In The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R Tolkien wrote that “All that is gold does not glitter.” Certainly, there is a lot of gold to be chased in the MLB these days. The gold that everyone is chasing from the second they begin the season is to raise the gold-plated Commissioner’s Trophy as World Series [...]
If this first series is any indication, the nineteen contests between the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves in 2019 will be entertainment of the highest order. Taut pitching and clutch hitting have been the touchstones for New York here in the early going. A day after Pete Alonso announced himself -- loudly -- [...]
The signing of free agent Jed Lowrie made a lot of sense in terms of adding a good switch hitter who could slot in to the two hole in the lineup. However, despite his versatility, he joins a crowded Mets infield and his arrival - likely in a few weeks - will have a ripple [...]
The Mets are now 7-3 against their NL East foes as they defeated the Braves 6-3 tonight. Steven Matz pitched six strong innings with eight strikeouts; he now carries a 1.65 ERA on the season. Amed Rosario led the team on offense with 4 RBI: Pete Alonso added two insurance runs in the eighth with [...]
No better way for Matz to get in our good graces than with a win against the Braves
Many parallels can be drawn between championship teams. While not always true, there seems to be common themes present, and a team needs to have the right tools to make the ultimate run. Unfortunately, many of these tools are often intangible and qualitative, but we will attempt to analyze these Mets for these qualities. It [...]
It's still quite early in the season but there are a few Mets who've gotten off to rough starts. Of Brandon Nimmo, Robert Gsellman, and Zack Wheeler who do you think will break out first?
This was a tale of three stories. First, it was Noah Syndergaard in cruise control, efficiently shutting down the Twins for seven innings. Then it was the Mets capitalizing on some terrible pitching to score six runs in the fifth inning courtesy of six walks and a hit batter by Twins pitchers. Lastly, it was [...]
In any facet of life, when an investment goes south there is pain associated which feels like a personal attack. In sports, the average fan is emotionally, physically or monetarily affected by their team’s investments. As a result, we often spend gallons of cyber ink writing and reading about players when they are injured, learning [...]
You could kind of tell, y'know? When he went 3-2 on the leadoff hitter, you might have gotten an idea. A delayed start on a chilly night, coming off an historically good performance, with an extra day of rest... A number of factors conspired to have Jacob deGrom deliver a sub-par outing against the Minnesota [...]