With the Mets still playing just good enough to be four games back in the Wild Card standings prior to Wednesday’s game, General Manger Sandy Alderson has some tough choices to make. Alderson will have to balance a delicate situation in the next month by trying to please a growing apathetic Mets’ fanbase, while also [...]
While R.A. Dickey is having a hard time replicating his success of last year, his health will still be critical to any success the Mets rotation may have this season. In Thursday’s damp and soggy series finale in Chicago, Dickey fell in pain attempting to cover first base on a play in the third inning. [...]
With all the talk in Mets land being dominated by the voice and opinion of embattled owner Fred Wilpon, let’s take a diversion and talk about what’s happening on the field. While the ire of Wilpon’s angst can be understood, the targets he took shots at coincidentally might turn out to be All-Stars this year. [...]
Don’t look now, but the Mets are finally back at .500. They have raced out in May with a 11-6 record, and despite some major injuries they are making it fun to be a Mets fan again. To get back to .500 it took some grit, hard work, solid production from reserves (the legend of [...]
The Mets have had their expected full lineup for a total of exactly one game. That was back on April 21 in which the Mets won 9-1 over the Houston Astros, a game which sparked a six-game winning streak. Since that time, the Mets have had to work around injuries to Angel Pagan and Ike [...]
You know when Jason Bay returned from the DL and the Mets went on a six-game winning streak and plenty of praise (myself included) was heaped upon Bay for bringing back stability to the lineup? Bay would then fall into a deep slump. To offset Bay’s slump the Mets got terrific contributions from their burgeoning [...]
As the Mets inch closer to .500, all this talk amongst the blogosphere of the Mets blowing up the team at the trade deadline has got to stop. There is still approximately two and a half more months until the deadline, so lets exhale for a minute and watch our team play the course and [...]
While his stats don’t back up his importance, the return of Angel Pagan (whenever that may be) will be significant to the success of the 2011 New York Mets. While Pagan in the early going hasn’t built off his impressive numbers of 2010 in which he hit .290 with 11 home runs, 69 RBI’s, 80 [...]
While Ronny Paulino will not make you forget about Mike Piazza, he could possibly make it easier for you to dismiss Josh Thole and his slow start. Paulino has come back from the DL with authority. Although it’s a very small sample size, the club likes what it sees in Paulino. Paulino is 7-13 thus [...]
The return of Jason Bay has widely been considered a major reason why the Mets have been playing better baseball of late. (Notwithstanding last night’s 10-3 drubbing at the hand of the Phillies). Prior to last night’s game, the Mets had gone 6-1 in Bay’s return and raised their collective batting averages from .238 to [...]
How about that for a turnaround? Since my last blog, the Mets have flipped the switch and are currently on a six-game winning streak. So, what gives? Is it fundamentals, is it the timely hitting or is it the return of Jason Bay? Well, all of the above. And of course, not so coincidentally, a [...]
The more things change, the more things stay the same. The Mets' pitching staff is in a tailspin with seemingly no end in sight. If not for a great start from the recently called up Dillon Gee on Sunday, things would be even bleaker than they currently are. The aforementioned big news this week was [...]