Oh what a difference a day makes! It was still a bit more of the Mets signature style though: all or nothing. And we certainly got all of it today. A huge 10-run fourth inning sealed the game early on, highlighted by a Wilmer Flores grand slam, the first for the team this year. And [...]
Alright Mets fans, things are not looking so good at the moment. We've entered that period of the season, which appears to occur earlier every year, where it seems as though anything that can go wrong inevitably does go wrong. The team finds many ways to lose, whether it's a poor starting pitching performance, the [...]
Ben Zobrist is and has been an outstanding baseball player. He is injured right now but when he gets back onto the field he will go back to playing almost every day at all sorts of positions. He has been described as a superutility player which to me means that he is a regular but [...]
We apparently all deserve this. We were lulled into a sense of confidence and promise that this year would be different. But here we are, with a "starting shortstop" who is unable to throw the baseball 120 feet to a target roughly the size of a barn door. A bench player, who despite having a [...]
Heading into this past off-season, the Mets’ front office knew the team needed to add a bat or two to bolster our lineup. The pitching was formidable and deep, but they’d need some run support. We knew we had capable batsmen in David Wright, Daniel Murphy, Lucas Duda, Travis d’Arnaud, Curtis Granderson and Juan Lagares [...]
During the offseason, it was frequently brought up that Mets first baseman Lucas Duda has been a dreadful hitter against left-handed pitching throughout his career. This was first mentioned when speaking of a need to acquire a platoon partner for Duda, and then once Michael Cuddyer and John Mayberry Jr. signed, the idea of a [...]
If you’re a baseball fan – particularly a fan of the New York Mets – logic sometimes doesn’t apply. A good run will lead to long thoughts about its continuation well into the future. Conversely, a spell in the doldrums will cause a fan to think their team will never win another game…ever…in perpetuity. The [...]
The Mets jumped out to a 5-1 lead but ended up losing to the Cubs, 6-5, Thursday afternoon. The loss meant a four-game sweep by the Cubs, who also swept the Mets in Wrigley in 2014. Coming into this game, the Mets were struggling offensively. So they go out and hit three homers and the [...]