Here we sit, waiting on the next to last game of the season, or perhaps the last game of the season. Should the Mets win one of the two games played today, they will make the 2024 Postseason. Should they win both games, they will sweep the Atlanta Braves out of the post-season. On the [...]
There’s nothing like a three-game losing streak at the end of the season with the playoffs on the line to make one start questioning everything and turn oneself into a philosopher. If you were to tag my personal philosophy, Existentialism would be as good of a label as any. Wikipedia describes Existentialism thusly: Existentialism is [...]
As the Mets circle the drain at the wire to end yet another season, the drafts of various postmortems are inevitably being written as you read these very postmortem-like words. One of the topics will concern the Mets’ offense, which as of this writing remains in the top ten in baseball with a wRC+ of [...]
In recent years, no one has owned the Mets quite like the Brewers. Just since the start of 2023, Milwaukee holds a 9-1 edge in the head-to-head matchups between the two clubs. The idea that the Mets could sweep a road series against the Brewers is preposterous. Now, some will say that with the Brewers [...]
For years, I’ve been complaining about how lucky the Braves are, how they get great performances from players who have no business delivering them. There are many examples throughout the years but the one that stands out is Adeiny Hechavarria. In a nine-year career in the majors, Hechavarria had 3,288 PA and a 76 OPS+. [...]
When it comes to pitching, one thing that’s not often discussed is – How are you going to try to win the game? Sunday’s tilt with the Phillies shows the different ways that managers can approach this issue. With the game tied, 1-1, Carlos Mendoza yanked Tylor Megill after four innings, saying he was going [...]
The Mets have been a different team since June, having gone 62-36 since 6/1. Yet, somehow, they play worse on Sundays than they did the first two months of the year. Here's the breakdown: 6/2 - Loss, 5-4 6/9 - Win, 6-5 6/16 - Win, 11-6 6/23 - Win, 5-2 6/30 - Loss, 10-5 7/7 [...]
It’s been a challenge for Carlos Mendoza to find playing time for all of his outfielders, one made even more difficult by the fact that many of the contenders are swinging the bat well here recently. In the past two games, the Mets scored 20 runs. Here’s how the club’s outfielders did in this tiny [...]
Coming into the 2023 season, the Mets had some highly rated prospects who unfortunately were incomplete players. Known for their hitting ability, there were serious concerns about the ability of each to adequately field a position. Their names were Brett Baty, Mark Vientos and Franciso Alvarez. Baty, who reportedly spent an enormous amount of time [...]
Sometimes prospects arrive with great fanfare and after a long time of fanbases pleading with their team to call the player up. Other times, necessity forces a team’s hand to call up a heralded prospect. The matter of the Mets calling up Luisangel Acuna from Triple-A Syracuse to make his Major League debut over the [...]
The Mets have used 27 different relievers this year, down three from the 30 they used a season ago. It would be nice if they could cut that number even more in the years ahead. But, a huge number of relievers is simply par for the course these days. Some of it is due to [...]
After three contests where the Mets totaled just one extra-base hit, it’s been nice to see the power return to the lineup the past two games. On Wednesday, the team notched a double and two home runs – all in the ninth inning – and Friday it was two doubles and four homers. In the [...]