Mark Vientos hit two homers as the Mets jumped out to an eight-run lead but they had to hold on late, before emerging with a 9-7 win over the Yankees Tuesday night at Citi Field. The Mets have now won 14 of their last 18 games. The Mets jumped out to a 1-0 lead thanks [...]
The Mets are so hot that even having Edwin Diaz ejected in the ninth inning before throwing a pitch and having his replacement have to leave at least in part due to an injury couldn’t keep the Mets from a 5-2 win over the Cubs Sunday night in Chicago. The victory gives the team the [...]
Who’s the worst starting pitcher in Mets history? Your answer likely depends on when you started watching, although there’s no doubt that a name jumps into your mind. Let’s make it so that the pitcher has to have thrown at least 250 innings for the Mets as a starter, to eliminate the James Baldwin-types. In [...]
One day after playing a terrific game with the offense and pitching clicking, the Mets figured they’d see how the other half lives. The pitching was lousy, the hitting was sporadic, at best, and the result was an 8-1 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field Saturday afternoon. Tylor Megill made the case for a [...]
After having their seven-game win streak snapped their last time out, the Mets got right back in the win column Friday afternoon, as they slugged three homers en route to an 11-1 win over the Cubs in Chicago. The Mets have now won 12 of their last 15 games. Francisco Lindor led off the game [...]
Virtually no player performs within a tight window of productivity over a full season. Instead, they go thru hot streaks and cold spells. One of the challenges for both managers and GMs is to know what’s a cold streak and what’s the current normal for the player. Francisco Lindor here in 2024 is an excellent [...]
The Mets had their seven-game winning streak snapped last night, dropping their record to 13-5 in their last 18 games. For the most part, the Mets have been clicking on offense in these past 18 games, even with Wednesday night’s three runs on five hits. And they’ve done that with a collective group effort, rather [...]
The Mets had a 3-1 lead but the bullpen couldn’t shut the door, so they fell to the Rangers, 5-3, Wednesday night in Texas. The loss snapped the Mets’ seven-game winning streak. Sean Manaea started for the Mets and had a rocky first inning. After retiring the first two batters, he proceeded to walk the [...]
The Mets scored in each of their last five innings to earn a 7-6, come-from-behind victory over the Rangers Tuesday night in Texas. It was the seventh-straight win for the Mets and moved them to within two games of .500 at 35-37. The Mets got this win thanks to power, as they hit two homers [...]
The first game of the road trip did not disappoint, as the Mets banged out 22 hits and 14 runs in a 14-2 shellacking of the Rangers Monday night in Texas. It was the first time since 2019 that the Mets eclipsed the 20-hit mark and it was also their sixth-straight victory. Pete Alonso had [...]
The Mets hit two homers in the first inning, jumped out to a 7-1 lead en route to an 11-6 win over the Padres Sunday afternoon. The victory gave the Mets a sweep of the series and they’re now riding a five-game winning streak and have won nine of their last 11 games. Trailing 1-0, [...]
In his first 13 games as a Met, Sean Manaea is 4-3 with a 4.11 ERA. That’s a 93 ERA+ and he’s averaging just a tick over 5 IP per start, as he has 65.2 IP. It’s not what I envisioned when the Mets signed him but there’s plenty of blame to go around for [...]