There’s a story from the Mets’ early days, when a fan called a newspaper to see how the team did. When told they scored 19 runs, his response was, “Did they win?” The Mets put up six runs on Sunday but didn’t come close to winning, as they fell to the Rockies, 13-6. With the [...]
The Mets are struggling, having lost 10 of their last 13 games. Everyone has been quick to point to the starting pitching, which has indeed been awful. Injuries have caused the Mets to use nine different starting pitchers already and that doesn’t include offseason acquisition Jose Quintana, who has yet to throw a pitch for [...]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – a Mets starting pitcher failed to go five innings and the offense continued to be inept. That combination led to a 5-2 loss to the Rockies Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. Tylor Megill got the start and was pitching out of the stretch virtually the entire [...]
In Friday night’s game, Kodai Senga issued back-to-back walks with two outs in the third inning, the second time in the game he walked two in the same frame. But from that point forward, here’s what Senga did: F8 KL 3U 1B CF FC 6U L8 P5 Ks F8 43 1B to 1B 63 After [...]
The struggling Mets’ offense put up just one run but because the pitching was both good and lucky, the Mets were able to snap their three-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory over the Rockies Friday night at Citi Field. Kodai Senga had some trouble with walks but the Rockies did next to nothing against [...]
Early in my Mets’ fandom the club’s biggest power threat was John Milner, nicknamed The Hammer. He was a nice little player but he really wasn’t much of a HR guy. But the Mets then were known much more for pitching than hitting. And then the club acquired Dave Kingman. And if there was one [...]
Another dismal day for the offense had the Mets getting shut out, 2-0, by the Tigers Thursday afternoon in Detroit. The loss meant they got swept by a second division club. It also dropped the club’s record to 16-16 on the season. It seems a lifetime ago when they were 14-7. It may not be [...]
There may be worse ways to lose a doubleheader but none jump immediately to mind. The Tigers came into these games 10-17 and near the bottom, if not dead last, in virtually every offensive category. So, they earn a come-from behind victory in Game 1 and then ambush Max Scherzer in Game 2 to sweep [...]
Prior to the Mets acquiring Omar Narvaez in mid-December, my hope was that the Mets would ditch either James McCann or Tomas Nido and have Francisco Alvarez make the Opening Day roster for 2023. Aw, who am I kidding? Even after they picked up Narvaez, that was still my hope. My belief was that there [...]
Francisco Alvarez delivered a two-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning to put the Mets up by a run in a game they would go on to win, 5-3, over the Braves and give them a split of the Monday doubleheader at Citi Field. The Mets led, 2-0, before the Braves loaded the [...]
Earlier this season, Gary Cohen was giving daily updates on what Brett Baty was doing in the minors. It was a weird thing for a broadcaster to do, almost like he was politicking for Baty to get a promotion. Usually that’s in the domain of writers, both mainstream guys and bloggers. It would be curious [...]
According to Ron Darling, Carlos Correa was the centerpiece of the offseason for the Mets. Well, the Mets were scared off by Correa’s medical issues and their alleged centerpiece re-signed with the Twins, instead. In 23 games with the Twins this year, Correa resembles Eduardo Escobar more so than a centerpiece. He has a 75 [...]