Thanks to heroic efforts from the bullpen and Travis d'Arnaud, the Mets somehow won a game in 16 innings Thursday night/Friday morning in Miami, after not getting in until 3 a.m. from Philadelphia. d'Arnaud cracked a solo homer in the top of the 16th and Hansel Robles, who shouldn't have even been in the game, [...]
At one point it was a running joke here that Sandy Alderson made so few trades that he was a semi-active GM. And while no one will ever confuse him with Whitey Herzog at the 1980 Winter Meetings, Alderson has pulled the trigger on deals for big bats, or hoped for big bats, at the [...]
I was at Baseball-Reference today and noticed something I hadn't seen previously. The Mets' scouting director was no longer Tom Tanuous but rather Marc Tramuta. Looking to find some information about him and came across this article, which had this nugget: "We are in the prediction and projection business,” Tramuta continued. “I’m trying to tell [...]
After five games, the Mets are 2-3 and we already have people fretting about the offense, even though the pitching has been dismal in two of the three setbacks. But if we looked at what we thought might be the trouble areas right before the first pitch of the season, we see that most of [...]
The Mets’ bats were as cold as the April night weather, as they dropped their second straight game to the Marlins, this one by an 8-1 score Saturday night in Citi Field. Add Adam Conley to the list of starters who have their way against the Mets. He’s now allowed just 4 ER in 29.1 [...]
A 12-inning game, an early exit for Zack Wheeler and a rare April stretch of 12 games without a day off had the Mets reaching for extra relief help. After Friday's game against the Marlins, the Mets added Paul Sewald to the roster. To make room for Sewald, they designated Ty Kelly for assignment. Sewald, [...]
After taking care of business by winning two out of three from the Braves, the Mets continue their opening stretch of 32 games against division foes – holy smokes – with a three-game set against the Marlins. When people think of the worst team in the National League, everyone jumps to the Padres and Reds, [...]
After losing two of their past three Opening Day games, the Mets started the 2017 season in grand style, hanging a 6-0 defeat on the hated Atlanta Braves. The win upped the Mets' record on Opening Day to 36-20 and 36-12 since 1970. It also snapped a six-game losing streak against the Braves in Citi [...]
This is adapted from a meme posted in a Mets group on Facebook. List these events in order from most likely to least likely: Matt Harvey wins the Cy Young Award Mets crowned World Champions David Wright retires Noah Syndergaard wins the Cy Mets win the NL East Jose Reyes wins the batting title Terry [...]
Each year with the predictions column I start by going back to the previous year’s piece. For the second time in three years, the results were … terrible. The goal is to get more than 50 percent right, while not making boring predictions. Out of last year’s batch, only three were correct. But you can’t [...]
We’ve gone through and made predictions for 19 players for the 2017 Mets. Now it’s time to give a forecast for the team as a whole. You thought our individual projections were optimistic? Wait until you get a load of these! Dalton Allison - Mets win 90 games in a season where Syndergaard, deGrom, and [...]
The last player we’re going to project this year is Jay Bruce, which is fitting because in many ways he’s the last guy fans want on the team. Few complained when the Mets picked up his option yet many complain that he’s still on the team and blocking Michael Conforto. What gets lost in the [...]