It took a few innings but the Mets’ offense got untracked and delivered eight runs on 11 hits. And for a change, the pitching bent but did not break. The end result was an 8-4 victory over the Giants, which gave the Mets their first series win since May. The Mets put up crooked numbers [...]
Yesterday our friend ChrisF left a comment that was a good one, not necessarily because I agreed with it but rather because it made me think. Chris said: The fact is this team is wildly imbalanced, way too old, and not staffed enough with really solid baseball players. As a result, its a patchwork of [...]
The Mets got three solo homers in a four-batter stretch in the third inning to back a strong start by Justin Verlander as the Mets gave a double-fisted, one-finger salute to June with a 4-1 win to open July Saturday afternoon against the Giants. Francisco Alvarez got the homer party started and one batter later, [...]
Often times it’s not fair to pin a loss on one player. But as nothing has been fair about this 2023 season for the Mets, we’re going to do just that. This is my list. Your list might have a dozen different names and be just as correct. With that out of the way, here [...]
We’ve reached the point where we’re no longer hoping for a win. Instead, it’s wondering how the Mets will lose today. If you had “bring your closer in for the eighth inning only to watch him give up a 3-run homer” – you win! The Giants took the first game of the series by a [...]
Remember kids - things can always get worse
In a lot of years that the Mets weren’t very good, they just didn’t have a lot of talent. It’s no fun losing but it doesn’t hurt as much when you know the other teams are simply better than you. In a lot of years that the Mets weren’t very good, you could blame injuries. [...]
One of the fundamental questions of the game is: How do you want to win? For the 2023 Mets, the answer is painfully obvious. They want their SP to go deep and avoid their middle relief whenever possible. When the starter goes six innings, the Mets are 22-3. Now, there have been plenty of times [...]
Try to act surprised – the Mets lost on a day that ends in “y.” For the 16th time in the last 21 games the Mets took one on the chin, losing Monday night to the Brewers, 2-1. Justin Verlander needed 27 pitches to get out of the first inning and that high pitch count [...]
Sunday’s soul-crushing loss proves yet again that just because you want something to be true, doesn’t make it so. The Mets want so much to believe that their LH relievers can get out lefty batters on a regular basis that they’ll go for the platoon advantage over using their best-available reliever when a lefty is [...]
This was a brutal loss. The matchup looked like a sure “L” before the first pitch, with the Mets sending Carlos Carrasco out to face Zack Wheeler. Yet, somehow, the Mets held a 6-3 lead in the eighth inning. But Brett Baty botched a double play ball and those option relievers couldn’t close the door, [...]
Prior to the start of the 2023 season, FanGraphs’ Depth Charts, which acts as a conglomeration of all of the projection systems posted at the site, had Kodai Senga with a forecast of 160 IP and a 3.60 ERA. As we close in on the mid-point of the season, Senga has 76.2 IP and a [...]