The Mets are embarrassing themselves. None of them wish to, of course. But sometimes you just can't help but do the exact thing you desperately do not want to do. Albert Einstein defined Insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results", and right now Sandy Alderson's approach to making [...]
Over 292 games during his minor league career, Kevin Plawecki has a .803 OPS with 26 home runs and 72 doubles. Detractors might point out that he played in Las Vegas, one of the most hitter-friendly parks in the Pacific Coast League. While he spent a total of 52 games in Vegas to end last [...]
"The Mets third baseman, who is rehabbing from spinal stenosis and has not played since April 14, was scheduled Monday to have his weekly checkup with Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles, and according to general manager Sandy Alderson there has been “no change” in Wright’s status. A day earlier, manager Terry Collins indicated Wright was [...]
A batting line of .176/.189/.239 is not one to be proud of normally. When it applies to a group of pitchers though, it’s actually very impressive. The Mets’ collection of arms are hitting at an excellent rate as the first half of the 2015 season concludes, and it has done wonders to help the overall [...]
Like a Hollywood reboot, Captain Kirk was back in action. Except this time, the three extra K's at the end of his name each represented a home run, as Kirk Nieuwenhuis became the first Mets player every to hit three round-trippers in a home game, and just the eighth Mets player to do it at [...]
Matt Harvey still has a minor home run problem. The answer, it appears, is more home runs. Those solution homers came from the home team for a change, as Harvey hit his first career round-tripper to drive in the winning runs. Lucas Duda hit his second home run in as many games for the first [...]
(Disclaimer: This article was written before Monday’s game versus the Giants) I encourage you to reference the Fangraphs.com Team Stats-Batted Ball page. In those numbers, you will see why the Mets have been losing, and how they will get better. First, let’s start with why they are losing. The team is hitting a fly ball [...]
"Saturday. In the park. I think it was the Fourth of July." That blissful song was in my head as I watched the Mets play at Dodgers Stadium a few hours ago. I wasn't expecting much. I figured since Matt Harvey and Zach Grienke were pitching it would be a light offensive affair, and for [...]
New month, same results. The Mets lessons in futility keep on truckin' and yet another quality performance from a Mets starting pitcher is absolutely wasted as the team continues its' slide toward dead last in every major offensive category. For a team with zero offense, why is it so offensive to the senses? Bartolo Colon [...]
Player PA OPS fWAR wRC+ Kevin Plawecki 129 .598 .1 68 Eric Campbell 142 .542 -.4 58 Ruben Tejada 133 .736 .6 107 Dilson Herrera 77 .622 .4 78 Wilmer Flores 248 .688 .9 93 There is something glaringly wrong with this table, and it's the fact that Ruben Tejada has been one of, if [...]
Another embarrassing loss. Another terrific pitching performance, which hasn't been a given of late, wasted. Another feeble performance by the offense. Am I being too critical? A five-game losing streak in which the Mets have been outscored 24-6, and a sweep by the Atlanta Braves says I'm not. Where oh where to start to plug [...]
Bobby Parnell's fastball might not be what it was, but it was enough on Tuesday. Terry Collins decided to stick with his one-time closer to finish off the Toronto Blue Jays with 1.2 innings of work to end the game. It was a well-deserved rest for Jeurys Familia who had pitched 4.2 innings over four [...]