When Sandy Alderson took over as Mets General Manager before the 2011 season, it was common thinking that the farm system was in shambles. It was, for the most part, at least in terms of both high-end talent and depth. That's not to say that Omar Minaya didn't leave the team with some gems, however. [...]
In what was an awesome game, then an awful game, and then an awesome game again in the span of ten minutes, the Mets defeated the Dodgers 6-5 in walk-off fashion in the opening game of the series and of this home stand. The big story heading into the game was the debut of uber [...]
The Mets defeated the Brewers this afternoon at Citi Field 3-1, completing a three-game sweep and a successful 4-2 home stand. Noah Syndergaard had some trouble finding command of his fastball in the early going, but seemed to settle in with it in the third. From there, it was smooth sailing save a hiccup in [...]
Remember when the Mets led baseball in home runs but were not so good at driving runs in otherwise? People weren't concerned, then, of course, because the team had such a dominant rotation. We accepted that living with the long ball and dying with the long ball was a fact of life in this 2016 [...]
On a miserable, wet night at the park, the Mets fell to the Nationals this evening 1-7 in what was possibly the most meh game to ever meh. The game time was a long three hours and 42 minutes. Bartolo Colon was not sharp in this one, to say the least, and labored through most [...]
The day after Bartolo Colon hit his historic first home run, he offered Matt Harvey a bit of advice to get into the homer club. Harvey, Colon opined, needed to hit the weight room to turn his doubles into homers. While said in jest, Colon just may have been on to something there. The Mets' [...]
The Mets fell to the Rockies at Coor's field this evening 5-2, dropping their road trip record to 4-5. At least it started before 9pm? It was the same old story for Matt Harvey this evening, as he held the Rockies scoreless through the first three frames and simply fell apart in the middle innings [...]
Welp. You can't win them all, right? The Mets dropped the final game of the series against the Giants on a soggy, miserable day at Citi Field 6-1, snapping their eight-game winning streak. There's no shame in losing to Madison Bumgarner, even if he didn't have his A game. It was a pitching duel that [...]
It wasn't that long ago that we were discussing the sputtering Mets offense and how it came limping out of an awful Spring Training. The team was at or near the bottom of the league in many of the most prevalent offensive categories. To those watching, the lineup was clearly not firing on all cylinders, [...]
It was a historic night for the Mets in their 13-1 win in their series opener against the Giants at Citi Field. It was their seventh win in a row and put them at 14-7 for the season. The obvious highlight here was the 12-run third inning. It was the craziest thing. The 12 runs [...]
The Mets opened up their homestand and series against the Reds with a win, 5-3. It was the kind of game that seemed to just drag, but it was a win nonetheless. The team is now 11-7 on the year. Noah Syndergaard looked like something resembling a mere mortal in this one, pitching 6 2/3 [...]
The Mets defeated the Braves 3-2 in a crisp, mostly pleasant game this afternoon. The win completed a three game sweep of the Braves, their first series sweep of the season, and was the seventh straight win for the Mets in Atlanta. The team completed their road trip at 7-2. Not too shabby. Their record [...]