Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – the Mets mustered very little offense and a questionable/blown call by the home plate umpire led to a home run by the other team. This one led to a two-run homer, as the Padres downed the Mets, 2-1, Saturday night at Citi Field. Chris Bassitt pitched [...]
Yu Darvish shut down the Mets for the second time in as many starts this year, leading the Padres to a 4-1 win over the Mets Friday night at Citi Field. Darvish throws as many pitches as Chris Bassitt and the Mets couldn’t do anything against any of them for most of the night. He [...]
For the second straight year, the Mets are in first place at the All-Star break. But this year feels a lot different than 2021. Last year, the Mets depended on a bunch of bench guys playing over their heads for a couple of weeks to stay atop the division. This year’s team feels better top [...]
With a chance to sweep a four-game series and add a game to their lead for the All-Star break, the Mets instead gave up two runs in the eighth inning and suffered a 3-2 loss Sunday afternoon in Chicago. Drew Smith surrendered the runs in the eighth and took the loss. Just as important, he [...]
So much was made of the results of the Mets’ starting pitchers at the beginning of the season and rightly so. In their first 14 games, Mets’ starters threw 77 innings and combined for a 2.10 ERA, which was terrific. The thing is, Mets’ SP has been even better the last two weeks. In their [...]
It was the opposite of pretty but the Mets won two games in extra innings on Saturday, sweeping a doubleheader from the Cubs in Chicago, a place where they haven’t fared particularly well the past half dozen years or so. Pete Alonso came up big in extra innings in both games. He hit a sacrifice [...]
So far, 2022 has been a marvelous season for the Mets and their fans. It’s a great feeling knowing that the expectation heading into a game is a win and more often than not, that’s exactly what has happened. But, in somewhat of a surprise, while watching the games, there are still guys I appreciate [...]
Carlos Carrasco and Trevor Williams combined on a shutout and the Mets’ hitters had five of their 12 hits go for extra-bases en route to an 8-0 blanking of the Cubs Thursday night in Chicago. It was the third straight solid start for Carrasco, who threw six scoreless innings with six strikeouts. In his last [...]
Everyone believes the Mets need to trade for a reliever. While there’s never been a team out there that couldn’t use a dominant reliever added to the mix, it’s my belief that the Mets don’t need to pay the freight to get that guy. Now, if some team want to trade an impact reliever for [...]
The Mets belted three homers to build a 7-1 lead and cruised to a 7-3 win over the Braves Wednesday afternoon in Atlanta, winning the three-game series. Eduardo Escobar gave the Mets the early lead when he smacked a homer to right, which went 426 feet, in the second inning, giving Chris Bassitt a 1-0 [...]
One day after holding the HR-happy Braves to just a solo homer, Atlanta belted two, 2-run homers en route to a 4-1 victory over the Mets Tuesday night. Following up Monday’s golden sombrero, Matt Olson got his revenge. After just missing by inches on a home run previously in his AB in the sixth inning, [...]
Max Scherzer was terrific and the Mets got 2-RBI outings from both Pete Alonso and Luis Guillorme en route to a 4-1 win over the Braves Monday night in Atlanta. Scherzer was lights out from the start, as he allowed just one hit the first 6.2 IP, a scratch single that went off the glove [...]