Since the end of World War II, there have only been 39 second basemen to come up and get 100 PA in the majors by their age 21 season. Of those, there are only nine players to amass an OPS+ of 100 or more in this time span. Eight of them have played at least [...]
The scoreboard doesn't always tell the truth about a game. You could tell by Jacob deGrom's line that he had a great day, going seven strong innings of one-run baseball. He ended his day by striking out nine, walking one and only a first-inning Freddie Freeman home run to blemish an otherwise perfect afternoon. What the [...]
Every season I try to attend a few of the Mets' minor league affiliate games to see the future in action. This past week I did just that and had the pleasure of catching a Double-A Eastern League game between the Binghamton Mets and the Orioles' Bowie Baysox on June 11 in Bowie, Maryland. Please [...]
This article originally started out as one entitled “Can the Mets’ dyfunctionality be fixed?”. It was going to first describe the dysfunction starting with underfinanced ownership that won’t or can’t put enough money towards payroll to field what should be a big market team. From there it would discuss a General Manager who knowingly has [...]
Once again Bartolo Colon took care of business, as he went six innings and only allowed two runs. The Mets ended up beating their division rivals 5-3. The Mets offense had a good showing against Alex Wood, as they scored five runs, and took advantage of an errant pickoff throw from Wood. Wilmer Flores started [...]
Two weeks ago this writer warned about the importance of June. So far, the Mets are 4 and 6 this month. This follows up a weak May in which the team went a pedestrian 13 and 15. In fact, since their remarkable 11-game win streak in April, the Mets are a paltry 19 and 26. [...]
When Chris Heston no-hit the Mets Tuesday night, it was the first time that the Mets lineup didn’t record a hit since September 8, 1993. The streak was the fifth-longest streak in Major League baseball, with only the Cubs, Athletics, Reds, and Red Sox having gone longer without a goose egg in the hit column. [...]
It was a long time coming. Michael Cuddyer hadn't had a walkoff hit since 2006. This one couldn't have come at a better time. Cuddyer hit a soft liner past a diving Joe Panik and Curtis Granderson waltzed home with the winning run, ending a taut, terrific ballgame. Jon Niese squared off against Tim Lincecum. [...]
Recently, we Met fans have been reminded – emphatically and painfully – that Matt Harvey is human after all. His start to this season caused everyone to forget that he was only 19 months removed from Tommy John surgery. In his first eight 2015 starts, he was the Harvey of old, racking up a 5-1 [...]