After losing a two-run lead in the ninth inning, the Mets came back with a four-spot in the 10th, highlighted by a two-run double by Kevin Pillar, to down the Nats, 6-2, Friday night in Washington. Pete Alonso poked an RBI single leading off the 10th inning to put the Mets ahead. Javier Baez followed [...]
Jeurys Familia has a 51-save season under his belt and this year he’s 9-3 with a 3.51 ERA and an 11.28 K/9. Yet anyone in his right mind wouldn’t use him in a clutch situation unless it was absolutely necessary. The hope is that Brad Hand can come in and be effective, pushing Familia down [...]
In the first 13 games of July – which included seven games against the Braves, Yankees and Brewers – the Mets as a team posted a .250/.342/.421 line. Compare that to the just-concluded 13-game stretch against the Dodgers and Giants, where the team slashed .217/.292/.317 and went 2-11. The former 13-game stretch saw 33 XBH [...]
Looking at the Dodgers’ box score and you’ll see six of their eight starting position players with an OPS of .800 or greater. By contrast, the Mets have just two. They could/should have three but J.D. Davis is out of the lineup these days at least as much as he’s in, which seems odd for [...]
After the Mets rallied with five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 6-5 win in the opener, they jumped on top in the fourth inning and held on for a 3-1 win in the nightcap, giving them an emotional sweep of the two games against the Marlins in Citi Field on [...]
Among starting pitchers, the Mets are fourth in the National League in ERA (3.67), third in WHIP (1.128) and 13th in Wins (27). All arguments about how wins don’t matter for SP aside, it’s tough to balance the first two numbers with the last one. Of course, there are plenty of contributing factors, most notably [...]
The Mets entered this two-week stretch against the Dodgers and Giants not exactly firing on all cylinders. And they lost seven one-run games. It’s hard to wrap your head around it. But they consistently fall behind, they can’t buy a hit with RISP and the manager makes sub-optimal decisions. It’s not a winning formula. Thursday [...]
It’s a good time to be a Giants fan. They’re in first place because they lead the league in HR, are fifth in OPS with RISP and fourth in OPS with the bases loaded. It’s the type of offense we expected the Mets to have this season. Instead, New York is 12th in HR, 14th [...]
One of the fundamental questions you have to ask yourself as an MLB manager is: How do I want to win the game? Tonight, Luis Rojas answered that question with: Bullpen. Reminiscent of the scene in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," when they had to pick which cup was the holy grail, the bad [...]
Some losses are tougher than others. The Giants were playing without Kris Bryant and Evan Longoria and were starting a pitcher with a 5.72 ERA. Meanwhile, the Mets were coming off a day off and were getting Francisco Lindor back in the lineup. So, what happened? An 8-0 loss. Tylor Megill clearly didn’t have it [...]
J.D. Davis had a hand in six of the Mets’ seven runs, as he drove in four and scored two, leading the Mets to a 7-2 win over the Dodgers Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles. The win allowed the Mets to avoid a sweep of the season series versus the Dodgers. For a change, the [...]