Everyone I know, everywhere I go People need some reason to believe The Mets haven’t given us many reasons to believe, leaving many to be running on empty right about now. It seems like the Mets themselves have their fuel gauge hugging the “E,” too. The list is long and familiar to all of us. [...]
The Mets had a chance to win a four-game series on the road. Instead, their pitchers gave up 10 runs to one of the worst offenses in the league and they ended up with a split, as they lost, 10-3, Monday afternoon in D.C. David Peterson got another start but again was ineffective. He got [...]
The Mets have used 23 pitchers already, which seems crazy. But in the days of eight-man bullpens that you need to consistently juggle, perhaps that’s more me living in the past than a high number for 2023 baseball. If we split it between starters and relievers, the Mets have eight pitchers with more starts than [...]
The Mets exploded for eight runs in the fifth inning of the second game and while the Nats made it a little more stressful than Mets fans would have preferred, the Mets hung on for an 8-2 win and a split of the two games played Sunday in D.C. The Mets sent 12 men to [...]
Shortly after he was acquired last year, there was a discussion in one of the Game Chatters about Daniel Vogelbach. Somebody, think it was Name, asked why people liked him. My response then was, everyone loves a fat guy. Fast forward to 2023 and a large segment of the fanbase not only doesn’t love Vogelbach, [...]
It takes a lot for the Mets to win a game this season. Friday night it took Brandon Nimmo scoring from first on a single and four relievers to deliver four hitless innings. That combo led to a 3-2 win over the Nationals in D.C. The Mets stranded seven runners on base in the first [...]
Never in the history of calming down has anyone calmed down by being told to calm down. So, clearly, we need another word or phrase. How about the words of wisdom from mob boss Jimmy Serrano, who in the movie “Midnight Run” said, Relax, have a cream soda. Alright, alright, alright – a round of [...]
When the team isn’t playing very well, it’s important to appreciate the little things even more. It makes me smile to go to the Mets’ Baseball-Reference page and see Francisco Alvarez is now listed as the primary catcher. And if that’s not enough, in the picture lineup which shows the players by rWAR output, with [...]
The Reds used four two-out hits in the bottom of the first inning to jump Kodai Senga with a four spot and they cruised from there to a 5-0 win Thursday afternoon in Cincinnati. By losing the rubber game here, the Mets dropped their fifth straight series since splitting a four-game set with the Giants [...]
Coming into the season, Kodai Senga was the big unknown in the rotation, as nobody was sure how his stuff would translate coming over to the U.S. With six starts under his belt, we’re still not really sure what to expect from Senga. His record is a nifty 4-1 but all six starts were against [...]
Justin Verlander came up with a much-needed deep outing and the offense did just enough to come up with the win, as the Mets edged the Reds, 2-1, Wednesday night in Cincinnati. The Mets did nothing in the first inning, with each of their first three batters going down on strikes. And Verlander got hit [...]
For the second straight game, the offense acquitted itself but the pitching kept the Mets from cracking the win column, as the club dropped a 7-6 decision to the Reds in Cincinnati Tuesday night. Max Scherzer was scheduled to start for the Mets but a neck injury kept him from making the start. This gave [...]