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 [...]
A back and forth game between the Colorado Rockies and New York Mets tilted in favor of the Rockies, as they defeated the Mets 10-8 for the second straight game. Seth Lugo, who is usually on his game while on the mound, was not himself against the Rockies. Way too often his bread and butter [...]
Despite putting up a fight in the later innings, the New York Mets were unable to get over another poor start by Jason Vargas, as the lost to the Colorado Rockies 10-8. You could tell from the onset of this game that it was going to be the type of back and forth slugfest we’ve [...]
Thanks to the friendly Colorado hitting climate and a terrific start by Jacob deGrom, the Mets were able to defeat the Colorado Rockies 12-2. It was in the first at bat in the series that the tone would be set for this game. On a 0-2 count, Brandon Nimmo laced a ball into the outfield, [...]
Back in the month of March, a bet was made by myself and Brian Joura. His N.C State Wolfpack did battle with my Seton Hall Pirates in the best basketball there is- March Madness. The wager was the loser’s favorite baseball card. I was hoping my Pirates would pull through, so I wouldn’t have to [...]
The combination of Mike Soroka and Freddie Freeman was too deadly to handle for the Mets and their day game champion, Jacob deGrom, as they were defeated by the Atlanta Braves 2-0. An offense that has been completely stagnant as of late continued their incredible streak of inferiority. Soroka completely baffled the hitters of the [...]
Despite a passionate showing of emotion from manager Mickey Callaway, the Mets were unable to sustain the momentum, as they lost to the Braves 8-2. The evening started out with Zack Wheeler dueling against Braves starter Mike Foltynewicz. Throughout the night Wheeler found himself in situations where he had to pitch his way out of [...]
Mickey Callaway came to Flushing, Queens to manage the Mets with a lot of fanfare. A successful pitching coach, many thought Callaway would be the man to finally lift the spell that had been cast upon the pitching staff of the New York Mets. Injury after injury befell the staff that held so much promise [...]