There's been a lot of rumbling over the years about major league baseball's divisional format and the impact it has on postseason play. Specifically, guaranteeing a spot in the playoffs to each division winner has led to instances of teams in strong divisions missing the playoffs even though they had better records than some division [...]
Curtis Granderson made a great throw from right field in yesterday's game, albeit a close call, to throw out a runner tagging up from third. It was his eighth outfield assist, placing him 11th in all of baseball among outfielders in that particular stat. That's the total he had the entirety of 2014. It's this [...]
Bobby Parnell is a bit of an easy target after failing to record an out in the tenth inning and giving up the go ahead run to the Pirates last night. That the game got to Parnell in extra innings because the team failed to cash in on scoring opportunities is a separate issue, but [...]
The week leading up to the 2015 trade deadline will forever be part of Mets folklore. While it will certainly be highlighted by the acquisition of Yoenis Cespedes and Wilmer Flores’ heroics, it was kicked off by the team promoting top prospect Michael Conforto. It seemed at the time that a promotion for the young [...]
The Mets bullpen didn't appear to be a weakness heading into the season. In fact, it seemed that it may have been an actual strength. Then all of the misfortune came washing down. Josh Edgin was lost to Tommy John surgery. Vic Black and Bobby Parnell hit the disabled list. Jenrry Mejia was slapped with [...]
Late last night the Mets finalized a deal with the Atlanta Braves that saw them acquire 3B Juan Uribe and OF/INF Kelly Johnson for pitching prospects Robert Whalen and John Gant. Despite being sardonically praised by some, it's generally regarded as a solid move for the team. The Braves even kicked in a bit of [...]
Well, Mets fans, we are again at a familiar All-Star break juncture. We've arrived at the crossroads of “the team has sort of been okay” and “will Sandy Alderson do anything to help the team at the deadline?” We've been here many times over the last half decade with this team. If we stick to [...]
Really, Mets360 readers, what's left to say? It wouldn't be completely honest to say that it was hard to not write some angry tirade about the team in this space. It was pretty easy, actually. That's because I've joined many Mets fans in moving past anger and into something much worse: apathy. This isn't uncommon. [...]
Yesterday Noah Syndergaard threw what he and manager Terry Collins considered his finest major league game to date. It's hard to argue. He cruised through eight innings, walking none and striking out five, while needing only 89 pitches to do it. He touched 98 mph as late as the eighth inning and used his off-speed [...]
As of the writing of this article, the Mets are 26-11 at home. That's a welcome change over the last few seasons, as they've struggled to win at Citi Field. In fact, they haven't finished over .500 at home since 2010. In contrast, they're just 10-22 on the road. Not only is that the worst [...]
Every season I try to attend a few of the Mets' minor league affiliate games to see the future in action. This past week I did just that and had the pleasure of catching a Double-A Eastern League game between the Binghamton Mets and the Orioles' Bowie Baysox on June 11 in Bowie, Maryland. Please [...]
The Mets are firmly into their six-man rotation experiment and so far the results have been....wait, what's that you say? They're already ditching it? Well, that certainly didn't last long. The arguments for and against such a rotation structure have been discussed, but it seems as though in the end it was just a bit [...]