Ignore the standings. Look away from the bullpen. Pay no attention to the embarrassing manager/GM/ownership trio. Close your eyes when Robinson Cano comes up to bat. Look beyond the thick dark clouds, and you'll see two rays of golden light - Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil. In an otherwise frustrating and miserable season that's only [...]
The Mets lost yet another game they should have won tonight, falling 7-5 to the Phillies. The gist of it is that the Mets wasted scoring opportunities, stranding nine base runners, including seven in scoring position. Yes, the Mets surrendered seven runs, but that's to be expected when injuries and a lack of pitching depth [...]
Well, it wasn't one of the usual culprits, but the Mets beleaguered bullpen blew yet another game for us in this long season. Jacob deGrom had an unhittable slider today, striking out nine and walking none, and scattering eight hits and two runs. Unfortunately, his manager chose to pull him an inning too early and [...]
In a curious move, Mets General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen announced yesterday that the Mets have dismissed respected pitching coach Dave Eiland and bullpen coach Chuck Hernandez. Eiland has been replaced by 82-year-old Phil Regan and Hernandez by Ricky Bones, who previously served in this role before being reassigned to a minor league role. Additionally, [...]
Todd Frazier hit his 200th home run in the same ball park where the late Gary Carter hit his 300th. Pete Alonso hit his astounding 25th home run as he marches toward the Rookie of the Year Award. Jeff McNeil delivered yet another multi-hit game. Wilmer Font looked sharp in three scoreless relief innings. Unfortunately, [...]
Jacob deGrom was humming along toward his first complete game shutout since 2016 before coughing up two solo home runs in the ninth inning. The shutout and complete game bids were spoiled, but the consolation was a rare blowout win for the Mets led by deGrom's sensational pitching performance and huge days at the plate [...]
More than a third of the way through the season, the Mets are teetering on the edge. How we perform over the next few weeks will dictate if we're buyers or sellers at the deadline and set the direction for the rest of the season. Playing .500 ball thus far has been disappointing. We all [...]
Noah Syndergaard had a near flawless day on the mound and led the Mets to an easy 6-1 win over the Rockies as the Mets captured the series on Sunday. Syndergaard clicked immediately with catcher Tomas Nido and seemingly threw the right pitches in the right locations all day long, making very quick work of [...]
Note: The below post was written a few days ago before the Mets *ahem* stepped it up and took two straight games at home against an awful team. Mickey Callaway screwed up yet again, but it's not time to fire him. His premature pulling of Noah Syndergaard on Tuesday night led to another bullpen avalanche [...]
The Mets front office spent the off-season beefing up their roster. The 2018 team struggled to score runs, so Brodie Van Wagenen brought in more bats. Last year's team struggled to overcome injuries, so the GM added more depth to the roster. And he bolstered a week bullpen with more quality relievers. However, the rotation [...]
The short-handed Mets pulled off a resourceful extra-inning win over the Tigers thanks to Wilson Ramos' bat, a rag tag bullpen and a walk-off home run by an unlikely hero. Jason Vargas returned from the I.L. to make the start and delivered with five strong innings. The veteran lefty scattered five hits and three walks [...]
Although Mets General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen has come under fire of late, there is one thing for which he deserves credit. That is stashing some extra veterans in AAA Syracuse for when injuries would inevitably strike. And strike they did this past week as our three best outfielders all got injured. At full strength, [...]