Carson Benge News Archive
News -- July 2026 (73)
- 7/17 LegendsOnDeck.com: What a Difference Two Seasons Make: Trading Francisco Lindor Would Be a Travesty: What a difference two seasons make. In 2024, the New York Mets were one of baseball’s best stories. After an incredible...
- 7/17 Nats.Talk: Nats release their 2027 schedule — if they have a season!: Photo Sol Tucker/Nats.Talk With all of the threats coming from both sides of the aisle in the contentious negotiations of the...
- 7/17 Mets Merized: Francisco Alvarez Starts Second Half With a Bang: Francisco Alvarez entered Thursday night with questions surrounding his future. He left it having provided a timely reminder of...
- 7/17 Grand Central Mets: Mets' Disastrous First Half Makes It Impossible Not To Play What-If Game With Alonso, Nimmo and McNeil: The 2025-26 MLB offseason felt like the end of an era in Queens. The New York Mets let Edwin Diaz and Pete Alonso walk in free...
- 7/17 Mets Merized: Morning Briefing: Soto Exits With Calf Soreness, Expected to Avoid IL: Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets received a scare during the Mets’ first game back from the All-Star break, when Juan Soto...
- 7/17 MLBTradeRumors: Mets To Begin Fielding Offers For Deadline Sell-Off: The deadline sale in Queens appears to be underway. Chelsea Janes of SNY and Jon Heyman of The New York Post each report that...
- 7/16 Mets Merized: Game Thread: Mets vs Phillies, 6:10 PM: Thursday, July 16, 2026 • 6:10 PM Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA RHP Christian Scott (2-1, 3.17) vs. RHP Aaron Nola (3-6,...
- 7/16 Mets Merized: A Look at the Positives From the Mets’ First Half: Things have not gone well for the Mets, that is not a secret. They are 40-57 and in second-to-last place in the National League....
- 7/16 Mets Merized: MMO Roundtable: The Biggest First Half Surprises And Letdowns For The Mets: Here we are, halfway through the season. A time to reflect on all that has happened in the first half of the season. This season...
- 7/16 Box-Toppers: Phillies have most players among Box-Toppers' top 100 list at All-Star break: The Philadelphia Phillies have the most players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2026 player rankings at the All-Star break. The...
- 7/16 Grand Central Mets: Despite Rough First Half, Mets Can Take Solace In Having Juan Soto: The New York Mets entered the 2026 campaign with big dreams and postseason aspirations. Fast-forward three and a half months,...
- 7/16 Baseball Musings: Beat the Streak Picks: The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages versus starting pitchers: 0.281, 0.681 — Bo Bichette batting at...
- 7/15 Diamond Digest: The Yankees are Doing Spencer Jones a Disservice: How the Yankees are handling Spencer Jones is quite puzziling. The post The Yankees are Doing Spencer Jones a Disservice appeared...
- 7/15 LegendsOnDeck.com: MLB Midseason Predictions: My Top Candidates for Rookie of the Year: The first half of the 2026 Major League Baseball season has introduced fans to an exciting new wave of young talent. While some...
- 7/15 Mets Merized: Morning Briefing: All-Star Festivities Conclude: Good morning, Mets fans! As the Mets’ lone All-Star, Juan Soto provided one of the National League’s three total hits, collecting...
- 7/14 newbaseballmedia.com: 2026 MLB First-Half Recap: New York Mets: To state that the first half of the Mets’ 2026 season was disappointing would be an understatement. It saw many defensive...
- 7/14 Mets Merized: 2026 First Half Report Card: Outfielders: In a season full of frustration and underperformance, the Mets’ outfield has by far been the highlight of the year. Juan...
- 7/13 Grand Central Mets: New York Mets Minor League Report: Ryan Clifford Represents Organization At All-Star Futures Game: Ryan Clifford has had a subpar offensive season at Triple-A, but he was the best the New York Mets' organization had to offer...
- 7/13 Grand Central Mets: Mets Week in Review: First Half Ends on Another Sour Note: New York Mets Weekly Snapshot Record Last Week: 2-4 Runs Scored Last Week: 29 Runs Surrendered Last Week: 34 Standings: 5th...
- 7/13 Mets360.com: Mets 2026 midseason report cardHere are the first-half grades for the 2026 Mets....
- 7/12 Just Baseball: At Least the Mets Have an Outfield to Build Around: To say that nothing has gone right for the New York Mets this season would be quite the understatement. The team sits 16 games...
- 7/12 Mets Merized: The Mets’ Offense Continues To Fall Flat: If a team cannot score, they cannot win ballgames. On Saturday night, the Mets lost game two of a three game set against the Boston...
- 7/12 Mets Merized: Mets Offense Dormant Again in Second Straight Loss to Red Sox: One day after the New York Mets and their offense were held to 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position against Sonny Gray, the...
- 7/11 newbaseballmedia.com: 2026 Fantasy: Week 15 Risers & Fallers: So, who’s hot heading into the 2026 All-Star Game break? Well, several rookies are going into it on high notes, as is one...
