Curtis Granderson and Bryce Harper are the starting right fielders for the top two teams in the National League East. After that, it becomes a lot harder to compare them. Harper seemingly gets better all of the time and is a youngster who’s in the conversation for best player in the game. Granderson is on [...]
The Mets have been riding their relievers hard here in the beginning of 2016, as their starters have not been able to consistently go seven or more innings. On Saturday, Addison Reed pitched in his third straight game and Sunday it was Jeurys Familia’s turn to pitch three in a row. But Monday night Bartolo [...]
It's been a joy watching Cespedes play this year.
Nine of the top 30 relievers on the all-time saves list have pitched for the Mets, including five of the top 12. The Mets have also had Tug McGraw, Jesse Orosco and Ron Taylor pitch out of their bullpen. But when it’s all said and done, all of us reading this now will be able [...]
For the second straight game, the Mets fell behind the Brewers only to come back and earn the win, this time a 5-4 victory Saturday afternoon. Eric Campbell opened the ninth with a single, his second hit of the game. Kevin Plawecki followed with a walk, Matt Reynolds came thru with a pinch-hit sacrifice bunt [...]
The Mets got back on the winning track with a 3-2 victory over the Brewers in the first game of a weekend series Friday night. Steven Matz made his first start in 11 days and showed very little rust. While he gave up a two-run homer in the first, he settled down to pitch seven [...]
The Mets laid an egg for the second straight night, getting beat up by the Nationals, 9-1, in the rubber game of the series Thursday night. Matt Harvey did nothing to make fans step off the ledge. He gave up a two-run homer to Daniel Murphy in the first inning and then surrendered seven runs [...]
Jim Edmonds was a terrific player, a borderline Hall of Famer. He had a stretch of five straight seasons with a wOBA over .400 and if that doesn’t make you say, Wow!, you should know that Yoenis Cespedes had a .394 wOBA last year with the Mets. Edmonds was a better offensive player five consecutive [...]
Sean Gilmartin tossed three scoreless innings Thursday so everyone expected him to get two or three days off before getting called on again. But Logan Verrett’s early departure from a spot start pressed him back into duty after just one day off. Gilmartin came on and pitched two scoreless innings Saturday and made a case [...]
The Mets fell behind big early got some runs back but were unable to complete the comeback, as they fell to the Rockies, 7-4, in Denver Saturday night. Logan Verrett had his first bad outing as a SP this year. But he wasn't as bad as the home plate umpire, who blew a call that [...]
So, the Mets are going to go a couple of days without a backup middle infielder, as Wilmer Flores goes to the DL and is to be replaced by Sean Gilmartin. The Mets decided a full complement of relievers was more important than a utility guy and in the short run, they’re probably right. Besides [...]
Noah Syndergaard did his best Bugs Bunny imitation and (almost) single-handedly beat the Dodgers, 4-3, Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Syndergaard needed just 95 pitches to complete eight innings. He allowed just two runs, both coming on solo shots, walked one and fanned six. It was a very strong outing. But as good as he [...]