The Mets used power pitching and power hitting to earn a 5-3 win over the Giants Wednesday night in Citi Field. Noah Syndergaard earned his team-leading ninth win by going six strong innings. He allowed just one walk and totaled six strikeouts in the game. And the Giants did not have a single stolen base [...]
While most people’s thoughts have turned to waiver deals and the 2019 roster, the Mets’ pitching is quietly putting together a fine month here in August. They rank second in the National League with a 3.25 ERA and they lead the league with a 1.113 WHIP. Perhaps most surprisingly of all is that they’re doing [...]
On Friday night, Noah Syndergaard allowed five stolen bases. At some point during the telecast, Gary Cohen wondered aloud how many of those runners came around to score. In Friday’s game, not one of the five did. But that doesn’t mean that it happened that way earlier. Cohen seemed to think that it was a [...]
Jacob deGrom gave the Mets another outstanding start and the offense contributed just enough to give him his third straight win, this one a 3-1 victory over the Phillies Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia. With fellow CY Award candidates Aaron Nola and Max Scherzer pitching very well yesterday, deGrom not only held serve – he upped [...]
The Mets couldn’t make it three straight double-digit offensive outbursts, as they dropped the second game of the doubleheader against the Phillies, 9-6. This was the third doubleheader of the year for the Mets and all three have resulted in splits. The game started off as a continuation of the first game, as the first [...]
If you thought the Mets had an offensive explosion last night, you should have seen them Thursday afternoon, as they erupted for two dozen runs as they downed the Phillies, 24-4, in the first game of a doubleheader. Amed Rosario got things started with a leadoff homer. Rosario finished the day with a four-hit game [...]
Coming into the season, the Mets’ offense was supposed to be led by the C & C boys – Yoenis Cespedes and Michael Conforto. But it hasn’t worked out that way at all. Cespedes has been limited to just 38 games and while he hit okay while active, the hope was that he’d provide more [...]
The Mets broke out the long ball and combined with the pitching of Jacob deGrom earned an 8-5 win over the Yankees Monday night and a split of the Subway Series. The Mets jumped on top early, as Amed Rosario hit the first leadoff homer of his career. It was one of five homers for [...]
Here’s the dilemma that Mickey Callaway finds himself in down the stretch in his first year as an MLB manager: How do you proceed when wins don’t matter? The good news is that it’s really not that difficult. You play the guys who need playing time. You play the guys that you need to find [...]
The Mets put three crooked numbers on the board and Jacob deGrom continued his excellent string of pitching both here in 2018 and in day games in general, leading the Mets to an 8-0 win over the Reds Wednesday afternoon. Coming into this game with three consecutive losses, deGrom allowed two weak hits in the [...]
When the Mets signed Jose Bautista back in May, my reaction was not good. To his credit, Bautista gave the club a useful six weeks. But he’s been every bit as dreadful as expected since the beginning of July. Now comes a report that the Mets are interested in having Bautista return in 2019, which [...]
The Mets snapped a four-game losing streak behind the strong pitching of Zack Wheeler, as they edged the Braves, 3-0, Saturday night. Wheeler threw seven strong innings. He came to the plate in the bottom of the sixth in a spot where he would have been pinch hit for earlier in the year. There were [...]