The Mets need starting pitching and the Tigers’ Tarik Skubal has been mentioned as being on the trading block. It’s hard for me to believe they would actually deal one of the top young pitchers in the game but perhaps where there’s smoke there will be a fire. The Mets were willing to spend $350 [...]
The return of Francisco Alvarez and the subtraction of Starling Marte has made a world of difference for the Mets' defense. Alvarez replaced bad defenders, while Tyrone Taylor has been a massive upgrade in the outfield. Here are the numbers: The Mets currently rank 25th in the majors with -13 Defensive Runs Saved. They haven’t [...]
The trade-deadline edition
Instant Karma happened to Ramon Laureano and the result was a 3-2 win for the Mets in 10 innings Thursday night at Citi Field. It’s the fourth-straight win for the Mets and they’re now 12-4 in their last 16 games. In the top of the 10th, Laureano was the zombie runner at second base for [...]
Fans love to come up with trades for their favorite team. It probably ranks second among things they like to do as armchair managers/GMs, behind only making up batting orders. The best thing about this is that many people have graduated past the idea of, “hey let’s package three things we don’t want for another [...]
Francisco Lindor hit two of the Mets’ five home runs – and it could have been six if Jeff McNeil wasn’t robbed – as the Mets pounded the Yankees, 12-3, Wednesday night in the Bronx. The Mets are now a season-high five games over .500 and they finish the year 4-0 versus the Yankees. Tyrone [...]
Jeff McNeil continued his power surge, as he golfed a two-run homer to lead the Mets to a 3-2 win over the Yankees Tuesday night in the Bronx. The Mets are now 3-0 versus the Yankees this year. With the game tied 1-1 in the sixth inning, former Met Michael Tonkin came on to pitch [...]
After a seeming three-game hangover, the offense busted out for the first time in the second half, producing 11 hits and three home runs en route to a 6-4 win over the Marlins Monday night in Miami. The Mets split their four-game set against their division rival and finish this weak part of their schedule [...]
The Mets’ offense was so good for so long that it became okay to imagine that it could overcome mediocre starting pitching. Then the second half started against a Marlins squad that had six starting pitchers on the IL and the Mets’ offense went into hibernation. Normally, you would shrug your shoulders and say something [...]
The Mets didn’t hit a home run in the game, while the Marlins hit two. And the end result was a 4-2 loss Sunday in Miami. Christian Scott got the start and he surrendered the big blow, a three-run homer, right after the Mets had taken a 1-0 lead in the top half of the [...]
On Saturday’s broadcast, Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez were discussing Francisco Lindor and how his season turned around once he moved to the top of the lineup. To his credit, Cohen wondered if it was purely coincidental, as Lindor was going to heat up regardless of where he hit in the order. Hernandez countered with [...]
In a season where some think pitching has been too dominant, the Mets won their first 1-0 game of the season in their 97th contest of the 2024 campaign Saturday afternoon in Miami. The win gets the Mets back to three games above .500 at 50-47. The 2023 Mets were four games worse at 46-51 [...]