Yes, you read that right: a six-run loss in ten innings. The Mets limped home from their 2-5 West Coast road trip, right into another marquee pitching matchup. Well, it would have been a marquee matchup a couple of years ago, anyway. Noah Syndergaard took on Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants, two teams [...]
Charlie scheduled for the Gut Reaction.
Amidst a flurry of off-season moves, the signing of veteran infielder Adeiny Hechavarria by the Mets did not attract a whole lot of attention at the time. The Mets had a crowded infield, and Hechavarria began the year in AAA ball. You could say that Hechavarria was flying under the radar. He was thirty years [...]
I hope you've been good because I have a treat for you. Below is a video narrated by our own Lindsey Nelson and prominently featuring Tug McGraw. The subject is bullpens and the date is 1971 and the talk is about how starters no longer pitch complete games and the reason there are fewer .300 [...]
With the draft starting later today let's take a look at some of the players the Mets might be looking to select in the first several rounds of the major league draft. The Mets do not have a Top 10 pick in the draft and will settle to select 12th overall as they look to [...]
The Diamondbacks got to Steven Matz and the Mets early, and handed the Mets yet another rubber-game loss this Sunday afternoon. Surely the team will be happy to have a day off tomorrow, their first in three weeks, as well as happy to be back in New York after a rough road trip to the [...]
Brendan is scheduled for the Gut Reaction
MetsBlog and other outlets reported yesterday that the Mets don’t want Tomas Nido to be Jacob deGrom’s personal catcher. Here’s how Mickey Callaway addressed the situation: We could (keep Nido with deGrom,) but then in the playoffs we’d be running into a sticky situation. Look, it’s not something that we’re debating, it’s just something that’s [...]
There is a lot of excitement, and all of it is well-deserved, for Anthony Kay. Why shouldn’t there be? He has begun to tear up AA ball for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies this season, and has quickly garnered the eye of fans. With a lot of the inconsistencies coming with this year’s Mets pitching staff, [...]
The Mets rallied for two runs in the eighth inning and then eschewed using their normal eighth and ninth inning relievers, which proved to be a winning decision, as they ended up with a 5-4 victory over the Diamondbacks Friday night in Arizona. Todd Frazier started a two-out rally in the eighth inning with a [...]