This is an old tale And not a happy one But full of woe, alas, and pain! The 2017 Mets, the team that reminds us, daily it seems, that things can always get worse. Wednesday we saw Robert Gsellman, our preseason Rookie of the Year candidate, get clobbered in the first inning on his way [...]
You know what this Mets team could really use? A leadoff hitter. Our three in-house options - Jose Reyes, Curtis Granderson, and Juan Lagares - have been woefully ineffective thus far this season. At the time of this writing, all three are batting well under .200 with Granderson leading this hopeless trifecta with an OBP [...]
I know…I know. It’s a crappy time to be a Mets fan right now. They can’t seem to get out of their own way. The defense is horrible. The injuries are piling up. There is very little hitting to speak of. The veterans have looked old, the youngsters have looked unready. The style of play [...]
After Tuesday's rainout, there was talk of skipping Robert Gsellman's start and having Noah Syndergaard go instead. That meant Gsellman would have pitched this coming weekend in Washington against the red hot Nationals. Thank goodness the Mets' brain trust changed their minds. Gsellman didn't have stuff or command and was cuffed about in the first [...]
The Mets were rained out Tuesday night and the initial reaction from nearly everywhere was how fortunate this was because it gave the walking wounded hitters another day to recover. That’s absolutely true but to me the biggest benefit lies elsewhere. In my mind the prime advantage is for the relievers, who now have had [...]
Here are my thoughts on the players of the Lo-A Columbia Fireflies from the game of Saturday, June 22 at Spirit Communications Park before a packed house. Columbia played the Lexington Legends, in a game won by the visitors, 4-0. Desmond Lindsay... The 20-year-old center fielder was picked in the second round of the 2015 [...]
Finding a prognosticator, analyst, fan or soothsayer who didn’t have the New York Mets in the postseason dance was probably more difficult to find than a colleague who picked them to return to the World Series. Years of rebuilding, two consecutive playoff appearances and a roster full of both talented youth and veterans fueled the [...]
"Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes it rains." Crash Davis was a wise man. But while, a manmade rain out helped the Durham Bulls catch a break, this Mother Nature variety might not be as good for the Mets as it seems. On the surface, an extra day off gives Yoenis Cespedes, Travis d'Arnaud [...]
The 2017 season has gotten off to quite a tumultuous start. The team started 7-3, and then they proceeded to go 1-8. They currently sit in fourth place in the division after being swept by the Washington this weekend. There has been a myriad of problems including overuse of the bullpen a lack of consistent [...]