In the first two games Matt Harvey started in 2013, John Buck went 3-for-8 with 2 HR and 6 RBIs. Harvey went 2-0 with 1 ER and 19 Ks in 14 IP. And a trend was born. Buck has been behind the plate for every Harvey start since. As a player with limited MLB experience, [...]
OK, so the Mets lost in Miami. Again. That drops their record against the Fish – Bob Ojeda was annoyingly cute with this nickname on the postgame – to 5-9 overall, 3-6 in Magic City. In a vacuum, this record looks horrible -- and it is –- but context is key. That loss last night [...]
The trade deadline came and went without any deals being made by the Mets. Some people in the blogosphere are upset that the club did not deal Marlon Byrd. The argument goes that the next 50+ games are utterly meaningless and that the team would be better off flipping Byrd for whatever prospect(s) the club [...]
Jenrry Mejia is enjoying quite the revival. Can he keep it up, and what is his place in the Mets' rotation going forward?
Being a Mets fan and journalism student, many of my friends come to me with their trade ideas and ask me if they will work. Some of them are just flat out ridiculous and others actually make sense. Last week, I talked about what the Mets needed to do at the winter meetings in order [...]
The Mets defeated the Marlins 4-2 on Tuesday at Marlins Park. It took 10 innings, but the Amazins' pulled it off. Here are four things we can take away from this win. 1. Zack Wheeler is legit. Wheeler took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and lost the bid to 31-year-old rookie, Ed Lucas. He [...]
In the 2012-13 offseason Sandy Alderson was trying to improve a Mets bullpen that had the second worst bullpen ERA in baseball. Many names have departed since opening day and midseason 2012; Jon Rauch, Ramon Ramirez, Manny Acosta, Miguel Batista, Elvin Ramirez, D.J. Carrasco, Garrett Olson, Jake Egbert, Pedro Beato, and Frank Francisco- who currently [...]
In the classic Hollywood storytelling arc, the formula is “boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.” This basic structure has worked since anybody figured out that you could tell a story with some celluloid and a screen. It’s worked for Gable and Lombard, Hepburn and Tracy, Funicello and Avalon, Hanks and Ryan. It’s [...]
Marlon Byrd is having a World Class season. He’s currently hitting .280/.324/.508 with 17 HRs and 60 RBI on the year. He’s also due a pittance of a salary and holds no commitment beyond 2013. All of these things SHOULD make Byrd a highly sought after player at the trade deadline. Except for the fact [...]
Coming off an NL Player of the Week Award, Juan Lagares was named the everyday centerfielder, further cemented by Kirk Nieuwenhuis’ demotion to AAA Las Vegas. He has posted numbers like a .352/.400/.537/.937 slash and a .393 wOBA, albeit helped by a .462 BABIP, in July and has played plus defense at a prime position. [...]
The Mets have been playing better recently, and appear to be sneaking up on the Phillies and the Nationals in the standings. They are heading in the right direction, but there are still moves that Sandy Alderson needs to make -- one of which regards the outfield. Alderson is likely to pursue an outfielder, and [...]
This time on the Mets Memorabilia review, let's take a look at the 2013 All-Star Game program from the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field. Now this magazine is a far cry from the 1964 one from Shea Stadium, in which the program was probably roughly 60 pages, and sported an illustrated cover of [...]