The Mets continued their recent mastery over the Phillies with a 4-2 win Wednesday afternoon. Since the beginning of the 2015 season, the Mets are 40-19 against this division rival. Conditions were less than ideal, as rain delayed the start of the game and both sides battled the wind throughout the game. Despite this the [...]
It was great to see Matt Harvey back on the mound enjoying success Tuesday night. While he did not factor into the decision, his final line of 5 IP, 1 H, 1 BB and 5 Ks was something that everyone would sign up for given what we witnessed from him in 2017. The only complaint [...]
The Mets continued a trend from 2017, where they were unable to win the third game of a series. On Sunday, the Mets failed to complete the sweep of the Cardinals, falling by a 5-1 score. After two dominating performances from their starting pitchers in the first two games, Steven Matz was unable to keep [...]
The Mets have started 2018 strong, winning their first two games. Perhaps even more impressive than the 2-0 record is how it’s been accomplished after a Grapefruit League season that could best be described as disappointing. They’ve beaten a Cardinals team that they figure to battle for a playoff spot this year and one that [...]
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Each year with the predictions column I start by going back to the previous year’s piece. The goal is to get more than 50 percent right, while not making boring predictions. Not once in all of the years of doing this have more turned out right than wrong. Out of last year’s batch, only four [...]
Old habits die hard. We have an image in our mind of what a player at each position on the field should be like, both offensively and defensively. If you’re asked to think about a catcher, the image that comes to mind is significantly different than if you were asked to think about a shortstop. [...]
Perhaps the greatest unknown entering Spring Training for the Mets this season was what the team would get from all of the starting pitchers who suffered injuries in 2017. After two Grapefruit League appearances the results were horrific for Steven Matz, an outcome even more disturbing because there was probably more reason for optimism with [...]
Three weeks into Grapefruit League games and the starting pitching situation isn’t much more clearly defined than it was heading into camp. Still, a few questions have been answered, we have both game action and numbers to view and we can combine a few factors to make some educated guesses on how this will play [...]
By far baseball is my favorite sport. But I’m a sports fan and I’ve spent quite a few Sundays watching nine hours of football, too. Despite those two statements, the best day of the year for a sports fan is the first day of the NCAA basketball tournament. And it just so happens today is [...]
The Mets picked up former overall number-one pick and five-time All Star Adrian Gonzalez during the offseason. The idea was that Gonzalez would allow Dominic Smith to get more seasoning at Triple-A after Smith came up last year and did not overwhelm either at the plate or in the field. In an injury-plagued season in [...]
It’s long been my opinion that MLB in general and the Mets in particular spend too much time worrying about which hand a pitcher throws with and not enough time worrying if the pitcher is, you know, any good. It’s how the Mets have wound up giving innings to Scott Schoeneweis and Robert Carson and [...]