We’re now 1,279 PA into Pete Alonso’s career and it’s hard to know exactly what we have in him. Is he the middle of the order threat that you build around and marvel watching him for the next 15 years? Or is he a second banana that you’re fortunate to have on your team but [...]
The Mets brought a knife to a gun fight, producing 12 singles and two doubles on a night where the Blue Jays hit five homers. The result was a 10-3 beatdown, in the middle game of a three-game series at Citi Field. Down 6-0 in the fifth inning, the Mets put together five consecutive hits [...]
Sometimes it can be hard to remember now, but from 2014-2018, Jeurys Familia was a very good reliever. The only blip in that time period was 2017, when he missed a good chunk of the year with a blood clot in his arm. Familia’s final line that year doesn’t look good but even that’s a [...]
Marcus Stroman gave the Mets everything they could have hoped for, as he went eight innings after the bullpen logged so many frames the past three games. On top of that, Stroman did not allow a run, as the Mets had a rare laugher from start to finish, with a 7-0 win over the Reds [...]
It was going to be a tough go for the Mets tonight with Robert Stock facing off against Wade Miley, who came in at 7-4 with a no-hitter under his belt. The Mets were hoping that Stock could keep them in the game and give them five innings. Instead, he got hurt running out a [...]
In their last eight games, the Mets have accumulated 54 runs. For a team that’s struggled to score all season, it’s wonderful to see, even if it’s come against the last-place Pirates and a no-name starter for the Reds. You can’t score that many runs without both some power and the hit gods smiling in [...]
It was quite a night. The Mets found out tonight that 7 HR > 4 E’s and a closer who blows a save in his third straight game, as they powered out a 15-11 win in 11 innings over the Reds in Cincinnati Monday night. Back-to-back homers by Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil staked the [...]
After blowing two leads late against the Pirates in the previous six games, it was only fair that the Mets scored two runs in the ninth inning Sunday to salvage the final game of the series, with a 7-6 win. Michael Conforto delivered the game-winning hit with a two-run homer, which drove in Dominic Smith. [...]
Last night’s loss was crushing. In a way, it's 21st Century baseball in a nutshell. The starting pitcher was cruising but because he was approaching the 100-pitch boogeyman, he was removed from the game. Tylor Megill had pitched six shutout innings and his pitch count stood at 93. His spot in the order was due [...]
Last night’s loss was bad because there was seemingly no effort. Tonight’s was even worse, as the Pirates rallied from a 6-0 deficit in the late innings to win on a walkoff grand slam, edging the Mets, 9-7, Saturday night in Pittsburgh. The Pirates put up a five-spot in the eighth inning against Seth Lugo [...]
The best thing about this game was that the rain delay only lasted about 40 minutes. In one of the most uninspiring efforts you could possibly imagine, the Mets fell to the Pirates, 4-1, in the opening game of the second half Friday night in Pittsburgh. The Pirates had a pitcher who didn’t have great [...]
Everyone’s seemingly talking about trades. The good news is that the Mets are in the trade market as buyers and not sellers. There’s healthy debate about what the team needs most. Is it a third baseman or a starter or possibly even a reliever? You can make a case for any of these. The issue [...]