The baseball world was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Marlins young ace Jose Fernandez. The Marlins had just adjusted their rotation so that Fernandez would face them in the upcoming series. You hear so much about how Player X performs well against the Mets. This was certainly case with Fernandez. To [...]
Continuing my series on the projected lineups for the 2017 Mets Minors, we reach Port St. Lucie. Most of the players will be graduates from Columbia and Brooklyn but you start seeing more players who are being held back thanks to performance or injury. Lineup: 1. J.C. Rodriguez, DH 2. Vinny Sienna, 2B 3. Wuilmer [...]
On this third weekend of NFL action, the Mets broke out a football score, as they put up two touchdowns and a field goal to beat the Phillies, 17-0, in the last regular season game of 2016 in Citi Field. The game started on a somber note, as the broadcast started with a tribute to [...]
Last year’s playoff run was led somewhat equally by players acquired by Omar Minaya and Sandy Alderson. On the Minaya side, there was Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Steven Matz, Jeurys Familia, Daniel Murphy and Lucas Duda leading the way. On the Alderson side, there was Noah Syndergaard, Bartolo Colon, Travis d’Arnaud, Michael Conforto, Yoenis Cespedes [...]
The Las Vegas 51s Mets lost to the Phillies 10-8 tonight at Citi Field. So close... Boy oh boy. Where do we start? This one started off a laugher as Sean Gilmartin, newest member of the Mets' MASH rotation, was the one to finally fall through the thin ice they've avoided cracking somehow thusfar. He [...]
The Mets have 39 players on their expanded active roster. That's tied with the Dodgers for the most in baseball. That's also literally every player on their 40-man that isn't recovering from some surgery or another. That's a lot of players, and the dugout and bullpen are crowded with guys looking to get some kind [...]
Despite trotting out a parade of no-name pitchers, the Mets managed to outscore the Phillies 10-5 at Citi Field. This was a game of old friends returning to the fold. Michael Conforto seemed to find his long-missing stroke, ripping a three-run home run and a double. Lucas Duda and Travis d'Arnaud also contributed doubles and [...]
How on earth is this beat up team In a playoff chase? Didn't the wheels come off? The stark truth is that the tires blew out a long time ago, but we're still driving along on rims, sparks flying all over. 2016 has been a snake-bitten season, much like 2009 only replace Fernando Tatis with [...]
The Mets broke a three-game losing streak in most unusual fashion, scoring two runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie it and then scoring three runs in the bottom of the 11th to win it, 9-8, Thursday night. Jose Reyes crushed a two-run homer to send it to extra innings and Asdrubal Cabrera [...]