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Now the kid has a THANK YOU, MENDY! sign. A champ, that child is.

This kid behind home plate has a #3 HIT A HOMER FOR ME! sign. When Benge isn't up, he turns it over and it says THE COMEBACK BEGINS. That's a believer.

Scott had Harper in an 0-2 hole but was afraid to throw strike three until 3-and-2. Not a winning way to be.

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Opening with two scoreless innings from a starter is a nice hurdle to clear.

Snipers at Nationals Park.

You know, Thornton vs. Senga isn't an actual real-world choice.

It is hardly without precedent, but it is among the most un-just of transactions. The Mets began yesterday with three men in their rotation, and seemingly a gajillion guys in their bullpen. They call up a guy, he does great, and he gets bounced right back to Syracuse for the trouble. Transactions, 6/27/2026 GOING COMING Demoted to Syracuse Activated from Injured List Starting Pitchers Zach Thornton Christian Scott L/L DoB: 2002-01-17 High Level: MLB (2026) R/R DoB: 1999-06-15 High Level: MLB (2026) On the first day of the Andy Green regime, the Mets had no starters available, and were forced to call up Zach Thornton — a rookie with all of one (unsuccessful) starts at the major-league level. He came up, instantly gave up three hard-hit balls, made his adjustments, and absolutely shut the hard-hitting Phillies down: IP H R ER BB SO Pit Str GiDP 6.0 5 1 1 1 7 78 54 3(!) You may feel different, but that's the kind of pitcher (and one of those last two hits were Mets Roster Central would like to see come out for the seventh. But somewhere baseball in general, and the Mets in particular, are broken, and unlike any other sport, when a guy who is threatening to win a game for his team, all the manager is can think about is when to get him out of there. And so, rather than see Thornton come out for the seventh, the Flushing faithful, see him yanked from the game so hard that he ended up in Syracuse, as the Mets lost the contest and the golden opportunity for a fresh start under Andy Green it represented.

