WFAN’s Joe Benigno reacts to Mets’ playoff elimination: ‘They choked’

In many ways, the Mets’ 2022 season was a huge step forward. Not only did they surpass the 100-win mark for the fourth time in franchise history, but they also exceeded preseason expectations. As we sit here the day after the San Diego Padres eliminated them in the Wild Card Series, though, none of that … Continued

Joe Musgrove and the San Diego Padres made history on Sunday night at Citi Field, becoming the first squad to hold their opponent to just one hit in a winner-take-all game. Mets manager Buck Showalter tried to get in Musgrove’s head with a check for foreign substances in the sixth inning. That attempt didn’t work, … Continued

The Mets’ 2022 season came to a screeching and disappointing halt on Sunday night at Citi Field with a 6-0 loss to the Padres. Instead of flying to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers, New York is now forced into one of the most important offseasons in franchise history. There are lots of crucial roster … Continued

After Friday night’s disaster of a game, it looked like the Mets got themselves back on track Saturday thanks to Jacob deGrom. He put together a typically dominant performance and gave the offense just enough time to wake up. Unfortunately, they went back to sleep on Sunday night at the most crucial time of the … Continued

Ahead of the postseason, the mere thought of watching Edwin Diaz enter a game at Citi Field with “Narco” blaring through the speakers would give any Mets fan goosebumps. The closer has had a dominant season, and his entrance into games has become a huge event. That wasn’t the case with New York down 4-0 … Continued

It first happened during that dreadful sweep in Atlanta. Then, the question came up again in Game 1 of the Mets’ Wild Card series against the Padres: where were New York’s star players? Max Scherzer got shelled and the offense looked completely dead on Friday night at Citi Field. It forced this 101-win team from … Continued

The Mets are in the midst of fighting for their playoff life in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series against the San Diego Padres. Jacob deGrom threw up six strong innings and got some help from New York’s star players. One of those was shortstop Francisco Lindor. However, ESPN’s Karl Ravech was having a hard … Continued

The Mets weren’t even supposed to be here. If we were having this conversation about a month ago, there’d be shocking looks from some Mets fans about playing in the Wild Card series. Even with what transpired over the final stretch of the regular season, there were reasons for optimism in New York’s matchup against … Continued

Here we are, folks. The 2022 MLB regular season is complete and the Mets are still playing for the first time since 2016. Regardless of how the last month of games has gone for New York, we’d all be taking this outcome if it was told to us back in February. Manager Buck Showalter’s club … Continued

Ahead of the Mets’ Wild Card Series opener on Friday night at Citi Field against the Padres, top prospect Francisco Alvarez made some headlines. And it’s not because of anything he particularly did — it’s just by his mere presence. The 20-year-old is making Mets history by being the youngest player on New York’s postseason … Continued

Postseason baseball is back in Queens, New York, folks. Citi Field will be rocking this weekend. After winning 101 games in one of the best seasons in franchise history, the Mets open up the 2022 playoffs with a best-of-three series against the San Diego Padres. Starting Friday evening in primetime, this series brings together two … Continued

After a rough weekend in Atlanta, the Mets traveled home for their final series of the regular season. There was faint hope that New York could still win the National League East, but those dreams officially died on Tuesday. While the Mets swept a doubleheader from the Nationals, the Braves beat the Miami Marlins 2-1 … Continued