Logan Verrett made quite the splash in his first Major League start. He held the Colorado Rockies to just four hits over eight innings, striking out eight and walking just one. The only blemish against his fantastic day was a solo home run from Carlos Gonzalez in the fourth inning. And the Mets needed the [...]
Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson came over in a package deal from the Atlanta Braves for right-handed minor leaguer pitchers John Gant and Robert Whalen just before the trade deadline in July, and just about everybody liked the deal. Some had bemoaned Sandy Alderson's refusal to trade Dillon Gee for Uribe earlier in the season, [...]
I want to blame this loss on Terry Collins so badly. Here's why. Bobby Parnell walks Pedro Florimon. Michael Morse reaches on an error, by Parnell. First and third, no outs. Double play and a run in isn't terrible, so I can understand Collins giving Parnell one more batter. Parnell then gives up a run-scoring [...]
Two days in a row the Mets have gone toe-to-toe with one of the better teams in the National League. Two days in a row they have played into extra innings. Two days in a row the Mets have come up short. In a season plentiful with statement games, tomorrow is another chapter of the [...]
The Trading Deadline has come and gone and Sandy Alderson has looked like a hero bringing in both help for the offense and for the bullpen. He has always been just a touch slower in his approach to the active roster though, so now is the time for him to continue his drive towards October [...]
While you can't win them all, that was a little discouraging. Bartolo Colon was not sharp, again. He has alternated good and bad starts since July 7th, and even though he didn't get pounded, it was just enough out of the reach of the Mets offense. Speaking of that offense, the last six batters in [...]
For the year, we Mets360.com writers surmised that Wilmer Flores would put together a campaign of hitting .265/.310/.400 in 484 plate appearances. We also thought he'd have 11 home runs, and drive in 55 runs. While a full analysis of Flores' season will not be complete until November, it certainly couldn't hurt to find out [...]
The power came in bunches, and it was all Noah Syndergaard needed as he was once again phenomenal. His assortment of blistering fastballs, knee-buckling curveballs, and an improving changeup had the Washington Nationals on their heels all night. Anthony Rendon took Syndergaard deep in the first, but after that 13 Nationals hitters were retired in [...]
“Team to beat” brings up some unfortunate memories, both old and new, for Mets fans. Anyone who doesn’t remember Jimmy Rollins’ declaration in 2007 about the Philadelphia Phillies being the team to beat in the National League East, probably didn’t suffer from 2006’s conclusion. Rollins’ exclamation started a war of words between he and Carlos [...]
It was a tight contest on Saturday night. Jacob deGrom was in trouble early and often, but after giving up two runs in the first inning, he settled down and put up zeros for five more innings. He went back out for the sixth even though his pitch count was 101. I think that shows [...]
Gary Cohen mentioned in Sunday’s broadcast against the Dodgers that Jacob deGrom is sitting on an impressive 1.48 ERA at home in 2015. In 2014 it was just a touch above at 1.70, for a combined career average of 1.59. That is utter domination, folks. His combined 2.05 ERA for the season is now second-best [...]
Wow, just wow. For just the second time since the All-Star break the Mets scored more than three runs, and boy did they ever score more than three runs. The 15 the Mets put on the board Saturday were just four less than the entire amount they cobbled together in their first two series back [...]