When my oldest daughter, Morgan, was still very little, the Mets played against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1999 National League Division Series. Morgan was very artistic, she still is. While we were watching one of the games, she took notice of the signs and banners. She got out her crayons and drew a sign [...]
With the New York Mets calling up Wilmer Flores and toying with the idea of replacing Jenrry Mejia in the rotation, the team is certainly trying to mix things up and give the team an added boost. Will there be any other moves? Who's jobs are safe? One such player who has to start pulling [...]
There’s no need to sugar coat it, this last road trip by the Mets was a brutal one. Coors field as per usual served as a buzz saw for the Mets pitchers as they relinquished 28 runs in the first three games before salvaging the final one of the series. Miami was no respite for [...]
Wilmer Flores was promoted Thursday and will start at shortstop today against Philadelphia. That is a necessary move by the Mets as the Ruben Tejada, Omar Quintanilla combination was performing at sub Rey Ordonez levels (take a look at the numbers). Will Flores save the season? No, but the Mets are a team in transition [...]
Hey fellas have you heard the news? You know that Wilmer’s back in town!
Like it or not, Jenrry Mejia may be ticketed for the bullpen after all. Reports are surfacing that the New York Mets are strongly considering the idea of promoting either Rafael Montero and/or Jacob deGrom and using one of them in the rotation while pushing Mejia to the bullpen and possibly grooming him to be [...]
By now most people are familiar with the concept of sample size. We know better than to overreact – good or bad – to what a player does in a game, a series or a week. We know if a guy goes 3-for-4 or 1-for-20, it doesn’t necessarily mean that player is destined for a [...]
Let's go back to Mid-March when the Mets’ front office, as well as fans, thought of the Mets potential bullpen as a strength rather than a weakness as it had been in past years. Opening Series came and went. Bobby Parnell went down, three losses, and eleven runs were allowed by the bullpen. The bullpen [...]
The Mets’ road trip through Philadelphia, Denver and Miami – which started out so promisingly – has dissolved into a bitter hash of recriminations and rain. The hope was that they could continue their of-late fine play and bring home a winning trip. Instead, they have to scramble in these last two games against the [...]
Daniel Murphy is the only Mets player with at least 75 at-bats who is hitting over .300. Juan Lagares has missed a good portion of the early season, so his numbers are still a little skewed based on small sample size. Murphy is leading the team with eight doubles, he’s second with 19 runs scored, [...]
“I got the key to the Highway Billed out and bound to go. I’m gonna leave here running; Walking is most too slow.” –Big Bill Broonzy Travis d'Arnaud is going to be an exciting player...a quick review of the tag he applied to Matt Carpenter in the 3-2 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals during [...]
Lady Luck is a cruel mistress. Just as easily as she can make you look good (see Juan Lagares hitting .338/.360/.507) she can make you look like a fool (see Curtis Granderson hitting .173/.281/.279). Her best and most redeeming quality (depending on how you look at it) is that no matter the upswings and downswings [...]