After what he deemed a successful bullpen session before his start on Friday night, Matt Harvey told manager Terry Collins that he was “back.” After his start on Friday, that was clearly not the case. The final line doesn't look too awful, but it was certainly less than Harvey-like and not what we've come to [...]
The Mets took on the Indians in Cleveland this afternoon in the rubber game of the series and came away the with shut out the win, 6-0. It was the first series win for the Mets this young season. Steven Matz was looking to bounce back after his horrid season debut, and he was phenomenal. [...]
The Mets' offense, as a whole, has sputtered out of the gate. That's no secret, and it's been frustrating for fans as well as, apparently, Terry Collins. The poor performance has been a team effort, mostly, with a general failure to execute despite some pretty good individual starts to the season. In fact, the differences [...]
They made it interesting as always, but the Mets came out of tonight's game against the Indians the 6-5 victors. Coming into the game, they seemed to be bidding for the "lowest scoring team award" this season. Their 20 total runs scored was higher than only the 0-9 Minnesota Twins. Has the Mets' offense awakened? [...]
The Mets sent Noah Syndergaard to the mound against Jose Fernandez and the Marlins in what turned out to be an unsurprising pitcher's duel. Unfortunately, this one ended much in the same way most of the team's games have ended so far this season. A loss, if that wasn't clear, to the Marlins 2-1. It [...]
Raise your hand if you predicted a pitching duel between Bartolo Colon and Vince Velasquez. Well, that's exactly what we witnessed in Colon's first start of the 2016 season. Unfortunately, the Mets lost the duel 1-0. The aforementioned Colon carried over his dominance of the Phillies from 2015, striking out seven over six innings. His [...]
This is it, Mets fans. The games start to count tomorrow night, and we can put this awful spring behind us. The pitfalls of paying too much heed to Spring Training performances are well known and obvious. On the whole we can chalk the actual results the team had up to typical Spring Training factors. [...]
According to reports, the Mets are apparently still on the fence about whether or not to break camp with catcher Kevin Plawecki on the major league roster or send him down to AAA Las Vegas. As a result, the team has been on the hunt for a replacement for Johnny Monell, with whom they are [...]
We're just about two weeks away from the Mets’ season opener in Kansas City, and the excitement is ramping up. There's excitement that comes with the start of any new baseball season, regardless of your team's prospects. This year is a rare one for Mets fans, though. It's the start of a season coming off [...]
Former Mets closer Jenrry Mejia is in a fight for his baseball life right now. It's a fight that nobody has yet had to face, as he's the very first player to earn a lifetime ban for violating Major League Baseball's “three strikes and you’re out” drug policy. It's a sad tale, and one we [...]
Spring Training games have finally begun, and we've (almost) officially moved on from news stories focused on championship hogs and which car/truck/animal Yoenis Cespedes will ride to Tradition Field. We've transitioned to actual games of baseball, albeit exhibitions, but real games nonetheless. While we don't yet have any meaningful data to analyze, we can certainly [...]
ESPN's Adam Rubin posted an interesting story yesterday regarding Matt Harvey's potential performance in 2016. Specifically, he highlights manager Terry Collins' comments that Harvey has shown more spin on his slider and more late life on his fastball this spring than he had all of last season. If this is true, this is a very [...]