In the season of 2012, Ruben Tejada went from being Jose Reyes' backup to the full time starting shortstop for the New York Mets. He met the challenge head-on, hitting .289/.333/.351 while providing superb defense in a brief exhale of relief that maybe Reyes wouldn't be so missed after all. It was a career year [...]
That's what I feel like doing, celebrating! "Captain America" David Wright put the finishing touches on an afternoon of momentous proportions by mashing a three-run shot in the top of the ninth. The Mets had been picked by various sources throughout Spring Training as the second or third-best team in the National League East. Today, [...]
The Mets got some critical rallies, and collected 12 hits on the way to their victory tonight. Daniel Murphy in particular has stayed hot over his past seven games, hitting .360/.385/.800, with two home runs, six RBI and just one strikeout. He was three-for-five tonight with a rare triple, while Lucas Duda appeared to be [...]
George Constanza once had a summer all to himself. But that was nothing like Michael Conforto's summer. The young left fielder for the New York Mets was honored by the organization on Monday by being named the 2015 Sterling Award Minor League Player of the Year. Surely it goes without saying, but the award is [...]
Shut out for the second time in three games, the Mets offense is struggling to put up runs at the moment. Yoenis Cespedes has just two in his last 27 plate appearances, and the starters have allowed 15 runs over the last 22.2 innings pitched for an ERA of 6.08. At a moment when the [...]
The Mets haven't been shutout since July 23rd while visiting my sunny Los Angeles. They were shut out 10 times before that date, however. That goes to show just how much this offense has improved. But it wasn't on display versus Adam Conley and the Miami Marlins. Young Conley, who had a 4.93 ERA in [...]
Yoenis Cespedes has spent all of four seasons in the MLB, and has already had a stellar career. According to Baseball-reference.com, over a 162-game average he has a batting line of .272/.320/.489 with 30 home runs, 35 doubles, 11 stolen bases, 106 RBI, and 96 runs scored. Those are All-Star numbers to be sure, and [...]
The new-look Mets are supposed to win games like this. Playing against the 56-79 Miami Marlins, these are the "easy" games that many thought would carry the Mets to the playoff promised land. While one loss doesn't completely negate an easy schedule, or the season, it doesn't bode well. The most worrisome aspect (no surprise) [...]
Thoughts of 2016 are far off, as the Mets are making a run at what could and should be a very special season. The chorus of "next year" actually has to wait until next year for a change. So it's not really worth delving into where Daniel Murphy might land after he becomes a free [...]
Only three Mets collected hits today, which has been a far cry from how things have been going. Even with a loss yesterday, the Mets still were able to score four runs on eight hits. It was just an unfortunate day where the team couldn't seem to get anything going against Joe Kelly and the [...]
Normally when you score seven, five, four, and five runs in a four game series, you're looking to pull at least one or two wins away. Not the Philadelphia Phillies. They had the unfortunate task of taking on the hottest team in baseball. But it wasn't always so. From June 30th to July 4th the [...]
Last night the New York Mets did something historic. As a team they hit 15 extra-base hits, and eight home runs, led by none other than David Wright. In his first at-bat four months removed from the game of baseball, he crushed a pitch into the second deck in Citizens Bank Park. Wright's power display [...]