The way things are going for the Mets lately, 2015 seems like a distant memory. If you’re reading this, you already know what happened: a blazing start, a drop back to Earth with a squalid offense, two moves not made at the trade deadline, one move that was and a blistering run to the NL [...]
The Mets used a tried and true -- if unsustainable, with this roster and manager -- formula to salvage the final game of their interleague series in Detroit: starting pitching and home runs. Jacob deGrom wasn't as smooth or commanding as his previous two starts, but he got the help he needed. deGrom put multiple [...]
Now this is how they drew it up. The Mets got wondrous pitching from Jacob deGrom and offense from a lot of guys not named Jay Bruce to give the Yankees a thorough 7-1 spanking. deGrom scuffled a bit in the first two innings, stranding two runners in each. The Mets had a hard time [...]
The Yankees traded everybody the last two days. The Mets were playing with a short bullpen and a short bench. These two outmanned teams played a terrific ballgame, which resulted in another painful loss for the Mets. For the third time in a week, the Mets blew a lead in the eighth inning or later. [...]
Until last night, the Mets had been 48-0 in games they led after eight innings. They are now 48-2. Jeurys Familia let another game slip away this afternoon, but this one is on Terry Collins, with an assist from the offense's ineffectuality with runners on base. Jacob deGrom rebounded nicely from his dud outing in [...]
It was right there. Alejandro De Aza had stolen second as Adam Wainwright threw a wild pitch and Travis d’Arnaud scored from third. That brought the Mets to within 3-2. Yoenis Cespedes immediately homered to give the Mets the lead. It felt like a walk-off. It should have been a walk-off. Citi Field was rocking [...]
The St. Louis Cardinals have a utility infielder, acquired this year from the San Diego Padres. His name is Jedd Gyorko. That last name is pronounced "Jerk-O" and the appropriateness of that pronunciation is not lost on at least one Mets fan. The Mets and Cards played a "traditional" twi-night doubleheader today, due to last [...]
It was right about…here. Last year, the Mets’ season teetered on the edge of .500 in mid-July. After losing four-of six against the St. Louis Cardinals and division rival Washington Nationals – the very team they were chasing – their record stood at 49-46, three games behind. They then dropped the first two of a [...]
There isn't much to be said about this no-contest contest. The Mets dropped their final 2016 regular season game with the Cubs, 6-2 on a desultory afternoon. Kyle Hendricks started for Chicago and as Bob Murphy used to say, he was wearing the hitters on his watch chain. He scattered seven hits and no runs [...]
On a night that promised to be dominated by the starting pitchers, it instead belonged to Rene Rivera. And an extra piece of pie goes to Jeurys Familia, too. Jake Arrieta and Noah Syndergaard squared off in a marquee match up that did not disappoint. Syndergaard kept pitching himself into and out of trouble, seemingly [...]
Your intrepid columnist may have just taken up residence in Panic City. To say this is a tough stretch for New York Mets right now might be the understatement of the year. They were just swept out of Washington, DC and while there’s little shame in falling three times to the current division leaders, the [...]
In what could have been considered a must-win game against the division-leading Washington Nationals, Logan Verrett was mostly up to the task. The Mets' offense was mostly not. Verrett, pressed into duty by Steven Matz's elbow bone spur, threw a decent five innings, victimized mainly by Daniel Murphy's second inning home run. In all, he [...]