Luis Rojas and learning on Steve Cohen’s dime

Back in November, at the introductory press conference for Steve Cohen, Sandy Alderson essentially said that Luis Rojas was going to return in 2021. Yesterday, Alderson essentially said the opposite. My opinion was that Rojas should have been let go prior to this season. But, at the beginning of the 2021 campaign, Rojas seemed like [...]

Gut Reaction: Mets sweep twinbill from Marlins (9/28/21)

All the Mets needed to break their losing streak was to play a doubleheader. Either that are the offensively challenged Marlins. Either way, the Mets swept a twinbill on Tuesday, winning the opener, 5-2, and the nightcap, 2-1. It’s an open question if it’s in the Mets’ best interests to win any more games the [...]

Appreciating Marcus Stroman’s 2021 season for the Mets

The biggest constant in the Mets’ starting rotation in 2021 was Marcus Stroman. While others missed half of the year or more, Stroman has made 32 starts prior to Tuesday’s game against the Marlins. While Taijuan Walker has been close with 28 starts, he can’t match Stroman’s consistency. Stroman’s ERA in the second half has [...]

Poll: How should Mets treat Carlos Carrasco’s first-inning troubles?

It’s hard to say which has been more disappointing this season – losing Carlos Carrasco for half the year or watching him pitch once he came off the IL. All of the focus has been what he’s done in the first inning and it’s hard to argue with that focus. Carrasco has a 14.73 ERA [...]

September stars and scrubs, Rich Hill’s run support, Alonso and Nimmo battle for OPS lead

August was bad for the Mets and September has been worse. While the record has been slightly better so far in September, it felt like at least the club was trying in August. For the most part, the club has seemed lifeless in the last 10 games. They played hard in the series against the [...]

Brewers 2, Mets 1 (9/25/21)

Earlier in the day the Mets were mathematically eliminated from the postseason. They celebrated with another one-run loss, this one a 2-1 setback to the Brewers Saturday night in Milwaukee. Michael Conforto doubled and scored on a hit by Javier Baez. Aaron Loup pitched a scoreless inning to lower his ERA to 0.98 for the [...]

A dive into Javier Baez’ chase rate with the Mets

Much has been made about Javier Baez’ recent patience at the plate. Allegedly, he’s been swinging at fewer pitches outside the strike zone and that’s driving his recent strong hitting. Baez has a .938 OPS with the Mets, after having a .775 OPS the beginning of the season with the Cubs. But that doesn’t even [...]