(Disclaimer: This article was written before Monday’s game versus the Giants) I encourage you to reference the Fangraphs.com Team Stats-Batted Ball page. In those numbers, you will see why the Mets have been losing, and how they will get better. First, let’s start with why they are losing. The team is hitting a fly ball [...]
The Mets faced a reeling San Francisco Giants team and reeled 'em right in. They also got a measure of revenge against their no-hit nemesis in the process. Chris Heston started for the Giants and any thought of his repeating his dominant performance in New York went out the window when Ruben Tejada -- the [...]
Michael Cuddyer is 2-for-36 in his last 12 games. If you’re 21 year old that gets you sent to the minors. If you’re 36 years old nothing happens more than the manager saying you’ve got to get going. Having a $21 million contract is good in more ways than one. For the season, Cuddyer has [...]
Rookie ball is not a league that most fans follow. Players in this league are generally below the legal drinking age in the United States and face a minimum of 3-5 years of sustained healthy/productive play to reach the majors. Today I will focus on the Kingsport Mets because I’ve never seen them quite this [...]
For the past two offseasons, Sandy Alderson has focused on improving the outfield any way possible. The 2013 season was not a great one for the Mets, and Alderson knew his prospects were on their way to being promoted, creating a need for the Mets to make moves during the offseason, and get more offensive [...]
The Mets took the series from the Los Angeles Dodgers today by winning the game 8-0. Quite the offensive showing from the ball club that has struggled to score runs the past couple of weeks. Steven Matz pitched well, going six innings, letting up two hits, no runs, two walks and struck out eight. What [...]
What do Chris Flexen, Erik Manoah and Corey Oswalt have in common? They all started games for minor league affiliates of the Mets on Saturday. And they all are pitchers taken in the seventh round or later that the Mets gave overslot bonuses to since MLB instituted the system for the 2012 Draft. For those [...]
"Saturday. In the park. I think it was the Fourth of July." That blissful song was in my head as I watched the Mets play at Dodgers Stadium a few hours ago. I wasn't expecting much. I figured since Matt Harvey and Zach Grienke were pitching it would be a light offensive affair, and for [...]