David Peterson started off strong but the wheels came off in the fifth inning, as the Braves scored four runs and ended up winning a rain-shortened game, 4-0, Friday night at Citi Field. Peterson came out of the shoot aggressive and he notched five strikeouts in his first four innings. But the Braves got to [...]
Back on April 4, an article was published here talking about Jeff McNeil’s slow start to the season. It also included his Grapefruit League and WBC numbers. At that point, McNeil was 9-53. Just in MLB games, he was slashing .191/.191/.238 in 21 PA. But despite that slow start, McNeil is back to last year’s [...]
After taking the first two games of the series off, the Mets’ offense showed up in a big way, pounding out 16 hits to earn a come from behind, 9-8, win over the Nationals to end a four-game losing streak Thursday night at Citi Field. Trailing 8-7 in the eighth inning, Starling Marte started the [...]
It’s easy to eliminate playing time for Eduardo Escobar and Tomas Nido because they’ve been terrible. Escobar has a few hits here recently to raise his OPS to a .530 mark while Nido takes it upon himself to try a safety squeeze because it’s better than striking out. Is it piling on to remark on [...]
We wrote off Tuesday’s poor offensive performance due to lethargy from returning home from a West Coast trip. It’s not quite so easy to explain away Wednesday’s dismal outing. The Nationals sent the Mets to their fourth-straight loss with a 4-1 decision. Kodai Senga continues to give up too many walks, which built up his [...]
Gary Cohen got to the park and realized he forgot his scorecard. The Mets got to Citi Field and apparently forgot their bats, as they managed just five hits and fell to the lowly Nationals, 5-0, Tuesday night at Citi Field. The Mets generally looked inept and struck out a season-high 13 times. The ABs [...]
Drew Smith gave up the go-ahead run on an RBI double in the eighth inning, as the Giants outlasted the Mets, 5-4, Sunday night in San Francisco. The Mets finished their West Coast trip with a 7-3 record, despite dropping the last two. It was a battle of the bullpens, as the Giants’ starter left [...]
If we go back 10-15 years ago, we see that MLB relievers as a group had consistently better ERAs than starters, typically in the .25 to .50 range. This occurred despite for the most part that the better pitchers were utilized as starters. It showed the advantage of being asked to pitch seven innings versus [...]
The Mets fell behind big early and never could dig out of the hole, as they fell to the Giants, 7-4, Saturday afternoon in San Francisco. David Peterson got the start and once again failed to deliver the goods. He allowed four runs in the first inning, three of them on a homer to Brandon [...]
Joey Lucchesi turned in the best performance for a Mets’ starting pitcher this season, throwing seven shutout innings to lead the Mets to a 7-0 win over the Giants Friday in San Francisco. The win gives the Mets a three-game winning streak and pushes their record to 14-7. Making his first start in the majors [...]
As a rookie in 2019, Pete Alonso got off to a great start. In his first 20 games, he had a .315/.405/.699 line with 7 HR and 18 RBIs. While the slash line isn’t quite as good this year after 20 games – only a 1.024 OPS – it might be a more impressive start. [...]
Pete Alonso was one of three Mets to homer, pacing a 13-hit attack, as the Mets opened up their four-game series against the Giants with a 9-4 win Thursday night in San Francisco. Following a leadoff HBP to Francisco Lindor in the fourth inning, Alonso followed with a laser-beam HR to left, one that barely [...]