Brandon Nimmo had three hits in his return to the active roster and Taijuan Walker came up with another strong outing – even if he was pulled too early – leading the Mets to an 8-3 win over the Yankees in the Bronx Saturday afternoon. Nimmo led off the game with a single and he [...]
The Braves scored 20 unanswered runs to rout the Mets, 20-2, Wednesday night in Atlanta. In a game like this, typically you say – well, at least no one got hurt. But starter David Peterson left the game early and since it’s 2021, we should probably expect an IL stint. Either way, the blowout allowed [...]
If you’ve been following the Mets for a while, you’ve seen your share of things that seem hard to wrap your head around. Among others there was losing key games in the final series of the season in back-to-back years to a Marlins team they otherwise handled pretty well in 2007 and 2008. There was [...]
Coming into the season, the Mets and Nats looked to have deep and talented pitching staffs. So, of course, in this late June matchup it was Jerad Eickhoff up against Paolo Espino. Eickhoff gave up four solo homers and Espino gave up just five singles, as the Mets fell by an 8-4 score Monday in [...]
It’s still hard to wrap my head around the fact that the Mets’ strengths include their defense and relief pitching while one of their weaknesses is their offense, particularly power. The old saying is this is why we watch because you never really know what’s going to happen. But, truth be told, it’s more fun [...]
Zack Wheeler was just too much for the Mets to handle and they dug too deep of a hole to climb out against even the Phillies’ bullpen, as they lost the final game of four, 4-2. The Mets ended up with a split of the series. This was the third time this season the Mets [...]
Today’s matchup features Zack Wheeler versus Marcus Stroman, two pitchers who are linked in team history. Former Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen acquired Stroman at the trade deadline in 2019, to improve the club’s chances that season and to essentially act as a replacement for Wheeler, who was a free agent in the 2019-20 offseason. [...]
For the third straight game, the Mets rallied in the final inning of regulation. This time they won the game outright, edging the Phillies, 4-3, Saturday afternoon at Citi Field with no extra innings needed. Travis Blankenhorn started off the ninth inning with a hard shot that the Phillies first baseman was unable to handle, [...]
Whenever a team is going good for an extended stretch, invariably someone will say something along the lines of, “and they’re getting big hits from a different guy almost every night.” And it’s always said with some kind of awe, like the only ones allowed to get big hits are your two best players. This [...]
Tylor Megill made a successful MLB debut, Corey Oswalt made a successful MLB return and Edwin Diaz closed things out with a 5-out save, as the Mets downed the Braves, 7-3, Wednesday night to earn a split of the four-game series. The Mets gave Megill a big cushion early, exploding for five runs in the [...]
It appears the 2021 Mets are a cautionary tale. And the lesson this group is trying to teach us is this: Things can always get worse. Marcus Stroman became the latest Met to come down with an injury, leaving after just 21 pitches with a sore hip in a game the Mets would go on [...]