The Red Sox scored in each of their first six half innings en route to a 12-5 win over the Mets Wednesday night in Boston. The win gave Boston a sweep of this two-game series, to go along with an earlier two-game sweep in New York. Taijuan Walker gave up 6 ER in 2 IP, [...]
We all know about the Mets’ inability to produce with runners in scoring position. We can go to Baseball-Reference and in a couple of clicks find out that the team is 14th in the NL in OPS with RISP, with a .695 OPS. But that doesn’t tell the entire story. Because it seems like the [...]
When the Mets played the Red Sox earlier in the season, they gave up three runs in two games and lost both of them. They decided this series was going to be different. They allowed six runs in the first game this time and lost, 6-3, Tuesday night in Boston. The Mets jumped on top [...]
Sometime during Fridays telecast, Gary Cohen mentioned that they were going to have three days in a row off. Monday was an off day but there were games Saturday and Sunday. Turns out Fox had the Saturday game and ESPN the Sunday one. Didn’t see a complete broadcast either day but saw enough to remind [...]
We’ll remember the 2021 Mets as the team that couldn’t hit and couldn’t stay healthy. But we should also recall this squad as the Mets’ best defensive team in a generation. And we should also note that despite heavy usage, the bullpen has been pretty good, too. Some people when they think of a bullpen [...]
Talk about the planets aligning! These are things that happened Sunday night – Jeff McNeil hit a home run! The Mets won a one-run game! For the second straight Sunday, the Mets emerged victorious on an ESPN game! If you had that as your three-way parlay, it’s time for Gambler’s Anonymous. Regardless, the Mets broke [...]
On April 23, Jacob deGrom threw 109 pitches in a game. Little did we know at the time that was going to be significant. No, we’re not talking about how he got hurt in that outing and never pitched the same again. Rather, in the 100-plus games from that point, only one pitcher on the [...]
Jonathan Villar, Francisco Lindor and Michael Conforto went 0-12 with 5 Ks. In a related story, the Mets lost, again. Hey, at least it wasn't one run this time around, as they dropped a 5-3 decision to the Phillies, their fifth-straight setback. Brandon Nimmo had a triple and a homer. Jeurys Familia didn't give up [...]
Taijuan Walker was not pleased about his early removal from Friday's game against the Phillies. "There was no conversation. I didn’t get a chance to (lobby to stay in the game). They told me I was done after 88 pitches and I don’t make the call. That’s on them and it is what it is." [...]
The Mets knocked out Zack Wheeler in the sixth inning, they went 3-10 with RISP and it didn’t matter. They ended up with another one-run loss, this one a 4-3 setback to the Phillies. We’ve gotten so used to the pen coming up with big efforts that we’re shocked when they give up two runs [...]
This time a year ago, I was exasperated with Luis Rojas. From platooning Brandon Nimmo on the basis of about a dozen ABs, using Amed Rosario and his lifetime .305 OBP in the leadoff spot and using relievers four times in five days - among other things - he was making mistakes that no manager [...]
There have been so many people who cycled through here in this injury-marred season, that it’s hard to remember them all. So, as the season and playoff hopes slide through our hands, let’s take a moment to recall the Bench Mob, including ones who may or may not have been around in the first half [...]