The Royals held serve and got a sweep of the first two home games with a convincing 7-1 win over the Mets Wednesday night. The series resumes on Friday in New York. Johnny Cueto dominated the Mets throughout the game. Some believed he was on the ropes early but the Mets got very few good [...]
The best thing about the World Series is that the Mets will be playing in it for the first time since 2000. That’s enough to make any Mets fan happy. What makes it even better for me is that the Mets got there by essentially abandoning one of the front office’s core beliefs: That the [...]
Yesterday, Charlie wrote an article at the site discussing, among other things, the contributions of Sandy Alderson to the NL pennant winners. A couple of people in the comments were not overjoyed with Alderson receiving praise. One felt that Omar Minaya should receive more credit than he gets and another thought that the rebuild took [...]
Here was my take on Daniel Murphy on September 25: In his last 11 games, Murphy has a .370/.396/.761 line, with 10 of his 17 hits going for extra bases. He’s scored seven runs and driven in 10 during this stretch, in which he’s struck out just three times in 48 PA. Murphy may be [...]
The Mets moved to within one win of the World Series as they went into Wrigley Field and beat the Cubs, 5-2, Tuesday night. Jacob deGrom didn't appear to have his best stuff/control yet he still limited the Cubs to two runs over seven innings, with both coming via solo homers. While his control seemed [...]
We heard so much about the Cubs hitting six home runs in Game 3 of the NLDS and 10 homers overall in their 3-1 win over the Cardinals. If the Mets were to win this series, their young pitchers were going to have to limit the long ball or else the Cubs would run away [...]
The Mets received a stellar pitching performance from Matt Harvey and jumped out to the early lead in the NLCS with a 4-2 victory over the Cubs Saturday night in Citi Field. Harvey allowed two runs over 7.2 innings but just as importantly, he established dominance early, as he struck out five of the first [...]
Yes, I'm still bitter about Rick Sutcliffe and 1984 - why do you ask?
There are six players for the Mets who have started the four previous NLDS games. As you would expect from a small sample, their stats are all over the place. But five of the six have come up big in at least one game and have something to hang their hat on, regardless of how [...]
We continue our look at the drafts of the Mets under Sandy Alderson by focusing on the 2013 Draft. This was Alderson’s third draft and we see a continuation of themes from his first two years at the helm, most noticeably going underslot to sign a high school pick with his first selection while also [...]
There will be a Game 5 as the Mets could not muster any offense one night after exploding for 13 runs in their last game and they fell to the Dodgers, 3-1. Clayton Kershaw was too much to handle, even pitching on three days rest. He limited the Mets to just three hits and one [...]
The Mets spotted the Dodgers an early 3-0 lead before coming back to give them the beating they so richly deserved for Saturday night, with a 13-7 thrashing. New York now holds a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series and can clinch a spot in the NLCS with a victory Tuesday night. After giving up [...]