Life is apparently throwing everything it can against the Mets here in April and the club just keeps responding in a terrific manner. Today, the Mets overcame an ejection of Max Scherzer and the departure of Starling Marte to defeat the Dodgers, 5-3, and capture the series win Wednesday afternoon in L.A. Scherzer had a [...]
One night after scoring eight runs, the Mets were handcuffed by a vintage Clayton Kershaw outing and they fell to the Dodgers, 5-0, Tuesday night in L.A. Brandon Nimmo reached third base on an error to lead off the game. Kershaw proceeded to strike out the side to strand Nimmo at third. The Mets did [...]
The Mets used 14 hits to come from behind three separate times and defeat the Dodgers, 8-6, Monday night in L.A. It was the fifth straight win for the Mets, who are now 11-6 on the season. It was a night of unexpected offensive performances for the Mets. Daniel Vogelbach drives in three runs, two [...]
It was a hope coming into Spring Training that the starting pitching would be a strength and that the bullpen would be above average. Injuries to two starting pitchers and the closer dealt the pitching staff a blow right away. And while the overall record is great, the pitching hasn’t been all that. The staff [...]
After using power in regulation, the Mets cranked up the wild pitch offense to push across the go-ahead run in the 10th and held on to defeat the A’s, 4-3, and earn a sweep of the three-game series. Francisco Alvarez led off the 10th and hit a deep line drive to push the zombie runner [...]
No one can claim with a straight face that everything has gone right for the Mets in the first two-plus weeks of the season. They opened the year with 40% of their starting rotation on the IL and in 15 games, they’ve lost 38% of their bullpen, with two guys landing on the IL and [...]
One night after putting up 17 runs, the Mets found it a little tougher to muster offense. But they rallied back from a 2-0 deficit and used strong relief pitching to earn a 3-2 victory over the A’s Saturday afternoon in Oakland. Pete Alonso blasted a solo homer to get the Mets on the board [...]
After ripping three doubles and a homer in the Mets’ most recent game, New York’s No. 6 prospect is slashing .380/.436/.880 with 12 extra-base hits, including a team-leading six dingers. It's the second straight game that Baty and Mauricio have both gone deep. The exit velocities on all three of Mauricio's doubles Friday night? 105.5 [...]
Francisco Lindor drove in seven runs and the Mets set a club record with 17 walks as the Mets clubbed the A’s, 17-6, in the opening game of the team’s 10-game West Coast trip Friday night in Oakland. The A’s entered the game with their starting pitchers having a 9.93 ERA, a little more than [...]
Back before his perversions became common knowledge, Louis CK was everyone’s favorite comedian. He had one bit that always hit home for me. In it he declared, “Everything is amazing and nobody is happy.” People are so eager to zoom in on perceived slights and to magnify trivialities into big things, all while ignoring the [...]
The Mets aren’t quite at the same low rate with strikeouts they were in the first week of the season but they’re still one of the best in baseball, as their team-wide rate of 19.2 is tied for the fourth-lowest K% in all of MLB. Among players with at least 10 PA, there are two [...]
The Mets fell behind by two runs before they came to bat. But they pecked away, scoring a single run in five different innings, and came away with a 5-2 win, taking the series against the Padres in the process. Juan Soto crushed a 2-run HR to open the scoring in the top of the [...]