The Mets snapped a five-game losing streak with an 8-1 win over the Marlins in Citi Field Saturday night. The Mets exploded for seven runs in the sixth inning, tallying more runs in one frame than they had in 14 of the 17 previous games this month. Wilmer Flores and Kevin Plawecki each contributed two-run [...]
Regardless of which time period you examine in baseball history, there are always big issues that surround how the game is played. Right now the most talked about issue are the abundance of home runs being hit, why that is, and if the game should take action to restore some balance. But perhaps an even [...]
The Yankees jumped on top early and held on through a shaky ninth inning, as they completed a four-game sweep of the 2017 Subway Series with a 7-5 win Thursday night in Citi Field. Stop me if you've heard this before but Steven Matz had another bad outing. He gave up three runs in the [...]
Robert Gsellman returns to the majors tonight in a fitting way for the 2017 Mets, replacing an injured starter. Gsellman himself is returning from a hamstring strain but at least this was a little different than the other injuries to Mets pitchers this year as Gsellman hurt himself running, rather than pitching. It just goes [...]
The Yankees captured Game 1 of the 2017 Subway Series with a 4-2 win over the Mets Monday night in the Bronx. This game had a little bit of everything. There was a surprisingly strong outing from Rafael Montero, shut down relief pitching for the Yankees, five solo homers and a run scored on a [...]
Since the middle of the 2015 season, we’ve seen a spike in home run production. The increase has been so drastic that this past offseason we saw general managers essentially being indifferent to acquiring power. The prevailing thought has been – if everyone has power, why pay a premium for it? On the last day [...]
Last year when the Mets needed to reach into their system and call up pitchers they weren’t expecting to, they got great results from both Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo. That fortune has not repeated itself this year with either Tyler Pill or Chris Flexen. It’s not a big surprise with either, as Pill doesn’t [...]
The easiest thing in the world to do is to say you knew something was going to happen, after it happens. Everyone's an expert after the fact. What I want to do here is have everyone weigh in on what they thought at the time about the Mets' most recent top picks. There's no sense [...]
The Mets and Dodgers have played against each other for 55 years before this season and L.A. had never swept them. Well, the 56th year apparently is the charm, as the Dodgers shut out the Mets, 8-0, Sunday night to complete the seven-game series sweep. The game was moved to the national ESPN game, which [...]
On Saturday, broadcaster Keith Hernandez called 36-year-old Curtis Granderson frisky. For those of us who grew up watching “Happy Days,” that word has a little bit different meaning. But clearly Hernandez meant it that Granderson was feeling good, as twice when he was on base he was looking to run. He got picked off by [...]
The Dodgers continue to bash their way to wins over the Mets, as they clubbed five homers en route to a 7-4 win Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. The Mets used three solo homers in the first inning to jump out to an early 3-0 lead. Michael Conforto led off with a blast and with [...]
The Dodgers continued their mastery over the Mets with a 6-0 win Friday night. Los Angeles has won five straight over the Mets this season and their last seven games against New York. This season the Dodgers are clubbing the Mets into submission and the move to New York did not change things. The visitors [...]