Monday night's performance was fairly typical for Zach Wheeler this year. He pitched a fairly short outing of 6.1 innings because of high pitch counts, accounting for 113 pitches thrown, five walks, four strikeouts, and one earned run. On a better team, that could have easily led to a win, but Wheeler plays for the [...]
The Mets' glory days of the 1980's seem even further away this afternoon, with news of the passing of former GM Frank Cashen. Cashen arrived in New York in the winter of 1980, at the behest of new owners Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon. He took on the daunting task of reinvigorating this moribund franchise, [...]
Last night in Pittsburgh a beautiful thing happened. Jon Niese, though a bit erratic at times, pitched effectively through six innings and handed a lead to a Mets bullpen that sealed the win. A win is always great, but what made this one special was how it was closed out and what it portends. The [...]
Jon Niese had a bare minimum Quality Start on Saturday but with the Mets offense delivering five runs early it was enough, with help from the bullpen, to pick up his fifth win of the season. It’s just another data point for those who want to “Kill the Win.” Earlier this year, Niese had a [...]
In 2012 the New York Daily News reported, when asked about the state of the Mets’ outfield, Sandy Alderson replied, “Outfield? What outfield? We’re probably gonna have to bring the fences in another 150 feet!” This comment was made after the 2012 season, where the outfield was Jason Bay, Lucas Duda, Scott Hairston, and Andres [...]
The trade deadline is moving slowly towards the Mets and it’s safe to say that some things can be claimed as definitive: The pitching staff is fine. Bartolo Colon has provided a nice veteran complement to the young pitching that is making its way either through the system or around the pitfalls and land mines [...]
Mets fans can be baffling. One of the more prominent practices of the Flushing faithful lately has been tossing around various trade proposals to improve the team. Many of these hypothetical rants and narratives can be found on Twitter as well as numerous local publications and blogs. Daniel Murphy, the NL hits leader, is currently [...]
Sometimes, we Met fans react too quickly. Curtis Granderson was the big-ticket signing of Sandy Alderson’ 2014 off-season – the puzzling contract of Chris Young notwithstanding. Given the Wilpons’ recent track record and Alderson’s stated preference to avoid giving out contracts longer than three years, Granderson’s four-year, $60 million contract came as more than a [...]
Wednesday night’s homer was just the latest piece of good news for Lucas Duda in his month-long hot streak. In his last 27 games, Duda has a .291/.410/.628 line, good for a 1.038 OPS. Perhaps the most interesting thing of all is that while this is outstanding production, it’s been compiled with just a .306 [...]
Last night, Travis d’Arnaud made his return to the Mets after a two week stint in Triple A Las Vegas. And he made his return with a bang. In his second at-bat of the evening d’Arnaud launched a hanging change-up from A’s pitcher Scott Kazmir into the left-field seats. It was a huge hit for [...]
Tonight, the New York Mets and the Oakland Athletics play game two of a two game series at Citi Field. Last night when former Athletic Bartolo Colon pitched against former Met Scott Kazmir, the Mets beat the A’s 10-1. Tonight, the Mets will look too sweep the series against the A’s, and will send Zack [...]
As June comes to a close and the games start to matter, there is a question that lurks in the back of every front office: are we buyers or sellers? For some teams this question is easily answered. A team such as the Milwaukee Brewers or the Oakland A’s are already decided as buyers while [...]