James Shields held the Mets in check, as the Padres won the game 7-3. The Mets offense struggled to put anything together all night, except for in the ninth inning, when the tying run came to the plate with the bases loaded. Lucas Duda had a chance to tie the game with a home run, [...]
During the mid-twentieth century, the United States and the Soviet Union were in the middle of a nuclear Arms Race…and now so are the New York Mets, Miami Marlins, and Washington Nationals. Of course, this arms race is not centered around nuclear weapons, but pitching in the starting rotation and bullpen. The Mets currently hold [...]
Last night the Mets were on the right side of history, as the team struck out a bunch of times, yet won the game 7-0. Doing his best Andrew Cashner impersonation, Noah Syndergaard went 4 innings, struck out 10 hitters, let up 10 hits and let up 7 runs. Not the best night for Thor [...]
In Los Angeles, May is gray. It's rainy with few moments of bright sun shining through. So it was for the Mets across the continent, as the team went 13-15 and slipped into second-place in the National League East. But there is hope that things will turn around soon. Below are five such reasons. [...]
In January, if any Mets fan was approached and told that the Mets would be tied with the Nationals for two months and one day, they’d ask where to sign. To say the least, the Mets have had an interesting ride to a 29-23 record. It has been propelled by an 11-game losing streak, countless [...]
Jacob deGrom flirts briefly with a perfect game and finishes with eight shutout innings.
Ruben Tejada did his best to play the hero on Saturday, but had to settle for that honor on Sunday, as he drove in Juan Lagares from second base in the bottom of the seventh inning to put the Mets ahead for good, in what turned out to be a back and forth affair. The [...]
The Mets scored five runs on Saturday, which is usually a very good thing. They came into the game 17-1 when they tallied five or more runs in a game this year. Make that 17-2 as after battling back from a four-run deficit, the offense could do no more and the bullpen allowed four runs. [...]
The Marlins pulled away in the seventh inning against Hansel Robles and continued to tack on runs in the ninth inning against Alex Torres to win the game 9-5. Jon Niese's rough stretch continued, as he went four innings, and let up five runs (four earned). Many of his pitches were out over the plate, [...]
The title of this piece seems beyond obvious, right? However, one of the more popular current Mets topics concerns the importance of their performances against teams at or above .500 and against teams below it. Specifically, the discussion centers around whether or not it is realistically possible for the team to make the postseason by [...]
Notice the title and that it’s not “In defense of Daniel Murphy’s defense”. One would be hardpressed to write a column carrying that title. I suppose I am fonder of Murphy than most of you are and certainly more than the Twitter uses who light that place up any time Murph pulls a Murph on [...]
The Marlins came in having lost 14 of their last 17 games but defeated Matt Harvey and the Mets, 4-3, Friday night. Harvey came out with no-hit stuff, striking out six of the first nine batters he faced in three perfect innings. But a bunt, a SB, a walk and one bad pitch and it [...]