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 [...]
In another low-scoring affair at Citi Field, the Mets pulled out a win despite getting just four hits, as Edwin Diaz stranded the tying run at third base in the ninth inning, leading to a 2-1 win over the Padres Friday night. This was the team’s seventh win in their last nine games and they [...]
One of the feel-good stories of the year for the Mets has been the performance of Luis Severino. A star with the Yankees back in 2017-18, Severino had fallen on hard times, due mostly to an assortment of injuries. He was quickly identified as an early target in free agency and he signed a one-year [...]
J.D. Martinez hit the first walk-off home run of his career, lifting the Mets to a 3-2 win over the Marlins Thursday night at Citi Field. The victory gives the Mets the series win. After the big offensive explosion of Wednesday, it was back to futility thru most of the game for the Mets. Their [...]
One thing that people fret about that doesn’t concern me in the slightest is the worry about how future free agents will react to how you handle the most-recent players you signed as free agents. You hear some variant of, “Future free agents won’t sign with a team that doesn’t bend over backwards to give [...]
The Mets put on their hitting shoes, as they pounded out 14 hits and 10 runs – only the third time this year they’ve reached double-digit runs – as they blew out the Marlins, 10-4, Wednesday night at Citi Field. The Mets put up crooked numbers in four different innings, including the first two. Harrison [...]
The Citi Field offense reared its ugly head, as the Mets managed just two runs on four hits and fell to the lowly Marlins, 4-2, Tuesday night. A two-run double by Mark Vientos gave the Mets a 2-1 lead in the second inning. But that was the extent of their run scoring for the night. [...]
Starling Marte has never been my cup of tea. Perhaps it’s because fans clamored for the Mets to get him and put Brandon Nimmo on the bench or to an outfield corner, despite Marte not being a particularly good defensive CF. Perhaps it’s because he misses a month or more out of every season and [...]
The Mets scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to take a two-run lead and then held on, despite the Phillies loading the bases, thanks to a rarely-seen double play, and emerged with a 6-5 win Sunday afternoon. The victory gave the Mets a split of the two-game London Series. Reed Garrett, [...]
Mets’ starting pitching here in 2024 has been pretty bad. As a team, prior to Sunday morning’s start in London, the team’s SP were 11-22 with a 4.52 ERA. And that’s with Citi Field playing as an extreme pitcher’s park. That raw ERA ranked 23rd in the majors and if we had ERA+ in this [...]
The Phillies jumped the Mets for six runs in the fourth inning and cruised to a 7-2 win Saturday afternoon in the first of two games between the clubs played in a soccer stadium in London. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Mets. Sean Manaea started for the Mets and looked good [...]
Most of us were pretty happy when the Mets signed J.D. Martinez near the end of Spring Training. Yes, it was unfortunate for Mark Vientos – an issue compounded by the Mets sending him to the minors at the start of the year while Martinez worked his way into shape – but it seemed like [...]