The first leg of the 2024 Subway Series kicks off Tuesday night at Citi Field as the New York Mets host the crosstown rival New York Yankees for the first of two games. Two games at Citi Field this week, two games at Yankee Stadium from July 23-24. The Mets have won eight of the last 14 Subway Series games since 2021, including five of seven in Queens.
“It’s New York City. Biggest, greatest city in the world. Two great franchises,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone told the New York Post about playing the Mets. “Over the course of 162 games, it adds a little different kind of buzz and excitement and break in the normal monotony of the season. I think it’s exciting for the players on both teams, certainly the fan bases and certainly the city. Doing it in the summertime — obviously the Mets are starting to play good baseball here. So I think it’s something we always look forward to.”
The Mets had baseball’s worst record in May (9-19) and now they have baseball’s best record in June (13-6). They’ve won 13 of their last 17 games, but still sit two games under .500 at 37-39. That’s good enough to be only 1.5 games behind the NL’s third wild-card spot. The Yankees have baseball’s third-best record at 52-28. They’ve lost seven of their last 10 games and four of their last five series, however. The Mets are flying high heading into the Subway Series. The Yankees are reeling a bit.
Here are the details for this week’s Yankees vs. Mets series at Citi Field. Select games can be streamed on fuboTV (try for free).
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Tues., June 25 |
7:10 p.m. ET |
RHP Gerrit Cole (0-0, 4.50 ERA) vs. LHP David Peterson (3-0, 3.97 ERA) |
SNY, YES, TBS |
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Wed., June 25 |
7:10 p.m. ET |
RHP Luis Gil (9-2, 2.77 ERA) vs. LHP Sean Manaea (4-3, 4.16 ERA) |
SNY, Amazon Prime Video, MLBN |
The Mets rearranged their rotation last week and Luis Severino will not face his former team this series. He started Sunday night. The rotation moves were not about Severino specifically. The Yankees have been much better against righties (.782 OPS) than lefties (.699 OPS) this season, and the Mets wanted Peterson and Manaea to pitch in the Subway Series.
There are plenty of Yankees-Mets connections on the two rosters. The Yankees just picked up former Met J.D. Davis and added him to Phil Bickford, Michael Tonkin, and Marcus Stroman, all of who played for the Mets…
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