It is hardly without precedent, but it is among the most un-just of transactions. The Mets began yesterday with three men in their rotation, and seemingly a gajillion guys in their bullpen. They call up a guy, he does great, and he gets bounced right back to Syracuse for the trouble. Transactions, 6/27/2026 GOING COMING Demoted to Syracuse Activated from Injured List Starting Pitchers Zach Thornton Christian Scott L/L DoB: 2002-01-17 High Level: MLB (2026) R/R DoB: 1999-06-15 High Level: MLB (2026) On the first day of the Andy Green regime, the Mets had no starters available, and were forced to call up Zach Thornton — a rookie with all of one (unsuccessful) starts at the major-league level. He came up, instantly gave up three hard-hit balls, made his adjustments, and absolutely shut the hard-hitting Phillies down: IP H R ER BB SO Pit Str GiDP 6.0 5 1 1 1 7 78 54 3(!) You may feel different, but that's the kind of pitcher (and one of those last two hits were Mets Roster Central would like to see come out for the seventh. But somewhere baseball in general, and the Mets in particular, are broken, and unlike any other sport, when a guy who is threatening to win a game for his team, all the manager is can think about is when to get him out of there. And so, rather than see Thornton come out for the seventh, the Flushing faithful, see him yanked from the game so hard that he ended up in Syracuse, as the Mets lost the contest and the golden opportunity for a fresh start under Andy Green it represented. May Christian Scott see better — and saner — times. Your 2026 New York Mets Starting Pitchers Relief Pitchers Sean Manaea Nolan McLean Freddy Peralta Christian Scott Huascar Brazobán R/L DoB: 1992-02-01 R/R DoB: 2001-07-24 R/R DoB: 2996-06-04 R/R DoB: 1999-06-15 R/R DoB: 1989-10-15 Relief Pitchers A.J. Minter Tobias Myers Cionel Pérez Brooks Raley Kodai Senga Austin Warren Luke Weaver L/L DoB: 1993-09-02 R/R DoB: 1998-08-05 R/L DoB: 35176 L/L DoB: 1988-06-29 L/R DoB: 1993-01-30 R/R DoB: 1996-02-05 R/R DoB: 1993-08-21 Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders Devin Williams Francisco Alvarez Luís Torrens Bo Bichette Brett Baty Francisco Lindor Ronny Mauricio R/R DoB: 1994-09-21 R/R DoB: 2001-11-01 R/R DoB: 1996-05-02 R/R DoB: 1998-03-05 L/R DoB: 1999-11-13 S/R DoB: 1993-11-14 S/R DoB: 2001-04-04 Infielders Outfielders Mark Vientos Eric Wagaman Carson Benge A.J. Ewing Juan Soto Tyrone Taylor Jared Young R/R DoB: 1993-12-11 R/R DoB: 1997-08-14 L/R DoB: 2003-01-20 L/R DoB: 2004-08-10 L/L DoB: 1998-10-25 R/R DoB: 1994-01-22 L/R DoB: 1995-07-09 Also on 40-Player Roster Starting Pitchers Relief Pitchers Clay Holmes Tylor Megill Zach Thornton Jonah Tong Alex Carrillo Daniel Duarte Reed Garrett R/R DoB: 1993-03-27 R/R DoB: 1995-07-28 L/L DoB: 2002-01-17 R/R DoB: 2003-06-19 R/R DoB: 1997-06-06 R/R DoB: 1996-12-04 R/R DoB: 1993-01-02 Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders Joey Gerber Justin Hagenman Dedniel Núñez Jonathan Pintaro Dylan Ross Hayden Senger Jorge Polanco R/R DoB: 1997-05-03 R/R DoB: 1996-10-07 R/R DoB: 1996-06-05 R/R DoB: 1997-11-07 R/R DoB: 2000-09-01 R/R DoB: 1997-04-03 S/R DoB: 1999-11-13 Infielders Outfielders Marcus Semien MJ Melendez Nick Morabito Jared Oliva Luis Robert, Jr. R/R DoB: 1990-09-17 L/R DoB: 1993-11-29 R/R DoB: 2003-05-07 R/R DoB: 1995-11-27 R/R DoB: 1997-08-03 Designated for Assignment Infielders Zack Short R/R DoB: 34848 Your Mets Coaching Staff Interim Manager Bench Coach Pitching Coach Hitting Coord. Third Base Coach First Base Coach Bullpen Coach Ass't Pitch. Coach Andy Green Kai Correa Justin Willard Jeff Albert Tim Leiper Gilbert Gomez José Rosado Dan McKinney DoB: 1977-07-07 DoB: 1989-07-14 DoB: 1990-09-09 DoB: 1992-08-16 DoB: 1996-07-19 DoB: 1992-03-08 DoB: 1974-11-09 DoB: 1989-06-06 Hitting Coach Strategy Coach Catching Coach Coaching Assistant Bat'g Pract. Pitcher Equip. Manager Bullpen Catcher Bullpen Catcher Troy Snitker Danny Barnes J.P. Arencibia Rafael Fernandez Kevin Mahoney Kevin Kierst Eric Langill Dave Racaniello DoB: 1988-12-05 DoB: 1989-10021 DoB: 1986-01-05 DoB: 1988-08-03 DoB: 1987-05-11 DoB: 1964-07-09 DoB: 1979-04-09 DoB: 1978-06-03 Your Mets Training Staff Director of Player Health Head Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Recond. Coordinator Recond. Therapist Head Performance Coach Assistant Performance Coach Performance Coordinator Soft Tissue Specialist Brian Chicklo Joseph Golia Bryan Baca Sean Bardanett Josh Bickel Dustin Clarke Tanner Miracle Jeremy Chiang Hiroto Kawamura DoB: 1972-07-17 DoB: 1978-??-?? DoB: Circa 1980 DoB: 1988-06-23 DoB: 1996-??-?? DoB: 1987-??-?? DoB: 1991-??-?? DoB: ????-??-?? DoB: 1962-07-19 View full article

Alvarez is sure getting yo-yo'ed up and down this lineup. Mets up against a lefty and he's batting last. Also against a lefty, Young and Baty are in the lineup but Waggy is watching from the dugout. I'm not sure Lindor batting cleanup was the mark I wanted to see Green but on this team, but at least he's out there two days in a row. PHILADELPHIA Starting Pitcher Tim Mayza LHP 2-2, 3.06 ERA, 35 SO Lineup Trea Turner (R) SS Kyle Schwarber (L) DH Bryce Harper (L) 1B Brandon Marsh (L) LF Bryson Stott (L) 2B Edmundo Sosa (R) 3B Gabriel Rincones Jr. (L) RF Justin Crawford (L) CF Rafael Marchán (S) C METS Starting Pitcher Christian Scott RHP 2-0, 3.10 ERA, 47 SO Lineup Carson Benge (L) RF Juan Soto (L) LF Bo Bichette (R) 3B Francisco Lindor (S) SS Jared Young (L) 1B Mark Vientos (R) DH A.J. Ewing (L) CF Brett Baty (L) 2B Francisco Alvarez (R) C

No, Charlie is in the home whites.

