Bartolo Colon is heating up just in time

With all the talk about Matt Harvey and innings limits yesterday, the Mets were lucky to get away from that as the game against the Miami Marlins went according to plan. Bartolo Colon stole the show by pitching a complete game shutout, and he has been pitching awfully well the past couple of starts. Will [...]

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Gut Reaction: Marlins 4, Mets 3 (9/6/15)

This one hurt. The Mets had the bases loaded with one out in the top of the ninth and did not score. The Marlins had the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the inning and after a 12-pitch, Martin Prado delivered an RBI single to give the Marlins a walk-off win, 4-3. [...]

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Travis d’Arnaud develops into a star right before our eyes

Travis d’Arnaud staked the Mets to an early lead with a three-run homer Saturday night. Since being activated from his second DL stint this year, it only seems like he’s been doing this every game. But while he has made outs in this stretch of 26 games, he’s performed even better than he did in [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Marlins 0 (9/5/15)

No Conforto, no Cuddyer, no Duda, no Granderson, no Murphy -- no problem! The Mets jumped on top early and cruised to a 7-0 win over the Marlins Saturday night. With the win, the magic number drops to 23. Bartolo Colon was the star of the game, as he pitched a complete-game shutout, the first [...]

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How should the Mets set up their round one playoff rotation?

OK, this may be premature. As of Saturday morning Fan Graphs was giving the Mets an 80% chance of winning the NL East and just a 0.8% chance of winning a wild card spot if the Nats overtake them for the division flag. A few more outings by Bobby Parnell and/or Eric O’Flaherty and it [...]

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Sean Gilmartin, Addison Reed and managing for the platoon advantage

Let’s turn the clock back to the beginning of the 2015 season and let me propose a situation to you. Your bullpen is rested after a day off and everyone is available. You’re on the road and you have a lead heading to the bottom of the seventh and you need to go to your [...]

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Gut Reaction: Marlins 6, Mets 5 (9/4/15)

The new-look Mets are supposed to win games like this. Playing against the 56-79 Miami Marlins, these are the "easy" games that many thought would carry the Mets to the playoff promised land. While one loss doesn't completely negate an easy schedule, or the season, it doesn't bode well. The most worrisome aspect (no surprise) [...]

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Scott Boras chooses the nuclear option with Matt Harvey’s innings

Mets people seem to have the idea Boras has influence over the doctors, but Boras said that isn't so -- though he contended his own research does tell him pitchers returning after Tommy John surgery do better long-term with lower innings totals, naming Shaun Marcum and a few others who exceeded previous totals, and later [...]

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2015 World Series champs? Why not us?

Back in April, most of us hoped that if everything went right – if Matt Harvey and Bobby Parnell bounced back, if Travis d’Arnaud and Juan Lagares had breakout seasons, if Jon Niese’s shoulder held up, and David Wright had an MVP-type season, we could approach 85 wins and maybe fight for a wildcard spot. [...]

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