There has been a lot of talk recently about Mickey Callaway and his status as the manager of the New York Mets. Amid all of the chatter and speculation, the club was hit with a bombshell in the form of another injury on Monday afternoon; reports indicated that Yoenis Cespedes fell in a hole and [...]
After losing two of three against the Nationals, the Mets came into the night in need of a win against the Marlins who they were 5-0 against on the year. Jacob deGrom, with Wilson Ramos behind the plate, took to mound for the Mets and was knocked around for six runs over five innings. Tonight [...]
Tonight’s game felt ominous from the start and then before you knew, it was over. Wilmer Font took the mound for the Mets for the second time since being acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays and was unable to make it through the third inning. On the night he gave up five runs as he [...]
A quarter of the way through the 2019 season and the Mets as a team are not very good in any one particular area. Coming into the season the thought was that their starting pitching was going to carry the team, the back of their bullpen was to be a formidable force, and that added [...]
There is a good sample size of 2019 data and information available to make judgements on player’s performance. However, this also comes tends to be accompanied by overreaction and panic, which begs the question, ‘Is this statistic real or not real?’ We will aim to look at some of the obscure, concerning and revealing stats [...]
It was a battle of two flamethrowers as Jacob deGrom took the mound against Chris Paddack. Paddack made headlines with his pregame comments about the Rookie of the Month award, which seems to have stirred up Pete Alonso. The Padres right hander came out on top, striking out 11 Mets batters over 7.2 innings. The [...]
As we are one-sixth of the way through the season, we can start to consider some trends and how they fit into our expectations. Coming into the year, Met fans were certainly optimistic that their former number one prospect, Amed Rosario, would take a step towards super stardom. While he has shown a hot bat [...]
The underlying theme of the night for the Mets was errors and miscues, particularly on the defensive side of the ball. The game started out with a slow dribbler to J.D. Davis, who was unable to handle the ball against a speedy Lorenzo Cain. Cain later scored on a throwing error by Pete Alonso, in [...]
While the Phillies, Yankees and Red Sox can boast talent of their acquired outfield mashers, the Mets are reaping the benefits of a home-grown talent. Michael Conforto debuted in 2015 and is now in his age 26 season, which also known as his prime. Profiled as a pure hitter from his time in college and [...]
The Mets entered the day looking to take the series against the Cardinals, as well as even their season record against .500 clubs. Instead they lost and are now own six wins and eight losses against such teams. Noah Syndergaard, who Mets needed to come through with a quality outing, instead faltered by giving up [...]
The season is ten percent complete and the Met’s relief pitching ranks 25th in fWAR and sport a clean 6.00 ERA. This is likely inflated due to a .361 batting average on balls in play, which is only .05 points off the league leading Washington Nationals. While the bullpen ranks in the top ten in [...]
After starting the series with two straight wins, the Mets lost the third of a four game series by the score of 11 to 7. For the seventh straight game, the Mets offense put up six runs or more, but tonight their pitching could not control the game. Jason Vargas only managed to get one [...]