In Saturday night’s nationally televised game, one of the announcers made a comment that – speculating – was meant as a put down but is actually something worth discussing in more detail. He said that today’s game has essentially turned every hitter into Dave Kingman. Lifetime, Kingman had a .236 AVG and a .302 OBP [...]
This morning it was pointed out that the Mets hadn’t scored more than eight runs in a game all season. So, the Mets exploded for 13 runs – one more than they scored in the previous six contests – and Taijuan Walker returned from the IL to lead the Mets to a 13-2 win over [...]
By now you’ve heard how good the Mets are when they score at least four runs. There seems to be some confusion by some of you out there what their record is, though. After a 4-2 win in the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader, the Mets are now 18-4 in games where they surpass three [...]
The Mets swept a doubleheader from the Rockies Thursday afternoon, winning the opener, 1-0, and the second game by a 4-2 margin. The Mets are now 24-20 on the season and how this M*A*S*H unit is four games over .500 is nothing short of remarkable. Marcus Stroman and Edwin Diaz combined on a 3-hit shutout [...]
Yesterday's rainout necessitated a doubleheader today. Since going to 7-inning games in twinbills, the Mets haven't fared particularly well but that's not a big surprise given that their record in 2020 was lousy. This year, the Mets have played three doubleheaders and they swept Philadelphia and split with Colorado and St. Louis. Marcus Stroman was [...]
It’s the theme of the moment – Mets pitchers pitched well enough to win but the offense just didn’t do enough. This time, the Mets fell, 3-2, to the Rockies Monday night at Citi Field. In an effort to get more righties in the lineup, the Mets played James McCann at first base, despite McCann [...]
Back in the 1980s Bill James observed that throughout MLB history, catchers have been asked to do more and more while pitchers have been asked to do less and less. With catchers, improved protective equipment has made the position easier to play than it was in, say, 1902. And at the same time, those pitchers [...]
Garrett Cooper belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, sending the Marlins to a 3-1 victory over the Mets Saturday afternoon in Miami. The Mets were lucky to have the game tied. The only run they scored was aided by a blown strike call. Richard Bleier certainly looked like he had Dominic [...]
Jake Hager, Khalil Lee and Johneshwy Fargas all delivered hits in the 12th inning, giving the Mets a three-run lead. They gave back two in the bottom half of the inning but held on for a 6-5 win over the Marlins in the opener of a three-game set in Miami Friday night. All kind of [...]
When the season started, the Mets weren’t scoring runs because their regulars got off to slow starts. Now, they’re not scoring runs because the regulars are injured, the backups are injured and they’re playing guys who, quite frankly, aren’t MLB quality. And we still haven’t seen Mallex Smith. What’s that – he’s injured, too? That’s [...]
After using 11 relievers in the past two games, the last thing the Mets needed was an early exit from starting pitcher David Peterson but that’s exactly what happened. Peterson couldn’t make it thru five innings and the Braves scored off both the third and fourth relief pitcher used by the Mets Wednesday and they [...]
The depleted Mets won their second straight game in Atlanta Tuesday night. That may not sound like much but with the way that the Braves have owned the Mets in general the past 30 years, and in Atlanta in particular, it was really something to make you sit up and notice. Let’s examine some of [...]