I'm tired of talking about the Mets' hitting, particularly with runners in scoring position. You're tired of reading about it. This is where we are, though. Their RISP impotence is no longer some weird quirk in the stat line that the team should just work on improving. It's essentially a full-blown crisis. Don't believe me? [...]
The Mets lost to the Nationals tonight at Citi Field 6-1, ruining many a night and dropping to five games back in the division. Logan Verrett was...present in this this one. His main accomplishment was pitching into the seventh inning, really. His final line was ugly: 6.2 innings pitched, five earned runs (though one was [...]
It feels like it's all coming crashing down, doesn't it? Well maybe not quite yet, but it sure seems that the specter of the injury-riddled 2009 team is on a train barreling toward us at an increasingly rapid pace. Forgetting for a moment the injuries to and underperformance of the offense, the team's path to [...]
The Mets defeated the Cubs tonight at Citi Field 4-3, and have taken the first three games of this four-game series. What is there to say about Bartolo Colon, really? I mean, besides the fact that he's doing things we know he shouldn't be able to do. He went six innings against the mighty Cubs [...]
The Mets have scored 14 runs over their last two games in wins against one of the best teams in baseball. It wasn't some cool blip on an otherwise solid year. It was a complete (and welcome) change of character for an offense that scored just nine runs in the five games leading up to [...]
The Mets lost to the Braves this afternoon at Turner Field 5-2, splitting their four-game series. They're 2-5 over their last seven against the Braves. Come on, now. Bartolo Colon started this one, and the 43-year-old continues to defy expectations. Heading into today's game he was 6-3 with a 3.00 ERA and 1.19 WHIP. He [...]
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The Mets defeated the Braves tonight 1-0 at Turner Field to move within two games of the Nationals for first place in the NL East. Poor Jacob deGrom. It's ten starts now that he hasn't had a W. He went eight innings in this one while giving up no runs and striking out six. Maybe [...]
Alright, so it's getting tiring talking about the same stuff over and over again. You're tired of hearing about it, right? This is where we are at the moment, though, rooting for a team amazingly just two games back in the loss column from first place despite their inability to thrash a team with a [...]
The Mets lost the second game of their series against the lowly Braves tonight at Citi Field, 4-3. Sigh. Steven Matz wasn't on his A game but, you guessed it, still pitched well enough to win. I feel like a broken record at this point. His pitch count got up to 99 so he only [...]
As of this morning, the Mets' record stands at 36-30. They're in second place in the NL East, six full games behind the Nationals. It's not where we hoped the team would be at this point in the season, to say the least. The team has been dealing with under-performance, and the injuries are reminiscent [...]
The Mets lost the opening game of their three-game series against the Braves tonight at Citi Field, 5-1. It was not a happy Matt Harvey day. He went six innings and gave up seven hits with four earned runs against the worst offense in baseball, though that offense was pretty aggressive early in counts against [...]
The Mets were shut out and lost the opening game of their three-game series to the Pirate tonight at Citi Field, 4-0. The Pirates just continue to give this team fits. Once again, Jacob deGrom wasn't at his best yet pitched well enough to win. He needed 105 pitches to get through six innings, while [...]