What a difference a week makes. Exactly seven days ago, the 2015 New York Mets baseball season appeared to be at its lowest ebb. The team had just lost a soul-crushing, gut-punching, spirit-killing -- and whatever other adjectives have been driven into the ground by this beleaguered fan base – loss to the egregious San [...]
At the beginning of the year, the Mets’ path to the playoffs was clear – beat up on the bottom teams of the division and play close to .500 ball against the rest of MLB. Everyone considered the Phillies to be one of the worst teams in the league. I considered the Braves to be [...]
The Mets jumped out to an eight-run lead but had to sweat out the ninth inning before earning their second consecutive sweep with an 8-6 win over the Marlins Wednesday night in Miami. Matt Harvey shook off concerns about struggles versus the Marlins with another dominating effort. He allowed just two hits and no walks [...]
“I don’t give a crap what the Mets are doing. Or Dodgers or Giants or Texas or anybody.” These are the words uttered by Washington Nationals’ young star Bryce Harper when asked how he felt about the Mets taking over first place this late in the season. While these words do not mean much when [...]
We all have our blind spots. Anyone who has read this site for very long can recognize my unflagging support for Darin Gorski – thanks Backman, for screwing him out of a win last night – or half a dozen other players. But there’s a difference between stumping for players who you think can help [...]
Batting leadoff, an apology: Last week's Mystery Met episode was too damn hard, and for that I am truly sorry. Sure, our subject resembled Ken MacKenzie or Craig Anderson or any other random 20-year-old Camelot-era dude who would pass for a modern-day 45-year old. But unlike MacKenzie and Anderson, this guy never made it to [...]
The Mets' offense flashed back to its pre-trade doldrums for seven innings, then erupted. And the eruption wasn't caused by any of the new faces. Tied at one in the top of the eighth, Lucas Duda led off with a base hit off the right field wall. Travis d'Arnaud followed with a roller through the [...]
**This was originally written before the trade deadline passed. It’s been slightly tweaked since, but much of it remains intact. After all, how else am I supposed to transition into a gaffe like Jeopardy made. Enjoy.** It’s over. The craziest time of year that’s not related to religion, food or a certain other sporting event [...]
The second half Mets baseball has been the craziest set of 17 games during the Citi Field era both for good and bad. It has been highlighted by two brutal losses in St. Louis (and a brutal win), the bullpen falling flat for the first time since April of 2014, and the rollercoaster ride that [...]
For the year, we Mets360.com writers surmised that Wilmer Flores would put together a campaign of hitting .265/.310/.400 in 484 plate appearances. We also thought he'd have 11 home runs, and drive in 55 runs. While a full analysis of Flores' season will not be complete until November, it certainly couldn't hurt to find out [...]