The Mets came into tonight’s game closer to the Marlins for last place than to the third place Phillies. After coming out of the All Star break stumbling, Noah Syndergaard led the Mets to victory by the score of 4-2. Syndergaard went seven innings strong, giving up two runs and striking out nine while lowering [...]
One of Brodie Van Wagenen’s more successful offseason acquisitions is J.D. Davis, who has hit to the tune of a .806 OPS over his fair share of time between left field and third base. The Mets sent outfielder Ross Adolph, infielder Luis Santana and catcher Scott Manea to the Houston Astros for Davis in January [...]
The Mets finally won a game against the Phillies and they have their bullpen to thank for it. Philadelphia entered the night with five wins against the Mets since June 9th, while going 4-15 against other teams in that stretch. Noah Syndergaard battled early, going five innings and leaving the game with a 6-4 lead. [...]
Recently, a poll was sent out to Mets fans friends of mine. The fans range from all shapes and sizes and represent a small sample size of the thoughts of a very large and passionate fan base. The fans were polled on eight questions ranging from multiple choice to free form. Below is what was [...]
Everybody knows that the expectations of New York sports fans and media are skewed. New Yorkers are generally a passionate bunch, especially those of the Mets who have endured the wave of optimism and disappointment throughout the years. Along with this passion comes a keen sense of failure due to years of experience. Met fans [...]
There is a meme on the internet from a cartoon comic where Spiderman is pointing at an identical version of himself, both of them bewildered at the other’s existence. For those who aren’t aware, memes are screenshots from any form of video or photo and often captioned with a witty remark. The Spiderman meme is [...]
My fandom of the New York Mets comes honestly, as my parents are fans of the team themselves. My father grew up a hop, skip and a jump away from Shea Stadium, and has imparted his passion and wisdom of the club upon me. On that note, and given that it was just Father’s Day, [...]
The Mets lost the afternoon matchup to close out the series against the St Louis Cardinals, falling to 34-37 in the process. A day game after a long, winded, night game featured an interesting lineup, including both J.D. Davis and Dominic Smith batting at the top of the order. Smith, who has quietly earned his [...]
Long throughout the time of sports, fans have loved the story of their homegrown talent contributing at the major league level. Pepper that storyline with a dash of trade deadline dramatics and a pinch of minor league promotion and you have Carlos Gomez, the outgoing center fielder for the New York Mets. Gomez has historically [...]
The Mets have now selected 63 first-round picks in their illustrious drafting history. Sometimes these selections yield a franchise guy like David Wright or Michael Conforto, sometimes they are less fortuitous and yield a Lastings Milledge or Reese Havens and sometimes we get the baseball player version of a ‘shruggy’ emoji, Matt Harvey and Ike [...]
Quietly sitting in the top 10 among the Mets 2019 WAR ranking is Dominic Smith, who sports a 0.8 bWAR (good for seventh on the team). Smith, who has only started six games this season, is victim to the heroic performance of Pete Alonso, his first base counterpart who has earned playing time himself. However [...]
The Mets lost the first game of a four game series against the Dodgers in a matchup that was meant to be low scoring with two Cy Young caliber aces on the mound. Jacob deGrom matched up against Clayton Kershaw, with both pitchers battling at times. The Mets got on the board early and did [...]