Brian Salvatore

6 days ago | amazinavenue.com | Brian Salvatore |Chris McShane

2023, Home Run Applesauce (Note: This episode was recorded before Friday night’s loss to the Phillies)Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. This week, Chris and Brian discuss the current six-game losing streak, try to come up with a pitching plan, and generally lament how things have turned in the past week.

1 week ago | amazinavenue.com | Brian Salvatore

Eric Hartline-Imagn Images The New York Mets (45-30) travel to Citizen’s Bank Park for a three-game set against the Philadelphia Phillies(45-30) starting this evening. The Mets and Phillies are now tied for top spot in the National League East. This is after the Mets led by as many as five and a half earlier this month.

1 week ago | amazinavenue.com | Brian Salvatore

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB via Getty Images Art Shamsky is a 13 year MLB veteran who was a key part of the 1969 Miracle Mets. He’s also an author of three books, most recently Mets Stories I Only Tell My Friends, co-written with Matthew Silverman. You can purchase autographed copies of the book at Shamsky’s ⁠website⁠, and you can follow him on ⁠Twitter⁠ or ⁠Facebook.⁠Art was a guest on Home Run Applesauce in Conversation, and we are excerpting part of that interview here today.

2 weeks ago | amazinavenue.com | Brian Salvatore

BreakingT.com After a couple of down years, the past few weeks have seen Jeff McNeil hitting like the McNeil of old. And it is in that spirit that BreakingT releases their newest Mets shirt celebrating McNeil, our own ‘Squirrel.’ BreakingT.com Since May 15, McNeil is hitting .284/.386/.568 with five home runs, 15 RBIs, and a wRC+ of 165. With a reasonable BABIP (.246) and an ISO of .284, this seems more sustainable than if he was just getting lucky on a bunch of bloops.

2 weeks ago | amazinavenue.com | Brian Salvatore

Brad Penner-Imagn Images After a brutal loss to the Rays on Friday night, the Mets got some good news: Kodai Senga has only a Grade 1 hamstring strain, and will be re-evaluated in 14 days. Grade 1 is the least severe strain possible, and the Mets look to have dodged their ace missing too much time. Senga strained his hamstring in the series finale with the Nationals on Friday afternoon.