The rest of the baseball world will be paying attention to New York City, as the New York Yankees and New York Mets battle each other in the Subway Series. The Yankees, who clearly are looking over their crosstown rivals, have decided to rest their top two starting pitchers, CC Sabathia and Luis Severino. The [...]
The New York Mets started off the second half of their season in a strong way, as they burst out of the gate with a 7-5 victory over the New York Yankees in Yankee Stadium. In a game that saw the return of Yoenis Cespedes to the Mets lineup, the Mets got off to a [...]
On a day where the New York Mets had their first opportunity to win a series since what seems like forever, they fell to the Washington Nationals 6-1. Corey Oswalt took to the mound for the Mets today, and for a second straight start, showed that he has been improving over the course of the [...]
A .168 average, with 21 hits, 4 RBIs, and a home run. If you looked at those stats, you’d probably say to yourself, “Wow! That pitcher had a pretty great year at the plate!” Take a deeper look, and you soon realize that these aren’t the offensive statistics of a pitcher. They are in fact [...]
Aaron Nola hurt the New York Mets while he was on the mound and in the batter’s box, as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Mets 3-1 in the second game of the doubleheader. For Mets starter Corey Oswalt, things literally could not have gone more perfect through his first four innings. He was dealing, at [...]
The New York Mets opened their doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies with a walk-off victory as they defeated their division rivals 4-3 in 10 innings. Of course, who else would the walk-off RBI be attributed to besides Wilmer Flores? After appearing to be hit by the pitch before the home run, the count was 3-1 [...]
For Wilmer Flores, the New York Mets are the only thing that he has ever known in the United States of America. Well, that and famed 90’s sitcom Friends. The Venezuelan native signed with the team at an age where teens in New Jersey earn their driving permit, 16. He cried on the field when [...]
An Independence Day spent across the Canadian border yielded a victory for the New York Mets, as they defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3. Once again, the Mets offense put up a six spot on the starter for the Blue Jays. This time, it was the struggling ace Marcus Stroman that yielded the runs to [...]
Early fireworks off the bats of the Mets were rained out by the performance of the bullpen, as the Mets fell in disparaging fashion 8-6 to the Toronto Blue Jays. For the first six innings of this game, the Mets had the game in their control. This of course was due to a great start [...]
It is easy to nitpick the New York Mets and everything that has gone wrong this season. Their offensive performance has been absent, the bullpen has been as reliable as the New Jersey Transit system, and at times have even been mismanaged to the point of making someone want to pull their hair out. This [...]
With an 8-3 drubbing, the New York Mets fell for the second consecutive night to the Los Angeles Dodgers. For the first three innings of the game, it was a battle between the two of the biggest names in National League pitching. For the Mets, their ace Jacob deGrom took the hill and put out [...]
If you were to try to convince someone to be a Mets fan right now, it would be awfully hard. The team is in a bit of a rut, as they find themselves either unable to score enough runs to support their pitchers, unable to hold leads late into games, or sometimes even the ugly [...]