David Wright got on base all five times he came to the plate Saturday. He drew three walks, fired a single to center field and then hit a home run his last trip to the plate. Wright now has 11 extra-base hits in 112 PA. Last season he had 12 in 174. His 2016 SLG [...]
The Mets hit four homers and finally beat the Padres, 6-4, Saturday night. But there's only one thing that people will remember about this game. Bartolo Colon hit a homer. Yep, you read that right, Colon homered. Sure, Yoenis Cespedes hit one in the upper deck and David Wright and Michael Conforto went back-to-back in [...]
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Once again the Mets could do nothing against a Padres starter with a big curve, as they fell to San Diego, 2-0, Friday night. There's more ammunition for those who think Tim Teufel is a bad 3B coach. He opted to send a runner home with one out and there's no way to sugar coat [...]
Late last night the Mets kicked off a key 11-game west coast road trip. Barring rain outs, the 11 games will be played in 11 days against the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies. Two out of three of those teams stink and the third is underperforming due to injuries. As the [...]
The Mets fell behind early, staged a ninth inning comeback but fell on the short side of a 5-3 game Thursday night in San Diego in the opener of an 11-game road trip. Jacob deGrom had neither his best velocity nor command. Much like in the World Series, he was unable to put away batters [...]
The 2016 baseball season has just turned its first corner, the calendar flipping from April to May. The top two teams in the NL East should be sorry to see April leave. The Washington Nationals and the New York Mets have, as expected, set the pace in this division and while the other three teams [...]
The Mets claimed their sixth straight series win with an 8-0 whitewashing of the Braves Wednesday afternoon. The Mets are now 6-2 in blowout games, ones decided by five or more runs. One day after managing just one hit, the Mets delivered eight hits, five of which went for extra-bases, including four home runs. The [...]