Next up in our preseason projection review series is Robert Gsellman. I don't think many folks expected such a terrible season for the young righty who dazzled in his 2016 audition. In fact, our reader poll back in February overwhelmingly chose him as the preferred fifth starter heading into the season. To say things didn't [...]
The New York Mets and manager Terry Collins have parted ways after seven seasons, a move that was neither surprising nor unexpected. It brings an end to an era of Mets baseball in which fans experienced a roller coaster of highs and lows both on and off the field. Regardless of how you feel about [...]
Reports suggest that the Mets player drawing the most interest from teams as we approach the trade deadline is interim closer Addison Reed. This isn't surprising, as contending teams seek to bolster their bullpens heading into the season's final months. For his part, Reed is having another solid year, though not quite as impressive as [...]
Earlier this week, the always insightful Charlie Hangley asked a question sitting at the forefront of most Mets fans' minds: are they a second-half team? More specifically, can we expect a mad dash towards the postseason in the season's second half as we've witnessed the last two years? It's a shining, albeit dim, beacon of [...]
There's been a lot of chatter recently about the Mets defensive woes after Terry Collins essentially called his team on it this week. "When you're a team that relies on pitching the way we do, that's built the way we are, it's disappointing when your defense isn't sharp," he noted before the Mets' rained-out game [...]
After their win against the Phillies yesterday, the Mets' record sits at a paltry 37-42. They're 9.5 games behind both the division-leading Nationals and the second wild-card spot and, despite a recent run of success, obviously playing well below expectations. It's not quite an insurmountable challenge, but it's highly unlikely considering players continue to drop [...]
It's tough to find something positive to write about the Mets as they continue to find ways to lose. Perhaps it's more accurate to say they can't seem to find ways to win. Either way, in losing to the Braves in walk-off fashion yesterday the Mets fell to a rebuilding team that currently sits above [...]
What do you do when your team built on pitching is, well, bad at pitching? To be fair, it's more a case of "pitching badly" than "bad at pitching," but this team was explicitly built on the concept of run prevention vice run production. That was the understanding, anyway, with the hope that a possible [...]
This past Wednesday, Robert Gsellman made his first start since the May 13th stinker that finally prompted the Mets to skip his next start and use him out of the bullpen. He threw six innings of six-hit ball while giving up three earned runs and striking out three. Although it was against one of the [...]
There's a lot of bad news surrounding the Mets these days. Most of it has to do with injuries, and boy do they just keep piling up. It's tough to look on the bright side when so many important pieces keep going down and the season looks increasingly bleak. One shining beacon of hope for [...]
Surprise! Travis d'Arnaud is hurt again. The Mets placed the injury magnet on the disabled list with a bone bruise on his right wrist on Friday and he's expected to miss at least a couple of weeks. This is an annual event at this point, but the circumstances surrounding it fall in line with what [...]
Thursday was a rough day for Matt Harvey. He stumbled his way through just 4 1/3 innings after being given short notice that he'd be starting against the Braves in place of Noah Syndergaard. After starting off strong in the first, he got knocked around for five hits and six earned runs while walking a [...]