Another amazing comeback!
Lost among the team success, the individual exploits of Yoenis Cespedes and Travis d’Arnaud and the Scott Boras soap opera is the performance of rookie Michael Conforto. When he was called up many were fretting that the Mets were foolishly rushing him. But not only has he looked like he belongs in the majors, Conforto [...]
The train continues to pick up steam. The Mets earned their sixth straight win with a 6-4 decision over the Braves Saturday night in Atlanta. With the Mets' win and a loss by the Nationals, the magic number is down to 12. The Mets broke up a tie game with two runs in the ninth, [...]
Wilmer Flores has had an interesting season, to say the least. Heading into the 2015 campaign there were two big and related questions: how would Flores fair at shortstop and, if he was bad, would his hitting develop to the point where it didn't matter? The shortstop experiment sort of ended in late June without [...]
FanGraphs, as of Friday morning, gave the Mets a 96.9% chance of winning the NL East after the team’s sweep in Washington and series opening win in Atlanta. These are heady days for Mets fans and we are all enjoying the ride and hoping for a long run in the playoffs. It is tempting to [...]
The Mets just keep on rockin', as they defeated the Braves, 5-1, on Friday night. Coupled with a loss by the Nationals, the Mets' magic number is down to 14. "Because the Mets are really socking the ball, knocking those home runs over the wall!" The Mets have rarely been a big HR-hitting team but [...]
After shutting down the Nationals in all three games with his electrifying stuff, Jeurys Familia has officially joined the conversation about top closers in the game and most valuable players on the Mets. While everyone is buzzing about the impact Yoenis Cespedes has had on the Mets’ second half surge, Familia has been spectacular all [...]
After a 2:20 rain delay, the Mets went out and took care of business, defeating the lowly Braves, 7-2, and sending Shelby Miller to his 13th straight loss. With the win, the Mets' magic number dropped to 16. Bartolo Colon pitched into the seventh and picked up the win. He continues to feast against the [...]
What a great time it is to be a Mets fan! It wasn't that long ago we were bogged down by too many injuries, a stuck-in-his-ways manager and a semi-active GM. Now the team is relatively healthy, Terry Collins is finding playing time for all of his extra pieces and Sandy Alderson looks like a [...]
Stop me if you've heard this before. The Mets used a late-inning comeback to defeat the Washington Nationals, 5-3, Wednesday night and earn a sweep of their three-game series. They lead the NL East by seven games and the magic number is down to 17. Most of the game was a nice pitching duel between [...]
Matt Harvey is the ace of the New York Mets, no if ands or butts about it. Sure, he may not be the best pitcher on the Mets’ staff this season, but there is no rule saying a team cannot have two aces. Last night, Harvey pitched against the Washington Nationals, and went 5.1 innings [...]
Five games ahead with 25 to go. Who could have predicted this? Not even the little Mets fan down the street would have thought the Mets could stand ahead of Washington during September. There have been a series of factors that have led to the demise of the Nationals and the rise of the Mets, [...]