Disclaimer, this article was written before Sunday’s game. When discussing pure power, Lucas Duda measures toe to toe with some of the elite hitters in the game. His two home runs so far this season have traveled 369 ft and 436 ft, and his average home run traveled over 403 ft last year, well above [...]
Daniel Murphy's 3-run homer in the top of the 9th gave the Mets a most improbable and much needed win in the series opener in Miami. The Mets arrived in Florida at 4:30 AM and the offense showed it. Through 8 innings, the New Yorkers could only muster 2 hits, a 2 out single by [...]
It's often been said that it's a good kind of problem to have when as a baseball team you have a surplus of high end talent at one position. I tend to agree with that statement in most cases because usually there are workable ways to trade your surplus to fill an area of need [...]
The Yankees took the rubber match of the series with a 6-4 win Sunday night. With the loss, the Mets' record drops to 14-5. Jon Niese didn't pitch great but it might have been better than it looked. He had a 73.7 GB% and the defense had four errors behind him. For the outing he [...]
Jon Niese goes to the mound tonight as the Mets look to take the rubber game of the road series against the Yankees. Niese has had pretty good success versus the Yankees in his career, with a 2.05 ERA and 5 BB and 22 Ks in 26.1 IP. He’s also 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA [...]
In the very beginning of this 2015 season, the New York Mets are playing great, as their 14-4 record is the best in Major League Baseball. Granted their schedule has consisted of terrible teams that include the Atlanta Brave and Philadelphia Phillies, but a win is a win, and the Mets are dominating poor competition. [...]
One of the bigger questions heading into the 2015 season was how much production the Mets could realistically expect from their aging corner outfielders Curtis Granderson and Michael Cuddyer. The Mets signed Granderson in the winter of 2013 to what remains the largest free-agent contract during Sandy Alderson's time as the team's General Manager. The [...]
Now that's more like it! The Mets came storming back from an unpleasant visit to the Bronx last night. This time the Mets offense was on display, as they hit three home runs and tallied a dozen hits. Kevin Plawecki had a nice offensive game by driving in the first three runs of his career, [...]
Many years ago there was a scandal at some parimutuel race tracks. It seems the scammers had worked out a method of getting their bets in just a couple of seconds after the gates flew open and the horses started down the track. Now that would not seem on the face of it to be [...]
The Mets couldn't make it a franchise-best 12-game winning streak on Friday versus the aged Yankees. It wasn't just a bad loss, it was fairly embarrassing. The Mets had not just winning momentum on their side, but city momentum as well. The Yankees, while still a fragile team, have been producing the third-best run total [...]
There are a lot of new stats available to the public now. One of these is batted ball velocity, which allows us to quantify which players hit the ball the hardest. Nelson Cruz has the hardest-hit ball this year, with a speed of 119 mph, followed closely by Mike Trout (118) and Carlos Gonzalez and [...]
Coming off a remarkable 10-game home stand sweep and 11-game winning streak, the red hot Mets boast the best record in baseball as they head to crosstown Yankee Stadium for a three-game Subway Series. Their improbable hot streak has them sitting at 13-3, in first place in the NL East by 4.5 games. If they [...]