With a bad loss on Friday night, Charlie had to write the doom and gloom piece on Saturday. But with Saturday’s big win, it’s my fortune to write about how the sun is shining. It’s like on “The Great British Baking Show,” where I get to be Noel Fielding and announce who wins Star Baker. [...]
This morning’s article talked about the Mets getting a vintage performance from Max Scherezer. And that simply didn’t happen. Scherzer gave up 4 HR and 7 ER in 4.2 IP, putting the Mets in a hole they could not climb out of, as they fell to the Padres, 7-1 Friday night in the first game [...]
The Mets outscored the Padres this year, 772-705. The Mets had the better bullpen, with a 3.55 ERA compared to a 3.83 mark for the Padres. In FanGraphs’ Defensive Runs Above Average (DEF), the Mets led the Padres, 5.9-3.6. But with all of those advantages, the way the Mets beat the Padres is for Max [...]
What a ride 2022 has been for the Mets! They replaced an ineffectual manager with Buck Showalter, signed a bunch of impact free agents, traded for a starting pitcher who won 15 games and picked up a hitter at the trade deadline who posted a 139 OPS+. But it wasn’t all sunshine and lollipops. Their [...]
The Mets scored three runs in each of the first three innings and coasted to a 9-2 win over the Nationals in the final game of the regular season Wednesday night. The victory gave the Mets 101 wins, the second-best mark in franchise history. And it left them tied with the Braves for the top [...]
The Mets swept the Nationals Tuesday night, giving them 100 wins on the year. But the Braves beat the Marlins, 2-1, to clinch the National East title. Perhaps if the Mets had held the Braves to two runs in any game this past weekend, they would be the East winners. But it’s all water under [...]
It seems like half of the 2022 Mets are upcoming free agents. If Jeff McNeil was one of them, no doubt people would be touting his season as nothing more than a contract run. But McNeil is under club control for two more seasons beyond this one. It would be curious to know where McNeil’s [...]
You're right about the moon But you're wrong about the stars
Below is a transcript of an email conversation between Chris Flanders and me that happened earlier this week. All stats were correct at the time we were discussing it, which means there have probably been changes by the time you read this. Brian: Chris, let’s get right to it. One thing that I know we [...]
It looked like it was going to be a deflating loss for the Mets, as they fell behind 4-0. But Eduardo Escobar single-handedly carried the Mets to the come-from-behind win, driving in all five runs as the Mets rallied for a 5-4 win in 10 innings over the Marlins. Combined with Atlanta’s loss in extra [...]
The Mets had Carlos Carrasco fly back from the West Coast early so he would be ready for Tuesday night’s start. Well, sounded good in theory but the reality was not pretty. Carrasco laid an egg, the bullpen let up additional runs and the Mets found themselves on the wrong end of a 6-4 game. [...]
Mets fans seem to be on a bit of a roller coaster with GM Billy Eppler. No one really jumped for joy when the team hired him. Then he immediately went out and signed free agents to good deals. Next, he hired Buck Showalter. Then he had a pretty strong MLB Draft. Things were looking [...]