In his fifth start in the majors, Dillon Gee hurled his fifth straight Quality Start (QS), although he came away with a loss Thursday night against the Brewers. Gee threw 6 IP and gave up 2 ER. Here are his numbers for each start for the Mets: 7.0 IP 1 ER 6.0 IP 0 ER [...]
"He's run into some tough luck," catcher Josh Thole said. "I'm sure he doesn't have as many wins as he would like or should have. But I'm telling you, I can [only] think of one time where he went out and just had no feel for the knuckleball. Other than that, he's been unbelievable." Thole [...]
Tuesday night Jose Reyes went 0-3 with a walk. A rather unexceptional night at the plate for the Mets’ leadoff hitter but in a year where Reyes has drawn very few free passes, seeing him reach via walk was a nice thing. The base on balls gave him six in 16 September games. That works [...]
Say the date June 15, 1977 to any Mets fan over the age of 40 and you will undoubtedly see a pained expression crawl over his face. For the uninitiated, that is the day the Mets traded both Tom Seaver and Dave Kingman. For younger fans, the closest they can come is July 30, 2004. [...]
The Mets pounded out 14 hits and 9 runs in Tuesday’s win over the Pirates. That in itself was a noticeable feat, given how poor the offense has been for the team in the second half of the season. It was just the 14th time in 57 games that the Mets scored five or more [...]
"But they have hit merely eight [grand slams] since '06 and none in the 202 games since Angel Pagan slammed the D-backs at Citi Field on Aug. 1 last year. And they have allowed 15 since Pagan's, the 15th coming on Labor Day in Washington. One other team in history has allowed as many as [...]
One of the difficult things when analyzing the Mets offense this year is to separate the names from the numbers they have actually produced. Sure, yesterday’s lineup had Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes and David Wright in it but is it accurate to consider the performance the Mets are receiving from these players in 2010 to [...]
"Here is another way to look at this: The Yanks felt similarly after the 1995 season about a young corner infielder with power (Russ Davis) and a talented lefty starter (Sterling Hitchcock) as the Mets feel now about the powerful Ike Davis and lefty Niese. The Yanks turned their duo into dynasty cornerstones Tino Martinez [...]
"I can't blame Omar for this. This is one snake bit team. If I were the Wilpons, I would start taking the whole family to church or to synagogue. Perhaps God will come into their heart and soul and whisper SELL... SELL ... SELL" Commenter vman650 on what it will take to turn the Mets [...]
"We put very good players in place who didn't play very well. It's best to jump-start and get a manager to motivate these players and get the best out of the veterans and the young players," owner Fred Wilpon said at a news conference. "I believe these guys are as good as we all thought [...]
The Mets are one-win away from matching last year’s 70 victories. They are in a race to finish above .500 – currently sitting two games below with 22 games to play. Coming into the season, I thought the Mets were an 85-88 win club. After winning on June 27th, the Mets had a 43-32 record. [...]
"Josh Thole crowds the plate A LOT. He’s right on the line. Yet, he some how manages to pull the ball foul anytime they pitch him in. I also enjoy his pre-bat routine, with the crouching and repeatedly tapping the bat on the plate… it’s not exact, but, for some reason, it reminds me of [...]