With Max Scherzer pitching six perfect innings in his return from the IL to help the Mets clinch a playoff berth, my mind drifted back to the bad old days, when the Wilpons were running the team after the Bernie Madoff crisis hit. By 2019, the Mets had long since passed the worst of the [...]
Max Scherzer was terrific in his return from the IL, pitching six perfect innings to combine with a strong offensive game to lead the Mets to a 7-2 win over the Brewers Monday night in Milwaukee. The combination of the Mets’ win and the Brewers’ loss clinched a playoff spot for the Mets, their first [...]
After Jacob deGrom failed to hold a three-run lead, two guys barely holding onto a roster spot came up big and helped lead the Mets to a 7-3 win over the Pirates and a sweep of the four-game series. Joely Rodriguez has been the subject of ridicule more times than not this year but he [...]
With wins in their last three games, the Mets are now 9-7 in September. It sure feels a lot worse than that, given the sweep by the Cubs and dropping two of three to the Nationals earlier in the month. But if you go by the idea they should win two out of every three [...]
Chris Bassitt rebounded from a rocky outing last time out to throw six shutout innings to lead the Mets to a 5-1 win over the Pirates Saturday night at Citi Field. After getting knocked around by the Cubs in his previous appearance, Bassitt cruised thru the first three innings before experiencing some traffic in the [...]
In a game that shouldn’t have been anywhere near this close, the Mets escaped with a 4-3 win over the Pirates Friday night. It was the team’s 91st win of the season, the most the club has won in a year since 2006. Taijuan Walker took the mound against a sub-.500 team and pitched great, [...]
During the 2022 season, Trevor Williams has become one of my favorite Mets. It certainly wasn’t always the case. There were no cartwheels done when the Mets acquired him from the Cubs last year and no tears were shed when he was immediately sent to the minors. But there was an appreciation developed for how [...]
Carlos Carrasco struck out the side in both the first and second innings en route to an 11-K performance, lifting the Mets to a 7-1 victory over the Pirates Thursday night in Citi Field. MLB honored Roberto Clemente and Carrasco is a former Clemente Award winner so it was extra satisfying to see him succeed [...]
I was today years old when I learned that Statcast had brief videos of every plate appearance. This is fantastic for the current year but they have previous years, too, dating back to 2018. Not only that, they have both the home and away broadcast available to view. So, in this time when we’re worried [...]
If three nights ago someone told you that the Giants were going to take two out of three from the Braves and the Cubs were going to sweep the Mets, you probably would have laughed at them. But that’s where we are as both of the top teams in the NL East are limping to [...]
If you were told before the game that Jacob deGrom would fan 10 in six innings, that Edwin Diaz would strike out the side in the ninth and that in the middle Seth Lugo and Adam Ottavino pitched, you’d probably say that added up to a Mets win. Instead, they were held to four hits [...]
The Mets continued a bad trend, dropping the first game of a series versus a sub-.500 team, this time a 5-2 loss to the Cubs. Chris Bassitt didn’t have it tonight, as he put the Mets in a five-run hole before being yanked in the fourth inning. The Mets had some opportunities but went 1-9 [...]