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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
It’s a chronic condition, pessimism is. It’s been a component of Mets fans’ DNA almost since the beginning, a lurking recessive trait that didn’t rear its head until June, 1977 or so. That’s when we all found out that as fans, we can take nothing for granted: we found out that Tom Seaver was not [...]
Earlier today, we had a comment left on the site suggesting that if the Mets don’t re-sign Yoenis Cespedes, that they turn to Justin Upton as an offensive replacement. While Cespedes is likely helping his chances to earn a big contract with his play since arriving in New York, it’s hard to make that same [...]
With Labor Day nearly upon us and the Summer giving way to the falling leaves very soon, it seems a good time to evaluate this season and compare it to something tangible. The 2015 New York Mets season has been a story of the tides. A boat on the dock will rise and fall according [...]
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On a night dominated by power hitting and power pitching, two "strange" plays will undoubtedly get most of the attention. Matt Harvey looked sharp early for the Mets, striking out the side in the first inning and surrendering 2 hits through three. By that time, the Mets had a 3-0 lead. David Wright led off [...]