Whither David Wright?

A chill wind is blowing through our burgs here in the Northeast. The Polar Vortex – a fancy new term for “cold snap” – is swooping down from Canada and threatening to congeal everything in its path. With Christmas a bare two weeks away, thoughts of warm weather and baseball seem quite remote at the [...]

Memo to Sandy Alderson: Do not trade Curtis Granderson

Phase one is complete. Against long odds, Yoenis Cespedes has returned to the New York Mets, though some did see it happening. That was the biggest task on GM Sandy Alderson’s off-season agenda. Let’s face it, letting Cespedes walk would have crippled the offense and driven a stake through the heart of this nascent “perennial [...]

A Mets fan’s message to Cubs and Indians fans

Congratulations, Cleveland and Chicago! As this is written, game two of the 2016 World Series has just concluded and the Cubs have just squared things up with the Indians. The playoffs so far have been pretty terrific. As happens every year, the rest of us get acquainted with players with whom we may not be [...]

Gut Reaction: Phillies 5 Mets 2 (10/2/16)

This was a "Day After" game, the next game after the Mets' post-season clincher. It showed. The Mets closed out their regular season with a sloppy, listless performance in Philadelphia and it doesn't matter a damn. Gabriel Ynoa started for the Mets and turned in a perfectly serviceable four-and-two-thirds innings of work, walking one, striking [...]

Gut Reaction: Mets 6 Reds 3 (9/7/16)

Noah Syndergaard tried his damnedest to give the Cincinnati Reds this game. Apparently, they didn't want it. The Mets ran their latest winning streak to five games and their current run to 14 of 18 with a sweep in the Queen City. Syndergaard pitched five hair-raising innings, surrendering six hits, four walks and no runs, [...]

On Neil Walker’s impending back surgery

On the heels of the Mets’ exciting win last night – their third straight over the hated Marlins of Miami; another game’s worth of daylight put between the two teams, who had both been competing for the second Wild Card berth in the National League – word came down that slugging second baseman Neil Walker [...]

Gut Reaction: Mets 9 Phillies 4 (8/26/16)

The Mets were relentless and Bartolo Colon was nearly flawless. That's as good a combination as you could ask for. It started right away as Colon retired the Phillies in order in the first inning on five pitches. Meanwhile, Phillies' starter Adam Morgan's fourth and fifth pitches were deposited over the left field wall. Jose [...]