This article originally started out as one entitled “Can the Mets’ dyfunctionality be fixed?”. It was going to first describe the dysfunction starting with underfinanced ownership that won’t or can’t put enough money towards payroll to field what should be a big market team. From there it would discuss a General Manager who knowingly has [...]
Once again Bartolo Colon took care of business, as he went six innings and only allowed two runs. The Mets ended up beating their division rivals 5-3. The Mets offense had a good showing against Alex Wood, as they scored five runs, and took advantage of an errant pickoff throw from Wood. Wilmer Flores started [...]
Two weeks ago this writer warned about the importance of June. So far, the Mets are 4 and 6 this month. This follows up a weak May in which the team went a pedestrian 13 and 15. In fact, since their remarkable 11-game win streak in April, the Mets are a paltry 19 and 26. [...]
It was a long time coming. Michael Cuddyer hadn't had a walkoff hit since 2006. This one couldn't have come at a better time. Cuddyer hit a soft liner past a diving Joe Panik and Curtis Granderson waltzed home with the winning run, ending a taut, terrific ballgame. Jon Niese squared off against Tim Lincecum. [...]
Recently, we Met fans have been reminded – emphatically and painfully – that Matt Harvey is human after all. His start to this season caused everyone to forget that he was only 19 months removed from Tommy John surgery. In his first eight 2015 starts, he was the Harvey of old, racking up a 5-1 [...]
The New York Mets have been struggling to score runs.This is not a secret. Their offensive woes have been well documented throughout the blogging world. This inability to offer consistent run support for their starting pitching has been extremely frustrating to fans, media and players alike. It's been a major question since the season began [...]
The Mets had 11 hits and scored five runs but it wasn't enough, as they fell to the Giants, 8-5 Wednesday night at Citi Field. Matt Harvey was not sharp. In his last inning he gave up four extra-base hits, including two homers. For the game, Harvey surrendered three gopher balls and now has allowed [...]
Wow, what a night it was for Giants rookie Chris Heston. The young righty had two hits and drove in two runs as he dominated the Mets offense the entire night, and held them to zero hits. San Francisco took the first game of the series 5-0. Noah Syndergaard struggled tonight, going six innings, allowing [...]
Last year, Wilmer Flores played 443.1 innings at shortstop. By a fortuitous coincidence, he has played exactly 443.1 innings at short here in 2015. Now seems like a good time to check in on his defensive numbers. Back in December we noted how DRS and UZR, the two most-popular advanced fielding numbers, differed wildly in [...]
Lucas Duda doesn't need anymore pressure on him. After all, he's the sole remaining everyday-caliber player remaining on the Mets infield. Wilmer Flores is still on the cusp both offensively and defensively while everyone else are, well, backups. Meanwhile, Duda not only ripped the first base job from Ike Davis last year, but has entrenched [...]
Josh Collmenter came into Sunday’s game with a 5.03 ERA and an .843 OPS allowed, having surrendered nine homers in 62.2 IP. Those numbers got worse after the Mets drilled four homers and scored five runs against him in six innings. The Mets did what they were supposed to do – take advantage of a [...]
Earl Weaver would have been proud of the Mets' effort in this game. New York combined power -- seemingly as seldom seen as a Triple Crown winner -- and outstanding starting pitching to save a split of this four-game series. After Curtis Granderson led off the game with a home run, Jacob deGrom took the [...]