For the fifth time in their history, a Mets manager will pilot the NL All-Stars at the midsummer classic. Sure, the All-Star game doesn’t have quite the allure that it once had, with an interleague game virtually every day. Still, it’s nice to see the All-Star banner on a player’s Baseball-Reference page and it’s nice [...]
If you like rain and homers, this game was for you! There were three separate rain delays totaling two hours and six homers, five of them by the Mets, who jumped on top early and cruised to a 10-2 win Friday. There were many stars in the game but the best story was Brandon Nimmo, [...]
After a demoralizing sweep in Washington, the Mets came home to face the Cubs, who most pundits have going to the World Series. After falling behind early, the Mets rallied to take the lead and survived threats in both the eighth and ninth innings to escape with a 4-3 win Thursday night. Brandon Nimmo played [...]
Last day of vacation for me
On Saturday night, Jacob deGrom delivered a Quality Start (QS) for the sixth straight time. And for the sixth straight time he came away without a win. He’s 0-3 in this span, despite having a 2.25 ERA. Using research done back in 2010, which covered three-plus years and had a sample size of 317 QS, [...]
It's a James Loney win!
The Mets bounced back from getting swept by the lowly Braves by winning two one-run games against those "relentless" Royals, taking Wednesday's game by a 4-3 score. The Mets took a 3-2 lead when Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run homer. It was the second straight game where Cabrera went deep. He now has eight homers [...]
The Mets have won four of the last five games started by Bartolo Colon and the veteran has seen his ERA drop 74 points in this span. In a time where good news has been hard to come by, Colon has been a bright spot recently for the club. The plan has been for Colon [...]
It's important to remember that things can always get worse. After two depressing losses the Mets laid over for the sweep by the lowly Braves, getting shut out 6-0 in the process on Sunday. It was Prostate Awareness day at the ballpark and it seemed like the Mets played with their thumbs inserted rectally all [...]
"You gotta learn to be positive, it's your only chance You mustn't be so defensive, you gotta join in the dance But it isn't your dancing that you've gotta improve Ooh, it's your attitude."
Outfield, what outfield? Sandy Alderson uttered this line at the Winter Meeting early during his tenure, back when he either couldn’t, or wouldn’t, spend much more than the minimum to bring in players and his outfield was a borderline disaster. Yet Alderson has consistently brought aboard outfielders, of various pay levels, and it’s remarkable how [...]
The Mets fell behind early and a late comeback fell short, as they lost to the Brewers, 5-3, and ended up with a split of the four-game series. Keith Hernandez summed up things pretty well when he said, "Just a lot of bad baseball we've seen in this series." The Mets fielded lousy and Steven [...]