There's been a lot of speculation from baseball writers and wishful thinking from Yankee fans that the Mets will make ace Jacob deGrom available in trade next month. Based on the packages of top rated prospects received for other controllable ace pitchers like Chris Sale and Gerrit Cole in recent years, it's a tempting proposition, [...]
In the early days of baseball, everyone had a cool nickname - Old Hoss Radbourn, Three Finger Mordecai Brown, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Kennesaw Mountain Landis, et al. Modern MLB seems to be lacking in this area and the Mets haven't had any sort of lasting nickname since the 80s teams with Doc Gooden, Nails Dykstra [...]
The Mets erased their recent three-game win streak by losing their third straight in Colorado, 6-4. The biggest problem in this game was not the six, but the four as the Mets grounded into five double plays, managing to squeeze just four runs out of 15 base runners. The Mets jumped out to a quick [...]
Before we get to all that went wrong in this unfathomable 12th loss in our last 13 games, let's take a look at a few encouraging positives, shall we? New/old first baseman Dominic Smith hit a home run and a double! You know who else hit a double? Jose Reyes! Remember him? Oh, and someone else who's [...]
In a season full of disappointment, outfielder Brandon Nimmo has been a beacon of positivity. He's a well-rounded player who contributes with his eye at the plate, his bat in the box, his feet on the bases and his glove in the field. He hustles on every play like it's game seven of the World [...]
In their last 20 games, the Mets have failed to score at least three runs 13 times. The biggest culprit is the meat of the order. Last season Yoenis Cespedes, Jay Bruce, Michael Conforto and Todd Frazier combined for 107 home runs. The slumping and injured quartet has just 25 through the first 65 games [...]
The Mets ended their eight-game losing streak and avoided getting swept by the Yankees with a surprising 2-0 win. It marks the first time the cross-town juggernaut has been shut out this season, and it came courtesy of a gutsy pitching performance by Seth Lugo. Lugo was nothing short of brilliant, holding the Yankees to [...]
If you thought things couldn't possibly get worse for this floundering Mets team, here come the Yankees. Here we are at the misfit table in middle school. It's not bad enough the cute girl saw us spill milk on our laps and we got picked last in gym class, but here comes Biff to give [...]
This team needs a shake up. We need one of those press conference where it's announced that a flurry of moves have been made in one day. Something like this. "Today we have activated Yoenis Cespedes and Wilmer Flores. Also at this time we are promoting several players from AAA Las Vegas. To make room [...]
If you're like me, it's after midnight and you're asking yourself, I stayed up for this @#$%&*? The Mets wasted another Jacob deGrom gem and lost to the Cubs in 14 innings. Once again deGrom was phenomenal but got zero support from his teammates, who simply refuse to hit when he pitches. deGrom struck out [...]
His rough season start notwithstanding, the offseason signing of Jason Vargas made a lot of sense. As General Manager Sandy Alderson noted after last season's ridiculous number of starter injuries, this team needs another Bartolo Colon type. Clearly missing last year was that stabilizing veteran in the middle of the rotation. Someone to reliably eat innings, share [...]
May was a brutal month for the Mets, losing games in heart breaking fashion, players to injury, and their place in the standings. But we're still alive and kicking heading into June. The schedule makers have done us no favors as June includes series This is a make or break month. Will we be smiling [...]