The Braves used a three-run sixth inning to break a tie and went on to defeat the Mets, 7-2, on Wednesday night and take the rubber game of their three-game series. With the loss, combined with a doubleheader sweep by the Nationals, dropped the Mets to fourth place in the NL East. The Mets ran [...]
The Mets opened up their big road trip with a humiliating 12-3 loss to the Braves Monday night in Atlanta. How bad was it? The highlight was recently-acquired Brooks Pounders coming on to get the final out of the eighth inning with a strikeout. The loss was a total team effort. The offense was nothing [...]
There’s safety in doing things the way every other team in MLB does it. Then there’s the reality of what may be good for some clubs is not good for your team. And the Mets are being served a healthy dose of reality here in 2019, specifically in regards to how they run their pitching [...]
The Mets jumped out to a three-run lead but not only couldn’t hold it, they ended up on the wrong end of a blowout loss, dropping a 12-5 decision to the Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon in the Bronx. Jeff McNeil, who was robbed of a hit his first time [...]
Seth Lugo allowed runs in five of his first nine games this season and sat with a 5.68 ERA after the April 19 game. Since then, he’s appeared in 14 games and in 18.2 IP, he’s allowed just 1 ER, posted a 0.643 WHIP and has held opposing hitters to a .429 OPS. Overall for [...]
One night after a flat offensive performance, the Mets scored runs in the sixth and seventh innings to break a tie and emerge with a 5-3 win over the Rockies Saturday night at Citi Field. Perhaps the best thing that happened in this game was being more aggressive with the good pitchers. Much like with [...]
The first game against a tougher schedule did not turn out so hot for the Mets, as they dropped a 5-1 decision to the Rockies Friday night at Citi Field. After threatening previously to break up the successful Jacob deGrom-Tomas Nido combination, the Mets did it this game and the results were less than good. [...]
Todd Frazier hit an unlikely two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to lift the Mets to a 7-3 win over the Giants Thursday afternoon at Citi Field. It was the third homer of the game for the Mets and it gave them their second rubber-game win in eight tries this season. With the [...]
MetsBlog and other outlets reported yesterday that the Mets don’t want Tomas Nido to be Jacob deGrom’s personal catcher. Here’s how Mickey Callaway addressed the situation: We could (keep Nido with deGrom,) but then in the playoffs we’d be running into a sticky situation. Look, it’s not something that we’re debating, it’s just something that’s [...]
In a game the Mets absolutely should have won, they allowed four runs in the bottom of the ninth to fall to the Dodgers, 9-8. It was an outrageously poor use of bullpen personnel. Up five runs in the seventh inning, Mickey Callaway used his three best relievers, each one of them who had been [...]
You don’t find many pitchers wear uniform number three. But then again, Tommy Wilson doesn’t have a normal baseball story. After putting up a 1.37 ERA as a high school senior with 76 Ks in 59.1 IP, Wilson didn’t pitch for two years. He returned to the mound at a Junior College, where he fanned [...]
The Mets fell behind by three runs but rallied back for a 4-3 win over the Tigers Sunday afternoon in Citi Field. The victory gave the Mets the win in the rubber game of the series, the first time in six tries the Mets accomplished that feat this year. The Tigers’ lineup did not feature [...]