The Giants have had a terrible dumpster fire of a Pride Day "celebration." The object lesson should be that it enough to ask a team to wear a city's name on their jersey and players being expected to wear and represent more than that can seem and get framed as coercive even though very reasonable agreements have been made between the league and the Player's Association. I do not claim membership to any gender-non-conforming community, but I think it would mean more to me if a team celebrated Pride Day by inviting and graciously hosting and celebrating my community, with whatever players or former players or organization members making whatever gestures of solidarity they were willing to stand by, rather than pressing the whole team to wear uniforms in a broad statement that we can certainly suspect or even know made many of them grind their teeth. That's speculation. I don't know. Anyhow, the stupid culture wars have players posing as and being framed as Christian martyrs, in the sort of stupid skirmishes that have the likes of desperate self-promoters like Rob Schneider jumping in. Huff's comments in response, though, are really low, and unfit to reprint here. But he insists that Buster Posey is with him all the way.

This guy sure chose a heck of a hill to die on, huh? Trying to drag Buster Posey down with him is something else.

So it has come — the leadership change that is too late for some, too soon for David Stearns, but was deeply inevitable. Transactions, 6/24/2026 GOING Fired Demoted to Syracuse Demoted to Syracuse Manager Relief Pitchers Infielders Carlos Mendoza Daniel Duarte MJ Melendez S/R DoB: 1979-11-27 High Level: MLB (2026) R/R DoB: 1996-12-04 High Level: MLB (2019) L/R DoB: 1993-11-29 High Level: MLB (2019) COMING Transferred from Senior Vice President of Player Development Promoted from Syracuse Ended Rehab Assignment and Activated from IL Interim Manager Starting Pitchers Outfielders Andy Green Zach Thornton Tyrone Taylor R/R DoB: 1977-07-07 High Level: MLB (2026) L/L DoB: 2002-01-17 High Level: MLB (2026) R/R DoB: 1994-01-22 High Level: MLB (2026) Daniel Duarte did nothing to deserve appearing in this update. He returned to the team with a perfect ERA in his back pocket, and left without throwing a pitch. The same protestations of innocence will not avail Carlos Mendoza and MJ Melendez. Managers are almost always "terrific guys" the day after they get fired. This is mostly fair and gracious and the way it should be, for managers tend to take the fall for situations not entirely within their control. The policy is made above them and the performance occurs below them. They are the narrow choke-point of the process and make for the most concentrated target. Also, they often are, actually, decent guys. And from the Mets Roster Central standpoint, Carlos has been standup all the way. But before and after that day, a more forensic analysis needs to be done. Mendoza, to our eyes, was more of a manager of policy than a manager of people. He was not the captain that people burned to follow into battle. He certainly cared for the brand. MRC recalls the speech he made to his team after qualifying for the 2024 playoffs, when the SNY cameras made a rare intrusion into the team's locker room. Carlos congratulated his players, but made a point of reminding the team that their success is also a product of the scouting department and the development department. This was all true, and it needed to be said. But was it the message for that team in that moment? The players needed to be congratulated for having each other's back, carrying each other, and reminded that the guy in the next locker carried them. They still had a challenge ahead of them, and the fans were behind them. Carlos' comments amounted more of a speech for an external audience. He was thanking his friends in the organization and management. It was the act of the gracious man he is, but he could have done that with a phone call or text, and given them their public acknowledgment after the end of the post season, for better or worse. In the end, it was the loyalty of those friends of his in management that kept his tenure going so long. But the bread-and-butter notes that George H.W. Bush was famous for only got him one term, and so it was with Mendy. Carlos Mendoza — terrific organization guy. Not so much an us-against-the-world guy in the clubhouse. All the best to him. Zach Thornton's return can and should signal a new direction of the 2026 team under new manager Andy Green. With Thornton, Nolan McLean, Christian Scott, and Jonah Tong potentially rounding out the rotation in the months to come, with A.J. Ewing and Carson Benge anchoring the lineup, this team can put on a new character going forward, for better or for worse. Any players from Generation Peterson will have to justify their presence with performance day in and day out, or else meet the fate of David Peterson himself. Reload.

