Marcus Stroman didn't have it, the Mets bats didn't have it and the end result was a 7-1 defeat Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. Stroman allowed an unearned run in the first inning thanks to an error by Michael Conforto that turned a leadoff single into a runner on third base. Conforto didn't get charged [...]
It’s not often that someone can drive in four of the game’s six runs, including an upper deck homer, and not even be in consideration for player of the game. But we saw a prime Jacob deGrom outing, where he set the MLB record for most strikeout in the first four games of the season, [...]
After flirting with respectability earlier in the season, the Mets bullpen finds itself back in familiar territory. They are tied for 13th in OPS allowed (.767), 14th in WHIP (1.587) and last in ERA (5.45) and it took just 34.2 IP for the unit to achieve this level. In the last full season, the Mets’ [...]
Julius Randle scored 40 points and the Knicks made 19 3-point shots en route to a 137-127 OT win over the Hawks Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. It was the eighth-straight win for the Knicks and with the victory they leapfrogged the Hawks in the standings and now sit in fourth place in the [...]
The Mets loaded the bases in the ninth inning but could not complete the comeback, as the top two hitters both failed to come through with a clutch hit, leading to a 3-1 loss to the Cubs Tuesday night in Chicago. Two walks surrounding an out brought Luis Guillorme up as a pinch-hitter and he [...]
Since the year 2000, the top offensive season by a shortstop with enough PA to qualify for the leaderboards was turned in by Alex Bregman, who posted a 169 wRC+. The top mark by a Mets shortstop came in 2011, when Jose Reyes notched a 142, which is tied for the 16th-best mark in the [...]
Which one was more unlikely – a 2-1 game in Colorado or the Mets ending a game with a caught stealing? Both things happened Sunday afternoon in Denver as the Mets edged the Rockies to claim the series win. Marcus Stroman was terrific, as he allowed just 1 ER in 8 IP and if not [...]
The Mets – or perhaps more accurately Mets fans – spent a lot of the offseason chasing someone to come in and play center field. At one point, it seemed like a done deal that they were going to sign George Springer. And then after Springer went to Toronto, many fans and online writers were [...]
It’s about time. Jacob deGrom pitched wonderfully, again, but it looked like he was going to suffer another painful loss, this time to the one-two punch of no run support combined with bad defense. But the offense bailed him out in the top of the seventh inning and the Mets earned a come-from-behind 4-3 win [...]
The Mets have played just eight games and the samples are too small to make any firm declarations. Sure, sure – we’ve already seen things that we completely expected, like Jacob deGrom leading the starters in ERA and Brandon Nimmo leading the hitters in OBP. But other things are not quite so predictable. But, even [...]
Before this series started, most people were worried about the game that David Peterson would pitch, since he’s really struggled against the Phillies in his brief history. But Peterson was terrific and the Mets’ offense sprung to life, as the Mets earned a 5-1 victory Wednesday night at Citi Field. Peterson gave up just two [...]
The sacrifice bunt is a bad play the overwhelming majority of the time. It increases your chances of scoring one run while decreasing your chances to put a crooked number on the board. This is not an opinion - it's a fact. If somehow you doubt this, go look for the base-out matrix. However, there [...]