The long and anticipated return of David Wright from the DL is set to occur with tonight’s game in Miami vs. the Marlins. For Mets' fans, it's not a moment too soon. So what can we expect from Wright upon his return? It’s a tough question to diagnose. The easy thing, for sure, to do [...]
With the Mets’ 7-2 loss to the Phillies on Friday night, combined with the Braves win over the Nationals, the Mets are now eight and half games back of the wild card race. The window to remain a competitive club is narrowing with each game. Friday’s loss was a grim reminder of how much the [...]
We’re all thinking it. With the Mets trading combustible closer Francisco Rodriguez (K-Rod) on Wednesday to the Milwaukee Brewers in an obvious salary dump, Mets’ fans are probably waiting for the other shoe to drop. The shoe in this case would be Carlos Beltran. So, are the Mets on the verge of trading their All-Star [...]
If the Mets were graded for their effort, they would get A’s across the board. Terry Collins has maximized the most out of this injury-depleted team and has done a great job of instilling confidence in this scrappy Mets bunch. For a team that started off 5-13, it's quite the accomplishment to be over.500 going [...]
I don’t want to get ahead of myself, and I don’t want to outright proclaim that Jason Bay is back. I have been burned once before and don’t want to get burned again. So, to quote the old adage: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” So as to not [...]
When is Johan Santana getting back anyway? The maddeningly inconsistent Mike Pelfrey was the perfect buzzkill to the Mets’ recent mini surge, when on Thursday he put up yet another stinker. Sure, Pelfrey was opposed by one of the hottest pitchers in baseball in Justin Verlander and the Mets only scored two runs on him. [...]
Ever see the Will Ferrell movie The Other Guys? In the movie, a mousy Ferrell and a misunderstood Mark Wahlberg play a couple of overlooked police detectives while living in the shadow of ‘super cops’ portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. I don't want to spoil the movie if you haven't [...]
The Mets received more bad news this week when it was revealed that Ike Davis will have to rest for at least an additional three weeks before any decision is made on his bothersome left ankle. The ankle is simply not getting any better. There is talk of Davis undergoing microfracture surgery, which would of [...]
Well color me surprised. The Mets finally won a tight game at home on Wednesday night when they beat the Oakland A’s on a Justin Turner hit-by-pitch walk-off. It wasn’t a glorious way to win, but it’s a win in the books nonetheless and as usual, it wasn’t easy. The Mets fought tooth and nail [...]
Prior to the start of the season, all Mets’s fans wanted from Jose Reyes was for him to show he was healthy, while also providing a spark to a team that was in desperate need of one for the last two years. Check and check. However, Reyes has gone over and beyond the call of [...]
As the Mets once again climbed back to .500 on the year after last night’s 4-0 victory over the Braves, the Mets have been winning games on the heels of some terrific starting pitching. Mets’ starters have now tossed 11 straight quality starts (sans last night’s rain-shortened start for Dillon Gee) and have gone 7-4 [...]
While Mets’ fans bemoan lingering injuries to David Wright and Ike Davis, as well as Jason Bay’s free fall, lost in their angst is the fact that the Mets are actually playing some good baseball of late. The Mets are now 8-4 in their last 12 games and are just one game back of being [...]