Game Chatter
Game Chatter: Matt Harvey vs Matt Wisler (4/19/17)
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Perspectives
Looking for a word to describe the 2018 Mets? Resilient
by Charlie Hangley • • 1 Comment
Well, OK. Of course the Mets weren’t going to go 160-2, despite most of our fervent hopes. We knew there would be some rough road ahead and we knew the Washington Nationals weren’t going away quietly. We knew the Mets…
Post Game
Gut Reaction: Mets 11, Nationals 5 (4/18/18)
by Charlie Hangley • • 11 Comments
So much to unpack from this stirring, comeback Mets win. Yes, that’s right: an 11-5 comeback win. Remember the other day, when I said a 12-2 start couldn’t be undone by one bad inning? I thought I might have been…
Game Chatter
Game Chatter: Tanner Roark vs Steven Matz (4/18/18)
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Perspectives
Zack Wheeler and the 100-pitch barrier
by Brian Joura • • 9 Comments
Zack Wheeler followed up his strong first start with an outing that’s a little tough to categorize. The final line shows it as a bare minimum Quality Start (6 IP, 3 ER) with a Bill James Game Score of 45.…
Perspectives
Brandon Nimmo is a really nice problem to have
by Matt Netter • • 7 Comments
Do the Mets really have an outfield logjam? The late blooming Brandon Nimmo has looked fantastic this season and really seems to be rounding into a strong player and a very effective leadoff hitter. Problem is, the Mets have three…
Post Game
Gut Reaction: Nationals 5, Mets 2 (4/17/18)
by Dalton Allison • • 7 Comments
Zack Wheeler was good tonight, but not good enough to defeat the Washington Nationals, as the Mets fell 5-2. Coming off of a strong season debut, Wheeler was looking to build off of that start to defeat the rival Nationals.…
Game Chatter
Game Chatter: Gio Gonzalez vs Zack Wheeler (4/17/18)
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Perspectives
The Sandy Alderson offseason moves are paying off
by John Fox • • 7 Comments
The Mets have been playing like gangbusters in this early part of the season, and a good part of the credit must go to the moves made by GM Sandy Alderson after the 2017 season. Following will be a ranking…
Post Game
Gut Reaction: Nationals 8 Mets 6 (4/16/18)
by Charlie Hangley • • 17 Comments
Y’know, one of the perks of a 12-2 start is that it all can’t be undone by one putrid inning. The Mets suffered one of those in what for the first time can be said this year is a “terrible…
Game Chatter
Game Chatter: Jeremy Hellickson vs Jacob deGrom (4/16/18)
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Minor Leagues
Mets Minors: A resurgent Justin Dunn could re-write the Mets’ farm system
by David Groveman • • 1 Comment
We have written at length about the lost 2017 season for Justin Dunn. The Mets’ top pick from the 2016 draft, Dunn entered 2017 with high expectations and fell squarely on his face. His 2017 season was so bad that…