Here are the final grades for the unexpectedly fun 2024 regular season – not including playoffs - for the Mets. The goal is to incorporate actual production, along with preseason expectations, as well as the individual’s role on the club. This means not all grades that are the same are equal. In order to qualify [...]
Today’s a day for all Mets fans to look back at what was a very strong year for the club. Did any of us expect to be in the NLCS this year? Certainly not me. Anyway, today is Joe Vasile’s day to publish and hopefully he has a piece that will be published later tonight. [...]
The Mets’ 2024 season came to an end in Game 6 of the NLCS, as they fell to the Dodgers, 10-5. This year’s World Series will be the one the TV networks wanted, a Dodgers-Yankees battle. The game got off to a good start, with Pete Alonso getting an infield single, which was a hit [...]
Managing to win versus managing to avoid criticism
Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Mets took advantage of the early lead to come away with a 12-6 win over the Dodgers Friday afternoon at Citi Field. The team that has scored first has won all five games in the series, which L.A. leads, 3-2. Having staved off [...]
After four games in the NLCS, the Dodgers have a +21-run differential and it seems like they are dominating the Mets. But as bad as it is now, it’s nowhere near the whupping behind the woodshed they laid on the Mets back in 2017. The Dodgers authored a 7-0 sweep of the Mets that season, [...]
The Dodgers executed in the clutch and the Mets didn’t. The Dodgers got great results from their pen and the Mets didn’t. The end result was a 10-2 loss Thursday night at Citi Field. The Mets will try to stave off elimination Friday afternoon, as they trail in the series, three games to one. The [...]
Back on track with a winning week
After J.D. Martinez walked in the second inning in Game 3, in the Game Chatter I joked that it wasn’t too early to pinch run for him. Matinez struck out twice after that, looking just as bad as he has since the start of September. Or even earlier than that. Martinez needs to be on [...]
For the second time in three games, the Dodgers pitched a shutout in the NLCS, this time an 8-0 blanking of the Mets Wednesday night at Citi Field. L.A. jumps out to a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Walker Buehler, a one-time ace who had been beset by injuries, was terrific in four innings, [...]
After getting blown out in Game 1 of the NLCS, the Mets roared back with a not-as-close-as-it-sounds, 7-3 win over the Dodgers in L.A. The Series now moves to New York for the next three games. Francisco Lindor got things off to a great start with a leadoff homer to stake Sean Manaea to an [...]
The Mets found out that it’s not so easy having multiple days off before the start of a playoff series, as after three full days off they were blanked by the Dodgers, 9-0, Sunday night in L.A. It’s the first time in these playoffs that the Mets have trailed in a series. Kodai Senga got [...]