Three short weeks ago, Michael Cuddyer was being left for dead. He didn’t look particularly good at the plate, and the results backed that up – through May 18th, Cuddyer was hitting .239/.295/.355 in 37 games. The two-year contract he signed during the offseason where the Mets surrendered a first-round draft pick was looking worse [...]
Well hello John Mayberry, Jr., where you been all my life! A huge night from the tall outfielder was just what the Mets needed on an Arizona evening. Daniel Murphy exited the game after just two innings newly ensconced at third, and the pain merry-go-round just keeps on truckin' for the ol' Metsies. Mayberry's three [...]
That title above is kind of a strange question. The immediate answer is, “Of course it is.” When any pitcher you’ve invested a good chunk of time watching – as a field manager, an executive or a fan – is recovering from Tommy John surgery, you can’t help but worry. Despite the evidence from players [...]
During Wednesday night’s broadcast, Gary Cohen suggested the Mets were keeping their options open, not concentrating on one particular position in their trade targets. Meanwhile, as Sandy Alderson was open to anything, Mark Trumbo was dealt. This is not to suggest that Alderson should have been in on Trumbo. It’s just to point out that [...]
James Shields held the Mets in check, as the Padres won the game 7-3. The Mets offense struggled to put anything together all night, except for in the ninth inning, when the tying run came to the plate with the bases loaded. Lucas Duda had a chance to tie the game with a home run, [...]
During the mid-twentieth century, the United States and the Soviet Union were in the middle of a nuclear Arms Race…and now so are the New York Mets, Miami Marlins, and Washington Nationals. Of course, this arms race is not centered around nuclear weapons, but pitching in the starting rotation and bullpen. The Mets currently hold [...]
1996 SPx JASON ISRINGHAUSEN The 1990s were Tomorrowland. Ownership of personal computers skyrocketed throughout the decade, rising from 15% of all US households in 1990 to 35% by 1997. We all took our first tentative steps onto the World Wide Web, enabled by one of the gazillion AOL diskettes that came wrapped with our Sunday [...]
Last night the Mets were on the right side of history, as the team struck out a bunch of times, yet won the game 7-0. Doing his best Andrew Cashner impersonation, Noah Syndergaard went 4 innings, struck out 10 hitters, let up 10 hits and let up 7 runs. Not the best night for Thor [...]
In Los Angeles, May is gray. It's rainy with few moments of bright sun shining through. So it was for the Mets across the continent, as the team went 13-15 and slipped into second-place in the National League East. But there is hope that things will turn around soon. Below are five such reasons. [...]