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 [...]
The joke is that nothing ruins your Friday more than finding out it’s only Tuesday. Along those same lines, is there anything worse for a baseball fan than thinking your team is returning from the All-Star break Thursday only to find out they’re not playing until Friday? Part of me thinks the traditionalists ought to [...]
If before the season started, someone told you the Mets were in first place by 3.5 games at the All-Star break, you probably would have been happy. If that same person told you the Mets had that lead despite consistent double digit players on the IL, including 17 at one point, including five of the [...]
The Pirates scored two runs in the top of the ninth to earn a come-from-behind win over the Mets, 6-5, and claim a split of the four-game series before the All-Star break. For most of the year, the Mets were terrific when they scored first, but both losses in this series happened when the Mets [...]
The Mets broke open a tie game with a 10-run sixth inning en route to a 13-4 win over the Pirates in the first of a four-game set at Citi Field Friday night. Brandon Nimmo got the big rally going in the sixth inning with a single. Francisco Lindor drew a walk and Dominic Smith [...]
During and after the 2020 season, Michael Conforto was everybody’s darling. Thanks to the long Covid interruption, Conforto’s oblique injury did not cause him to miss any time. And the hamstring injury that came late in the season only kept him from a couple of games. And while he was in the lineup, he was [...]
Much like a batter never hits consistently throughout the season, a team is never the same through all 162 contests. When you play a team makes all of the difference in the world. The Mets are getting ready to face the Pirates in seven straight games surrounding the All-Star break. For most of the year, [...]