- 7/11 Sport Relay: Mets Select Carson Wiggins at No. 27 Overall: With the No. 27 overall pick of the first round in the 2026 MLB draft, the New York Mets selected Carson Wiggins out of Arkansas....
- 7/11 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Red Sox vs Mets, 4:10 PM: Saturday, July 11, 2026 • 4:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Eduardo Rivera (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Freddy Peralta (5-7, 4.68)...
- 7/11 RotoWire: On base three times in winBenge went 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base in Thursday's win over the Royals....
- 7/11 Mets Merized: Previewing The Mets’ 2026 MLB Draft: When the MLB draft opens today, July 11, the New York Mets will watch 27 picks pass by before they make their first one. For the...
- 7/11 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Red Sox 6, Mets 2 (7/10/26)You knew it wasn’t going to be the Mets’ night when Juan Soto dropped a ball hit by the leadoff man of the game....
- 7/11 Mets Merized: Mets’ Offense, Bullpen Fall Short in Loss to Red Sox: One team endured a brutal 24-hour travel experience and arrived at the ballpark just two hours before the scheduled first pitch....
- 7/10 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Red Sox vs. Mets, 7:50 PM: Friday, July 10, 2026 • 7:50 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Sonny Gray (10-1, 2.61) vs. RHP Nolan McLean (6-5, 3.73) Apple TV...
- 7/10 Mets Merized: 3 Up, 3 Down: Offense Powers Mets’ Series Win Against Royals: We saw some progress with the New York Mets this week. Namely, we saw a lot of improvement from the offense. To be more precise,...
- 7/10 Mets Merized: Series Preview: Mets Finish Off First Half vs. Red Sox: For the first time since June 12-14 against the Atlanta Braves, the New York Mets (40-54) won a series at home. Their offense...
- 7/10 Mets Merized: Sean Manaea’s Impressive Return to Rotation Continues: Sean Manaea’s first pitch Thursday afternoon was a four-seam fastball over the middle of the plate, and Lane Thomas sent it over...
- 7/10 Mets Merized: The Mets’ Outfield Among Best in NL Despite Lost Season: *Editor’s Notes* – This article was written prior to the Mets and Royals game July 9, 2026. Stats are from before...
- 7/10 RotoBaller.com: Carson Benge Becoming a Must-Add Off the Waiver Wire?: New York Mets rookie outfielder Carson Benge is quietly having a strong first year in the big leagues for the last-place Mets....
- 7/10 Mets Merized: Morning Briefing: Clay Holmes Open For Midseason Extension With Mets: Good morning, Mets fans! Will Sammon and Tim Britton from The Athletic report that multiple teams are expected to show interest...
- 7/10 Grand Central Mets: Examining New York Mets' List Of 'Untouchables' Ahead Of Trade Deadline: The rumor mill is in full swing, and with the New York Mets being one of the worst teams in the National League, everything...
- 7/9 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Royals 3 (7/9/26): Sean Manaea gave the Mets seven strong innings and the bats produced a five-run fifth, leading to a 7-3 victory Thursday afternoon...
- 7/9 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Royals vs Mets, 1:10 PM: Wednesday, July 9, 2026 • 1:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Michael Wacha (5-6, 3.45) vs. LHP Sean Manaea (1-4, 4.76) SNY...
- 7/9 Mets Daddy: Distractions From Mets Season Almost Gone: The 2026 New York Mets season is one of the most soul crushing for fans. Fans seemed willing to believe despite being skeptical...
- 7/9 Mets360.com: Poll: Which Mets' rookie impresses you the most?The Mets have three youngsters having great success right now after some early-season struggles....
- 7/9 Faith & Fear in Flushing: Calvinball Is Always Waiting: Perhaps Tuesday night’s Calvinball exhibition stunned the Mets and Royals into dizziness. Maybe it left them feeling abashed....
- 7/9 Mets Merized: Five-Run Eighth Propels Mets Over Royals: Brett Baty‘s two-run single highlighted a five-run, eighth inning rally that helped lift the Mets to a 6-2 victory over...
- 7/9 Sport Relay: Mets Beat Royals in Middle Game: Mets 6, Royals 2 In a quiet middle game of their series, the New York Mets strung together a 6–2 victory over the Kansas City...
- 7/8 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Royals vs Mets, 7:10 PM: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Steven Cruz (2-2, 5.08) vs. RHP Christian Scott (2-1, 3.49) SNY...
- 7/8 Mets Merized: Ewing, Benge Combine for Six Hits: The rookie outfielders are doing their best to make it worth tuning in during a season that has been tough to watch. A.J. Ewing...
- 7/8 newbaseballmedia.com: 2026 MLB Daily Recap: Brewers Sweep, Tolbert & O’Hearn Set Records: There was a lot of action on July 7, to say the least. Aside from the Brewers-Cardinals’ doubleheader, two players put records...
- 7/8 Sport Relay: Mets Crumble Against Royals in Series Opener: Royals 16, Mets 12 In a high scoring series opener, the New York Mets surrendered a five run lead to collapse against the Kansas...
