Mother Nature took pity on the Mets last night, dumping inches upon inches of water on our nation’s capital, sparing them further embarrassment. The Washington Nationals, one of the most talent-laden teams in the National League even when dealing with a wave of injuries, has owned the New Yorkers once again this year, winning nine [...]
For the fourth time this year, the Mets failed to complete a three-game sweep at home against an inferior team. In kind of a freaky game, the Phillies used a nightmarish second inning to score all the runs they would need to send the Mets to Washington fuming. Rafael Montero started for the Mets, hoping [...]
The Mets tried to use the same formula as last night and it worked almost as well: a couple of runs in the first, leave it to your starter to hold it, add some insurance later. This time, it was Seth Lugo carrying the load. The normally solid Jose Urena started for Miami, but Curtis [...]
The Mets started the season with World Series aspirations. While some called it foolhardy to rely on so many young arms – especially with four of them coming off surgery or one sort or another – the more hopeful among the fan base pushed that notion aside. Because the arms were so young, they should [...]
The Mets' offense consisted mainly of the first seven batters of the game. They then put it on the fragile shoulders of Steven Matz. On this night, the shoulders were strong. Curtis Granderson led off the ballgame with a nine pitch walk against lefty Jeff Locke. Asdrubal Cabrera followed that up with a four pitch [...]
Another day, another horrid game at home against the Washington Nationals, another major injury. Two more players relegated to the disabled list. It's New York Mets baseball! An hour before game time it was announced that Neil Walker would be shelved for "several weeks" with a partially torn hamstring and Matt Harvey would join him [...]
No, this isn’t about the number of bases-on-balls the Mets receive as a team – they’re just slightly above MLB average in that department, although there have been a few perfectly timed free passes. This is about how every time the Mets are left for dead, they’ll just keep coming back. It seems like for [...]
A double play is a pitcher's best friend, as the hoary cliché goes. Jacob deGrom decided to have a few friends over tonight, with Neil Walker as the chauffer. deGrom induced 4-6-3 double plays in four straight innings in the service of throttling the World Champion Cubs, a complete game (!!!) five-hitter. The Mets won [...]
Zack Wheeler pitched very well. Yu Darvish pitched better. Neither figured in the decision. The Mets' bullpen came a cropper again, but actually emerged heroic. And for once, the other guys screwed up a play in the infield. The game started off with Wheeler's requisite first inning trouble. He gave up a single up the [...]
The mysterious downfall of Jacob deGrom continued in the Texas heat and the Mets gave us a painful Texas tease. The game started promisingly as Michael Conforto led the game off with a loud double to right field against our old friend Dillon Gee. After two outs, Neil Walker drew a walk and Lucas Duda [...]
We’ve seen a glimmer. There’s a faint light emerging a ways down the road and it might not be simply oncoming traffic or reflected glare emanating from the Bronx. There’s a nugget of hope growing that the 2017 season for the Mets might not be a lost cause after all. After coming home from a [...]
Asdrubal Cabrera owes Jay Bruce a steak dinner. On a long, drizzly night, the Mets win only their second extra-inning game of the year, and garnering their second walk-off win of the year. Tyler Pill's first major league start was certainly a memorable one, though it started inauspiciously. With his second pitch, he hit Brewer [...]