The Mets made it interesting in the ninth inning but could not overcome the two-run homer allowed by Dennis Santana in the top of the inning. They scored one off Josh Hader and had two runners on base but the rally came up short, with the Padres escaping with a 4-2 win Tuesday night at [...]
Carlos Carrasco gave up six runs, five of which came on homers, as the Mets failed to finish the sweep, falling to the Marlins, 7-2, Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. The Mets fell into an immediate hole, as Carrasco served up a three-run homer in the top of the first inning. He later gave up [...]
Baseball-Reference has breakdowns for stats for individual innings, as well as innings 1-3, 4-6 and 7-9. In 2022, 34% of the runs all MLB pitchers gave up happened in innings 1-3, 35% came in the middle innings and 1% came in the final three frames. This makes sense, as you figure with teams frequently using [...]
Kodai Senga didn’t have to wait 20 minutes to take the mound in his second start. The result was a smooth first inning and a fine six innings. Combined with long balls from Pete Alonso and Eduardo Escobar, it all added up to a 5-2 win for the Mets Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. While [...]
Turned out that the “always play us tough” Marlins were just what the doctor ordered for the Mets to end their slide, as they thumped their division rival, 9-3, in their home opener Friday afternoon. The Mets used 12 walks and six hits to produce their runs. And three of their six hits were homers, [...]
The Mets’ trip to Milwaukee showed all of their flaws in the early going here in 2023. The starting pitching was nothing special and didn’t provide length. The relievers were inconsistent. And in the first two games, the offense was non-existent. While the hitters put up six runs in the third game, thanks to big [...]
Many of us wanted Francisco Alvarez to be on the Opening Day roster. After seven games, Alvarez gets the call with Omar Narvaez going on the IL. Narvaez has a calf strain and will be sidelined for likely six weeks or more, so this won’t be a case for Alvarez being on the roster for [...]
The Mets offense finally showed up in the getaway day game versus the Brewers but the pitching was still a big problem. The Mets had leads of 1-0 and 6-4 but they suffered their third-straight loss, as the Brewers had a walkoff homer in the bottom of the ninth and earned the sweep with a [...]
It used to be that we referred to Turner Field in Atlanta as a house of horrors for the Mets. But we’re going to have to pass the crown to whatever they’re calling the park in Milwaukee. In their last 20 games in Milwaukee, the Mets are now 3-17, as the Brewers administered a beatdown, [...]
It hasn’t been the best start to 2023 for Jeff McNeil. In addition to his .429 OPS in the first five games of the regular season, McNeil went 1-9 in the WBC and was 4-23 in Grapefruit League action. Add all of those up and last year’s batting champion is 9-53, which is a paltry [...]
Kodai Senga recovered from a rough first inning to help lead the Mets to a 5-1 victory over the Marlins Sunday afternoon. With the win, the Mets take the series, 3-1, to get off to a fine start in 2023. Senga was staked to a 2-0 lead. But the Marlins pitcher ended up throwing a [...]
The first 10 days or so are the toughest ones of the season to write, at least for me. Everyone is picking the same stories to write about and it’s tough to come up with something unique in this time frame. And as of right now, there have been three games played. Three. It’s way [...]