- 7/8 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Royals 16, Mets 12 (7/7/26)The Mets entered the game with a franchise record of 200-1 when they scored at least 12 runs....
- 7/7 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Activate Jorge Polanco, Designate Alex Carrillo: The Mets announced that infielder Jorge Polanco has been activated from the 60-day injured list. He’ll rejoin the club tonight....
- 7/7 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Royals vs Mets, 7:10 PM: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Seth Lugo (3-6, 4.20) vs. LHP Cionel Pérez (3-3, 5,50 ERA) SNY The...
- 7/7 Grand Central Mets: New York Mets Week in Review: Signs of Life After Atlanta Split: New York Mets Weekly Review Record Last Week: 3-4 Runs Scored Last Week: 32 Runs Surrendered Last Week: 34 Standings: 5th...
- 7/7 Mets Merized: Weaver, With Deadline Looming, Earns First Save As Met: The New York Mets managed to split their four-game weekend series against the Atlanta Braves Monday night, winning 7-6 in 10 innings....
- 7/7 Mets360.com: Digging into the Mets' performance with RISP: We focus on what players and teams do with runners in scoring position because it’s a great way to score runs without hitting...
- 7/7 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Braves 6 (7/6/26)For the second-straight game, the Mets’ bats came alive late and their pitching was just good enough to hang on....
- 7/6 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Braves, 7:15 PM: Monday, July 6, 2026 • 7:15 PM Truist Park • Atlanta, GA RHP Freddy Peralta (5-7, 4.81) vs. RHP Reynaldo López (4-1, 3.31) SNY...
- 7/6 Braves Today: The Scouting Report: Braves vs Mets, Game FourLineups, pitching matchup, bullpen status, and what to watch this afternoon...
- 7/6 Last Word on Sports: What the 2026 Mets Tell Us About the 2027 Mets: With Major League Baseball’s trade deadline less than a month away, the New York Mets appear headed toward selling. At 37-53 and...
- 7/6 newbaseballmedia.com: 2026 Fantasy Baseball: Waiver Wire Hitter Targets (Week 15): It’s the final week before the 2026 All-Star break, meaning one last chance to get things right before a pause. Our Week...
- 7/5 Braves Today: The Scouting Report: Braves vs Mets, Game ThreeLineups, pitching matchup, bullpen status, and what to watch this afternoon...
- 7/5 Mets Merized: Mistakes and Lack of Clutch Hitting Doom Mets Against Braves: It may be Independence Day around the United States for the country’s 25oth birthday, but for the New York Mets, it was...
- 7/4 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Braves, 8:08 PM: Saturday, July 4, 2026 • 8:08 PM Truist Park • Atlanta, GA LHP Sean Manaea (1-3, 4.71) vs. LHP Chris Sale (8-6, 2.10) FOX The...
- 7/4 Mets Merized: Mets’ Ninth-Inning Comeback Falls Short in Loss to Braves: Christian Scott and the Mets (36-52) took on the Braves (51-35) in the first game of a four-game set. A.J. Ewing‘s first...
- 7/3 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs. Braves, 7:15 PM: Friday, July 3, 2026 • 7:15 PM Truist Park • Atlanta, GA RHP Christian Scott (2-0, 3.20) vs. RHP Grant Holmes (4-4, 3.96) WPIX...
- 7/3 Sport Relay: Mets Struggles Can End Against Braves: The New York Mets down stretch has carried on for longer than three months. Anytime the team strings together some wins, they...
- 7/3 Mets360.com: Expectations and reality for the 2026 MetsBack in 2023, we saw that fWAR accounted for around 97-98% of the team’s actual wins for the 2022 and 2023 campaigns....
- 7/3 RotoBaller.com: Does Carson Benge Have Five-Category Upside Moving Forward?: New York Mets former 2024 first-round pick Carson Benge is putting together an excellent rookie campaign for the Mets, slashing...
- 7/2 Mets Merized: Peralta Pounded, Mets Drop Game, Series to Blue Jays: If the season went as planned, Freddy Peralta and Nolan McLean were supposed to be a formidable 1-2 punch at the top of the rotation,...
- 7/2 Mets360.com: Gut Reaction: Blue Jays 9, Mets 3 (7/1/26): Freddy Peralta continued to sink his trade value, as he allowed 5 ER in 4 IP in a game that the Mets would go on to lose, 9-3,...
- 7/1 Mets Merized: Game Chat: Mets vs Blue Jays, 3:07 PM: Wednesday, July 1, 2026 • 3:07 PM Rogers Centre • Toronto, ON RHP Freddy Peralta (5-6, 4.53) vs. RHP Braydon Fisher (3-3, 3.48)...
- 7/1 Mets Merized: Steve Cohen Speaks With New York Post: Steve Cohen went on the New York Post Sports Podcast. As we mentioned in our earlier article, Steve Cohen has thrown his full...
- 7/1 Sport Relay: Mets Blank Blue Jays in Middle Game: Mets 3, Blue Jays 0 In need of a bounce-back win, the New York Mets shut out the Toronto Blue Jays, 3–0, at the Rogers Center...
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