David Groveman joins me to discuss various minor league prospects for the Mets. Brian: Here are two 19-year-old shortstops in Lo-A for your consideration: Player A: .266/.345/.404, .329 BABIP, 10.4 BB%, 23.3 K%, .348 wOBA, 105 wRC+ Player B: .267/.332/.441, .294 BABIP, 6,7 BB%, 16.1 K%, .365 wOBA, 122 wRC+ They’re fairly similar but my [...]
Luis Torrens blasted two homers to back an excellent outing by Luis Severino, lifting the Mets to a 9-1 victory and a three-game sweep of the Nationals Wednesday in Washington. The Mets pulled to within a half a game of the third-place Nats. Torrens opened the scoring with a homer to right center with two [...]
The Mets broke a scoreless tie by putting up crooked numbers in the fourth and fifth innings en route to a 6-3 win over the Nationals Tuesday night in Washington. The victory gives the Mets the series win and the club will go for a sweep Wednesday afternoon. Harrison Bader opened the scoring with a [...]
The Mets have made 10 pitching changes the past two days, leaving the bullpen in a bit of a tough spot for Tuesday’s game. But the good news is if the Mets can navigate the games Tuesday and Wednesday, they’ll play just two games in the following five days. Along with the expected return of [...]
Lately, a lot has been made about how many close games the Mets are playing. As if that’s a bad thing. After yesterday’s 8-7 win over the Nationals, the Mets have played 21 one-run games and 13 decided by two runs. Since they’ve played 60 games overall, that’s 57% that are decided by fewer than [...]
Tonight, Carlos Mendoza learned – hopefully – that pitching Adam Ottavino in back-to-back days is right up there with, “Never start a land war in Asia.” The Mets took an 8-5 lead into the ninth inning, tried Ottavino and pivoted to Jake Diekman. Somehow, against all odds, Diekman survived and the Mets came away with [...]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A Mets’ starter couldn’t go deep in the game and the bullpen couldn’t hold a lead. A two-run homer in the ninth inning lifted the Diamondbacks to a 5-4 win over the Mets, meaning the teams split the four-game series. It marked the seventh straight home series [...]
From April 26 to May 1, the Mets played six home games and scored 15 runs. It’s a tough way to make a living and they might have been fortunate to win the two games they did in that stretch. Since then, the offense has scored five or more runs 12 times, yet they’ve gone [...]
On the day that Darryl Strawberry had his uniform number retired, he turned into a jinx in the broadcast booth, as the Diamondbacks scored four times while Strawberry chatted with Gary Cohen and his two former teammates and wound up with a 10-5 win Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. Sean Manaea had two very quick [...]
The Mets fell behind, 3-0, before they even came to bat, came storming back to take a 10-5 lead, only to have to white knuckle it in the ninth inning before emerging with a 10-9 win over the Diamondbacks Friday night at Citi Field. The victory gave the Mets back-to-back wins for the first time [...]
At the end of April, we looked at a baker’s dozen worth of starting pitchers in the Mets’ farm system. Let’s check in on an equal number here near the end of May, if not the same 13 pitchers as last month. We have the promotion of Christian Scott and a couple of others who [...]
Francisco Lindor had a 4-hit game while J.D. Martinez broke a late tie with a home run to power the Mets to a 3-2 win over the Diamondbacks Thursday night at Citi Field. The win snapped a three-game losing streak and was just the second victory in the last 10 games for the Mets. Lindor [...]