For the second straight day, the Mets put up a bunch of hits and a bunch of runs, this time 14 and nine, and romped to a 9-3 win over the Marlins Sunday afternoon in Miami. The victory gave the Mets another series win and upped their record to 89-52 on the year. Brandon Nimmo [...]
The Mets have 22 games remaining in the regular season, which means we have the possibility of four more starts by Jacob deGrom. After missing most of the year recovering from the injury he suffered in Spring Training, deGrom has been tremendous. In seven starts, he’s 5-1 with a 1.66 ERA. Yet with potentially four [...]
The Mets pounded out 16 hits, seven of which went for extra-bases, en route to pounding the “always play us tough” Marlins, 11-3, Saturday night in Miami. Combined with a loss by the Braves against the Mariners, the Mets re-took the top spot in the N.L. East. The Marlins scored first but the Mets rallied [...]
I wish the Mets would manage their bullpen looking for ways to get Trevor Williams into the game rather than Joely Rodriguez. The Mets battled back to make it a one-run game but Rodriguez gave up a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to put the game out of reach, giving the [...]
About a month ago, we looked ahead to what the Mets would do with their rotation once the playoffs arrived. The focus then was which one among Chris Bassitt, Carlos Carrasco and Taijuan Walker would move to the pen. Now, it seems impossible that Bassitt won’t be in the rotation, along with Jacob deGrom and [...]
An extended - if not complete - look at imports now that the Mets have an owner who doesn't pinch pennies
Turns out all the Mets needed to end their offensive woes was to play a doubleheader. The Mets took the opener, 5-1, and then followed with a 10-0 win in the nightcap. The sweep ups their record in twinbills this season to 14-4. On the day that the club announced Max Scherzer was going on [...]
No one distinguished themselves in this game
Yesterday, we looked at the 14 pitchers on the club, as listed on the mets.com roster. Today, let’s turn our attention to the hitters. The offense has been slumping as of late but overall, it’s been a good year for the bats, with a grind them up, spit them out approach to opposing pitchers. Pete [...]
Losing back-to-back games at home to the lowly Nationals by identical 7-1 scores is easily the low point of the season. Now, the Mets are off to Pittsburgh to face another poor team in the Pirates. There’s no advantage to playing a bunch of sub-.500 teams if you’re not going to, you know, beat them. [...]
For the second straight game, the Mets squared off against a pitcher that they should have shellacked. Instead, they got dominated and for the second game in a row, they found themselves on the wrong end of a 7-1 score. Much like Saturday’s game, the Nationals jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, only to [...]
It’s the first week in September and the Mets are in first place in the NL East and they are tied for the second-best record in MLB, despite having to play without their top two pitchers for long stretches of time. It’s been an unbelievably fun season, one marked with winning the great majority of [...]