The mysterious and chronic leg ailments of our best hitter were finally traced to heel spurs that would end Yoenis Cespedes 2018 season. According to team physicians, Cespedes had a successful first surgery of one heel and, following a few months of rest, will have surgery on the other heel. This will be followed by [...]
The Mets announced that first baseman Peter Alonso will not be joining the team in September, despite mashing 33 home runs and driving in 112 runs between double and triple A and winning defensive player of the month honors. What do you think the reasoning is behind this? A) Roster crunch. The Mets don't want [...]
Yesterday afternoon, the Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 10-3, salvaging the last of a three-game series. The win was their fifteenth in the month of August and clinched a .500 month for them; they hadn’t had a month of break-even-or-better baseball since April. April. April, when they opened the season 17-9…and needed an 11-1 opening [...]
The Mets completed their Dog Days slog of 21 games in 20 days the way they began it: with a win. Two four-run innings put a hurt on the Chicago Cubs in this one. Jason Vargas took on Alec Mills in an afternoon affair, upon completion of last night's suspended game. Vargas was the beneficiary [...]
Although it took a suspended game, buckets of rain, and a myriad of infield hits, the New York Mets eventually dropped their 11 inning affair to the Chicago Cubs 2-1. This game was the textbook definition of what a pitcher’s duel is. With two elite pitchers, Jacob deGrom and Cole Hamels, on the mound, the [...]
Amed Rosario the last three weeks is looking like the guy who many talent evaluators considered one of the top prospects in the game a year ago. He’s hitting at a good clip, he’s running the bases and he’s making plays in the field. It’s a giant step up from where he was after his [...]
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Despite his bad start, Zack Wheeler is now 11th in the National League with a 3.46 ERA. His 3.31 FIP ranks sixth and helps him to a 3.1 fWAR. That matches up closely to his 2.9 bWAR. For the year he has a 2.9 BB/9. Not bad for a guy who started in the minors.
The Mets’ bullpen again gave up a bunch of runs late, leading to a 7-4 loss to the Cubs Monday night in Chicago. After a Kevin Plawecki homer in the top of the seventh inning tied the score, Jerry Blevins came on to start the bottom of the inning and proceeded to allow three straight [...]
The Mets of August have been a downright watchable and entertaining ballclub. Even with Matt Harvey, Jeurys Familia and Asdrubal Cabrera gone and Yoenis Cespedes and Jay Bruce injured, it’s hard to feel like this Met team is worse than the one we endured for June and July. The reason for that has a lot [...]