It's been a joy watching Cespedes play this year.
The Mets have four selections in the top 100 of the 2016 Amateur draft. Looking around at mock draft boards, here are five players the Mets might be considering with each of those picks: With their first overall pick in the 2016 draft, the Mets will be looking at some interesting names. Joey Wentz a [...]
The Mets defeated the Brewers this afternoon at Citi Field 3-1, completing a three-game sweep and a successful 4-2 home stand. Noah Syndergaard had some trouble finding command of his fastball in the early going, but seemed to settle in with it in the third. From there, it was smooth sailing save a hiccup in [...]
Nine of the top 30 relievers on the all-time saves list have pitched for the Mets, including five of the top 12. The Mets have also had Tug McGraw, Jesse Orosco and Ron Taylor pitch out of their bullpen. But when it’s all said and done, all of us reading this now will be able [...]
For the second straight game, the Mets fell behind the Brewers only to come back and earn the win, this time a 5-4 victory Saturday afternoon. Eric Campbell opened the ninth with a single, his second hit of the game. Kevin Plawecki followed with a walk, Matt Reynolds came thru with a pinch-hit sacrifice bunt [...]
Remember when the Mets led baseball in home runs but were not so good at driving runs in otherwise? People weren't concerned, then, of course, because the team had such a dominant rotation. We accepted that living with the long ball and dying with the long ball was a fact of life in this 2016 [...]
The Mets got back on the winning track with a 3-2 victory over the Brewers in the first game of a weekend series Friday night. Steven Matz made his first start in 11 days and showed very little rust. While he gave up a two-run homer in the first, he settled down to pitch seven [...]
No one could have seen this coming. Seven months ago Matt Harvey stood tall on the mound in the World Series and we all saw the second coming of Tom Terrific. The four-pitch righty with the high 90's fastball, quarterback swagger, and bulldog tenacity had all the ingredients of an ace pitcher. He successfully bounced back from [...]