball Musings: Beat the Streak Picks: The Log5 Method yields these top picks: 0.293 — Starling Marte batting against Zack Littell. 0.287 — Harrison Bader...
- 5/4 Franchise Sports: Five Surprising Early-Season Stories from the 2024 MLB Season: As expected, there have been some 2024 MLB early season surprises. After all, this is baseball, and anything can happen on any...
- 5/4 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs. Rays, 6:50 p.m.: Friday, May 3, 2024 • 6:50 PM Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, FL LHP Jose Quintana (1-2, 3.48) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (2-2, 5.06)...
- 5/3 Mets Merized: 3 Up, 3 Down: Mets Earn Series Split With Cubs: The 2024 New York Mets are a difficult and weird team to try and figure out. There was the 0-5 start, then the hot streak, and...
- 5/3 Faith & Fear in Flushing: Winlike Symptoms: Francisco Lindor didn’t start Thursday afternoon’s game, much as he didn’t finish Wednesday night’s. He was said to be suffering...
- 5/2 North Side Baseball: Unique Opportunity, Perfect Execution: Cubs Win On Rare Relay to Home Plate: Some fans will quibble with Craig Counsell's choice to remove Shota Imanaga after seven innings of work Wednesday night. There...
- 5/2 Mets Merized: Morning Briefing: Mets’ Offensive Woes Continue: Good morning, Mets fans. The Mets suffered a crushing loss on Wednesday night as a bang-bang play at the plate in the bottom of...
- 5/2 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/1/24): Cubs 1, Mets 0 – Wild Finish Preserves Pitching Masterpiece: For the third consecutive game at Citi Field Wednesday, the Cubs and Mets played an intense contest where offense was extremely...
- 5/2 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Cubs 1, Mets 0 (5/1/24): Pete Alonso was called out on a controversial play at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, sending the Mets to a 1-0 loss...
- 5/2 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (5/1/24): Cubs 1, Mets 0 – Wild Finish Preserves Pitching Masterpiece: For the third consecutive game at Citi Field Wednesday, the Cubs and Mets played an intense contest where offense was extremely...
- 5/2 Franchise Sports: Why is Brandon Belt Still Unsigned After .859 OPS in 2023?: Nowadays, no Brandon Belt news is actually bad news for the former all-star and two-time World Series champ. A month into the...
- 5/2 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Cubs vs Mets. 7:10 PM: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Shōta Imanaga (4-0, 0.98) vs. RHP Jose Buttó (0-1, 2.86) SNY The...
- 5/1 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Trade Zack Short To Red Sox: The Mets have traded infielder Zack Short to the Red Sox in exchange for cash, the teams announced Wednesday. Boston had an open...
- 5/1 Mets Merized: DJ Stewart Clubbed a Third Go-Ahead Homer on Tuesday: DJ Stewart had a chance on Monday night to tie the game. The tying runs were on base, and Stewart came to the plate as the go-ahead...
- 5/1 Cubs Insider: Dansby Swanson’s Wicked Two-Seam, ‘Fixing’ Adbert Alzolay’s Broken Breaking Balls: One of the first things you teach young kids when it comes to fielding and throwing a baseball is to orient it with a four-seam...
- 5/1 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (4/30/24): Mets 4, Cubs 2 – Pair of Errors Prove Costly in Loss: The Cubs and Mets found themselves in another tight pitching duel Tuesday night, but the final results were reversed from Monday....
- 5/1 Cubs Insider: Dansby Swanson’s Wicked Two-Seam, ‘Fixing’ Adbert Alzolay’s Broken Breaking Balls: One of the first things you teach young kids when it comes to fielding and throwing a baseball is to orient it with a four-seam...
- 5/1 Cubs Insider: Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (4/30/24): Mets 4, Cubs 2 – Pair of Errors Prove Costly in Loss: The Cubs and Mets found themselves in another tight pitching duel Tuesday night, but the final results were reversed from Monday....
- 5/1 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Cubs 2 (4/30/24): DJ Stewart broke up a 1-1 tie with a 3-run homer to power the Mets to a 4-2 win Tuesday night against the Cubs at Citi Field....
- 5/1 Mets Merized: Stewart’s Three-Run Blast Lifts Mets to 4-2 Win Over Cubs: New York evened the series with Chicago with a 4-2 triumph on Tuesday evening at Citi Field. The Mets’ bullpen continued...
- 5/1 MLBTradeRumors: Seven Veterans With Opt-Out Opportunities Tomorrow: As part of the 2022 collective bargaining agreement, MLB and the Players Association agreed to a few automatic opt-out dates for...
- 5/1 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Cubs vs. Mets, 7:10 PM: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Javier Assad (2-0, 2.00) vs. LHP Sean Manaea (1-1, 3.33) SNY •...
News -- April 2024 (92)