Gut Reaction: Mets 7 Nationals 1 (5/23/16)

On a day the Mets got some devastating news about the health of Lucas Duda, the Zen presence of Bartolo Colon once again calmed everyone's fears. Colon pitched seven mainly uneventful innings, allowing five singles and a bare first inning run. For their part, the Mets battered erstwhile Met-killer Gio Gonzalez to the tune of [...]

Gut Reaction: Mets 4 Dodgers 2 (5/9/16)

For the second straight day, Mets' relief pitchers tiptoed past the lions' den without disturbing a single sleeping feline. Early homers and stout bullpen work allowed the Mets to maintain their ultra-slim lead in the NL East. Curtis Granderson sent the first pitch of the game from Scott Kazmir into the right field stands and [...]

Mets keeping pace with the Nationals in the early going

The 2016 baseball season has just turned its first corner, the calendar flipping from April to May. The top two teams in the NL East should be sorry to see April leave. The Washington Nationals and the New York Mets have, as expected, set the pace in this division and while the other three teams [...]

Gut Reaction: Mets 4 Braves 1 (5/2/16)

The Mets cracked three homeruns in the first inning, then put the game on cruise control for a matter-of-fact 4-1 win over the Atlanta Braves. David Wright, Yoenis Cespedes and Lucas Duda all homered, sandwiched around a Michael Conforto single off Atlanta starter Mike Foltynewicz. Those were all the runs starter Bartolo Colon would need. [...]

Are the Mets too reliant on home runs?

We all love a good recovery story, don’t we? A week ago, the Mets were a pitiable giant lumbering about the 2016 season, large but powerless. They lost two-of-three to both the Phillies and Marlins, neither of whom would be considered challengers for the NL East crown. The Mets weren’t hitting, getting mowed down by [...]

A strange couple of weeks for Jacob deGrom and the Mets

It can safely be said that so far, the 2016 New York Mets’ season isn’t anything we signed up for. First of all, there’s this stumbling, troubling 3-5 start. As with all statistics in any game, that’s the bottom line. Did you win or did you lose? The fact that the Mets – overall consensus [...]