So it has come — the leadership change that is too late for some, too soon for David Stearns, but was deeply inevitable. Transactions, 6/24/2026 GOING Fired Demoted to Syracuse Demoted to Syracuse Manager Relief Pitchers Infielders Carlos Mendoza Daniel Duarte MJ Melendez S/R DoB: 1979-11-27 High Level: MLB (2026) R/R DoB: 1996-12-04 High Level: MLB (2019) L/R DoB: 1993-11-29 High Level: MLB (2019) COMING Transferred from Senior Vice President of Player Development Promoted from Syracuse Ended Rehab Assignment and Activated from IL Interim Manager Starting Pitchers Outfielders Andy Green Zach Thornton Tyrone Taylor R/R DoB: 1977-07-07 High Level: MLB (2026) L/L DoB: 2002-01-17 High Level: MLB (2026) R/R DoB: 1994-01-22 High Level: MLB (2026) Daniel Duarte did nothing to deserve appearing in this update. He returned to the team with a perfect ERA in his back pocket, and left without throwing a pitch. The same protestations of innocence will not avail Carlos Mendoza and MJ Melendez. Managers are almost always "terrific guys" the day after they get fired. This is mostly fair and gracious and the way it should be, for managers tend to take the fall for situations not entirely within their control. The policy is made above them and the performance occurs below them. They are the narrow choke-point of the process and make for the most concentrated target. Also, they often are, actually, decent guys. And from the Mets Roster Central standpoint, Carlos has been standup all the way. But before and after that day, a more forensic analysis needs to be done. Mendoza, to our eyes, was more of a manager of policy than a manager of people. He was not the captain that people burned to follow into battle. He certainly cared for the brand. MRC recalls the speech he made to his team after qualifying for the 2024 playoffs, when the SNY cameras made a rare intrusion into the team's locker room. Carlos congratulated his players, but made a point of reminding the team that their success is also a product of the scouting department and the development department. This was all true, and it needed to be said. But was it the message for that team in that moment? The players needed to be congratulated for having each other's back, carrying each other, and reminded that the guy in the next locker carried them. They still had a challenge ahead of them, and the fans were behind them. Carlos' comments amounted more of a speech for an external audience. He was thanking his friends in the organization and management. It was the act of the gracious man he is, but he could have done that with a phone call or text, and given them their public acknowledgment after the end of the post season, for better or worse. In the end, it was the loyalty of those friends of his in management that kept his tenure going so long. But the bread-and-butter notes that George H.W. Bush was famous for only got him one term, and so it was with Mendy. Carlos Mendoza — terrific organization guy. Not so much an us-against-the-world guy in the clubhouse. All the best to him. Zach Thornton's return can and should signal a new direction of the 2026 team under new manager Andy Green. With Thornton, Nolan McLean, Christian Scott, and Jonah Tong potentially rounding out the rotation in the months to come, with A.J. Ewing and Carson Benge anchoring the lineup, this team can put on a new character going forward, for better or for worse. Any players from Generation Peterson will have to justify their presence with performance day in and day out, or else meet the fate of David Peterson himself. Reload. Your 2026 New York Mets Starting Pitchers Relief Pitchers Sean Manaea Nolan McLean Freddy Peralta Zach Thornton Huascar Brazobán R/L DoB: 1992-02-01 R/R DoB: 2001-07-24 R/R DoB: 2996-06-04 L/L DoB: 2002-01-17 R/R DoB: 1989-10-15 Relief Pitchers A.J. Minter Tobias