The Kansas City Royals are starting to become a model organization in the American League, as they have an 11 game lead over the second place Minnesota Twins, and are on their way to a deep October run. Last year’s strength was their bullpen, which featured a three-headed monster in Wade Davis, Kelvin Herrera and [...]
Lost among the team success, the individual exploits of Yoenis Cespedes and Travis d’Arnaud and the Scott Boras soap opera is the performance of rookie Michael Conforto. When he was called up many were fretting that the Mets were foolishly rushing him. But not only has he looked like he belongs in the majors, Conforto [...]
The train continues to pick up steam. The Mets earned their sixth straight win with a 6-4 decision over the Braves Saturday night in Atlanta. With the Mets' win and a loss by the Nationals, the magic number is down to 12. The Mets broke up a tie game with two runs in the ninth, [...]
Wilmer Flores has had an interesting season, to say the least. Heading into the 2015 campaign there were two big and related questions: how would Flores fair at shortstop and, if he was bad, would his hitting develop to the point where it didn't matter? The shortstop experiment sort of ended in late June without [...]
FanGraphs, as of Friday morning, gave the Mets a 96.9% chance of winning the NL East after the team’s sweep in Washington and series opening win in Atlanta. These are heady days for Mets fans and we are all enjoying the ride and hoping for a long run in the playoffs. It is tempting to [...]
The Mets just keep on rockin', as they defeated the Braves, 5-1, on Friday night. Coupled with a loss by the Nationals, the Mets' magic number is down to 14. "Because the Mets are really socking the ball, knocking those home runs over the wall!" The Mets have rarely been a big HR-hitting team but [...]
The Mets dugout is as crowded as the Mets’ bandwagon these days. My unofficial count has 38 of the members of the club’s 40-man roster currently enjoying life in a pennant race in Queens. It may not be unprecedented but it sure is unusual for the Mets. The two guys who aren’t in the majors [...]
After shutting down the Nationals in all three games with his electrifying stuff, Jeurys Familia has officially joined the conversation about top closers in the game and most valuable players on the Mets. While everyone is buzzing about the impact Yoenis Cespedes has had on the Mets’ second half surge, Familia has been spectacular all [...]