One day after being held to just four hits, the Mets busted out with 12 hits and six walks en route to a 6-2 win over the Marlins Saturday afternoon in Miami. Mark Canha led the way, as he reached base four times, including a bloop opposite field double and a home run. The announcers [...]
Generally, my opinion is that all managers take their starters out too early. This doesn’t mean starters should pitch complete games and have season-long innings pitched totals around 300. Instead, it means that starters should generally give 6-7 innings and occasionally more. But all around baseball, from the first two games of the season, if [...]
The old Earl Weaver maxim was pitching, defense and the three-run homer. The Mets had two of those things Friday night but the missing three-run blast was the difference, as the Mets fell to the Marlins, 2-1. David Peterson wasn’t especially sharp but was the beneficiary of three fine defensive play. Pete Alonso made a [...]
So, would you rather that your big offseason free agent pitcher that you laid out beaucoup bucks for wind up on the IL for what might be a brief stay or would you prefer him to pitch and give up 5 ER in 3.2 IP in his home debut? Those were the results for Justin [...]
Brandon Nimmo drove in three runs, leading the Mets to their 41st win on Opening Day in their last 54 games, as the visitors emerged with a 5-3 win over the Marlins in Miami Thursday afternoon. The game figured to be a pitcher’s duel, with three-time CY Award winner Max Scherzer facing off against reigning [...]
Happy Opening Day!
Each year it’s a rush to get all of the projections in. And inevitably, after the year is over, you wonder why more weren’t done. It’s a vicious cycle. Anyway, the season starts for the Mets on Thursday and there’s still at least four players who deserve a projection. So, this piece will be a [...]
It’s hard to know what the upside for the 2023 Mets is without knowing what to expect from Kodai Senga. The good news is that on a team with Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander, there’s no pressure on him to be an ace. The bad new is that Senga is essentially replacing Chris Bassitt, who [...]
The 2022 Mets had two offensive sinkholes in the lineup in catcher and designated hitter. They made an upgrade at the DH spot at the deadline and thanks to Daniel Vogelbach’s production, the Mets saw their final rank at the DH spot climb to 19th in MLB. That’s still not great but acceptable as one [...]
Starling Marte showed no dropoff in the batter’s box in his first season with the Mets in 2022. After posting a 132 OPS+ in 2021, he recorded a 132 for the Mets last season. But his stolen base numbers fell off considerably, which we learned was in part playing thru groin injuries. And he went [...]
With the age of the expected starting five for the Mets, there was little doubt that David Peterson was going to get a few starts in 2023. We hoped that before the regular season started that he wasn’t going to be pressed into duty right away. Alas, the injury to newly signed Jose Quintana, which [...]
At the Winter Meetings in 2012, then-GM Sandy Alderson was asked if the Mets’ top priority was adding to an outfield that consisted of Lucas Duda, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and not much else. Alderson decided to respond with a joke, which didn’t exactly succeed the way it might have inside his head. He said, “Outfield, what [...]