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 [...]
The Mets blew the Marlins out of the water early on, as the offense provided plenty of runs for Bartolo Colon, and the veteran earned his 10th win of the season. Michael Conforto hit his first major league homer, which provided three runs in the second inning. Batting Conforto eighth should enable him to get [...]
The Mets set their rotation after the All-Star break so that their three best pitchers could square off against the Nationals in both of their three-game sets. The first one didn’t work out as well as we might have hoped, as the Mets went just 1-2, but this just completed set was a thing of [...]
The Mets have welcomed a number of new faces to their clubhouse: Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson (from the Braves), Tyler Clippard (from the Athletics) and Yoenis Cespedes from the Tigers. Few will argue that these deals have helped the franchise in its bid to reach the post season, but what exactly did the Mets [...]
The power came in bunches, and it was all Noah Syndergaard needed as he was once again phenomenal. His assortment of blistering fastballs, knee-buckling curveballs, and an improving changeup had the Washington Nationals on their heels all night. Anthony Rendon took Syndergaard deep in the first, but after that 13 Nationals hitters were retired in [...]