Dillon Gee came into last night’s start against the Phillies with a 7.71 lifetime ERA against Philadelphia, including a 9.56 mark at Citizen Banks Park. His last outing against the Phillies, he gave up 5 ER in 6.2 IP, with 2 HR. For a pitcher who was scuffling coming into the game anyway, this start [...]
A few weeks ago I wrote about park factors and focused more on the hitters’ perspective rather than the pitchers perspective. It’s not a perfect method to predict future performance, but knowing how a ballpark plays is important to better get a grasp on a prospect at just a pure statistical level. On the other [...]
One thing that seems apparent to me is that things get better for the Mets when the GM acts. He traded Ike Davis and first base got better. He got rid of Kyle Farnsworth, John Lannan, Scott Rice and Jose Valverde and the bullpen got better. And perhaps now our long outfield nightmare can improve [...]
After a disappointing stretch by the Mets in which they’ve lost five out of seven games to the contending Giants and Nationals, the fan base is ready to put a fork in the season and call it “a wrap.” Though still mathematically alive with 47 games to play, the Mets chances of making a legitimate run has waned, and there’s [...]
Two things are starting to become obvious about the Mets left field situation. To start, rumors are swirling that Chris Young will be released prior to the expansion of rosters in September. Young has just not been good enough to remain on this roster with other, younger options available that will be a part of [...]
The Mets dropped another game in the standings yesterday, losing to the division-leading Nationals pretty decisively. It wasn’t all that long ago when the Capital Boys stunk and the Mets were pretty decent. Early in the 2009 season – which turned out to be a terrible year for New York – whether it was the [...]
This past Monday the New York Mets were trailing by one run in the bottom of the ninth inning to the San Francisco Giants looking to split the four game series. With two out and no one on, who steps up to the plate but the one batter we all have had faith in time [...]
As of sometime yesterday, the Texas Rangers reportedly placed Alex Rios on revocable waivers. On August 4th, the Mets designated Bobby Abreu for assignment, meaning that there is now an open 40 man roster spot. So, should the Mets put in a waiver claim on Rios? First let’s get an idea about what waivers means. [...]