Myers Cionel Pérez Brooks Raley Kodai Senga Austin Warren Luke Weaver L/L DoB: 1993-09-02 R/R DoB: 1998-08-05 R/L DoB: 35176 L/L DoB: 1988-06-29 L/R DoB: 1993-01-30 R/R DoB: 1996-02-05 R/R DoB: 1993-08-21 Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders Devin Williams Francisco Alvarez Luís Torrens Bo Bichette Brett Baty Francisco Lindor Ronny Mauricio R/R DoB: 1994-09-21 R/R DoB: 2001-11-01 R/R DoB: 1996-05-02 R/R DoB: 1998-03-05 L/R DoB: 1999-11-13 S/R DoB: 1993-11-14 S/R DoB: 2001-04-04 Infielders Outfielders Mark Vientos Eric Wagaman Carson Benge A.J. Ewing Juan Soto Tyrone Taylor Jared Young R/R DoB: 1993-12-11 R/R DoB: 1997-08-14 L/R DoB: 2003-01-20 L/R DoB: 2004-08-10 L/L DoB: 1998-10-25 R/R DoB: 1994-01-22 L/R DoB: 1995-07-09 Also on 40-Player Roster Starting Pitchers Relief Pitchers Clay Holmes Tylor Megill Christian Scott Jonah Tong Alex Carrillo Daniel Duarte Reed Garrett R/R DoB: 1993-03-27 R/R DoB: 1995-07-28 R/R DoB: 1999-06-15 R/R DoB: 2003-06-19 R/R DoB: 1997-06-06 R/R DoB: 1996-12-04 R/R DoB: 1993-01-02 Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders Joey Gerber Justin Hagenman Dedniel Núñez Jonathan Pintaro Dylan Ross Hayden Senger Jorge Polanco R/R DoB: 1997-05-03 R/R DoB: 1996-10-07 R/R DoB: 1996-06-05 R/R DoB: 1997-11-07 R/R DoB: 2000-09-01 R/R DoB: 1997-04-03 S/R DoB: 1999-11-13 Infielders Outfielders Marcus Semien MJ Melendez Nick Morabito Jared Oliva Luis Robert, Jr. R/R DoB: 1990-09-17 L/R DoB: 1993-11-29 R/R DoB: 2003-05-07 R/R DoB: 1995-11-27 R/R DoB: 1997-08-03 Designated for Assignment Infielders Zack Short R/R DoB: 34848 Your Mets Coaching Staff Interim Manager Bench Coach Pitching Coach Hitting Coord. Third Base Coach First Base Coach Bullpen Coach Ass't Pitch. Coach Andy Green Kai Correa Justin Willard Jeff Albert Tim Leiper Gilbert Gomez José Rosado Dan McKinney DoB: 1977-07-07 DoB: 1989-07-14 DoB: 1990-09-09 DoB: 1992-08-16 DoB: 1996-07-19 DoB: 1992-03-08 DoB: 1974-11-09 DoB: 1989-06-06 Hitting Coach Strategy Coach Catching Coach Coaching Assistant Bat'g Pract. Pitcher Equip. Manager Bullpen Catcher Bullpen Catcher Troy Snitker Danny Barnes J.P. Arencibia Rafael Fernandez Kevin Mahoney Kevin Kierst Eric Langill Dave Racaniello DoB: 1988-12-05 DoB: 1989-10021 DoB: 1986-01-05 DoB: 1988-08-03 DoB: 1987-05-11 DoB: 1964-07-09 DoB: 1979-04-09 DoB: 1978-06-03 Your Mets Training Staff Director of Player Health Head Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Recond. Coordinator Recond. Therapist Head Performance Coach Assistant Performance Coach Performance Coordinator Soft Tissue Specialist Brian Chicklo Joseph Golia Bryan Baca Sean Bardanett Josh Bickel Dustin Clarke Tanner Miracle Jeremy Chiang Hiroto Kawamura DoB: 1972-07-17 DoB: 1978-??-?? DoB: Circa 1980 DoB: 1988-06-23 DoB: 1996-??-?? DoB: 1987-??-?? DoB: 1991-??-?? DoB: ????-??-?? DoB: 1962-07-19 View full article

THOUGHTS ON THE GAME! Upside: Terrific effort by Thornton. Team playing cleaner. Young looked like a guy. They got a new manager. Lindor looked more ready to be out there than he looked in his first game. Downside: Mauricio doesn't look ready to be out there at all. Kind of looks like Michael Jordan at the plate. New manager shares his predecessor's tendency to pull a starter when he's cruising. Bottom of the lineup giving nothing. Baty chasing everything and looking bad doing it. The world seems to be catching up with Benge and Ewing on both offense and defense. They lost their seventh game in a row.

Gotta place Lindor at second. No way he gets third.

Will Lindor find his hit skills? That's a big question if the Mets are going to play any good ball this year.

Bohm is making all sorts of outs.

Damn, going to Brazzy here was such a Mendoza move, Andy.

That Ron Hodges managerial stint that seemed so likely never came to pass.

Thorny should still be out there on the mound.