Many people expected the Mets to struggle in this 13-game stretch against the Dodgers and Giants. It wasn’t an outrageous forecast, given how those were two of the top three teams in the National League and how the Mets were playing their worst ball of the season. And the pessimists were 100% correct, as so [...]
Last night’s loss was crushing. In a way, it's 21st Century baseball in a nutshell. The starting pitcher was cruising but because he was approaching the 100-pitch boogeyman, he was removed from the game. Tylor Megill had pitched six shutout innings and his pitch count stood at 93. His spot in the order was due [...]
In Saturday’s game against the Yankees, Pete Alonso was aggressive right from the first pitch. He came to the plate five times and swung at the first pitch each time up. Since he went 0-4 with a strikeout, it was fair to wonder if he was being too aggressive. But the numbers certainly make it [...]
Jacob deGrom has left early in both of his last two starts, leading the armchair doctors to speculate that it’s all because of the effort/velocity which he throws his pitches. Never mind that deGrom himself has said that swinging the bat is what has caused him the most trouble. Never mind that that neither one [...]
In Saturday night’s nationally televised game, one of the announcers made a comment that – speculating – was meant as a put down but is actually something worth discussing in more detail. He said that today’s game has essentially turned every hitter into Dave Kingman. Lifetime, Kingman had a .236 AVG and a .302 OBP [...]
The Mets desperately needed to add starting pitching in the offseason. They extended the QO to Marcus Stroman and he accepted. They traded for Carlos Carrasco and Joey Lucchesi. But everyone expected the Mets to grab a free agent pitcher from another team and throughout the offseason, they were linked to just about anyone with [...]
The Mets – or perhaps more accurately Mets fans – spent a lot of the offseason chasing someone to come in and play center field. At one point, it seemed like a done deal that they were going to sign George Springer. And then after Springer went to Toronto, many fans and online writers were [...]
Just how good was Jacob deGrom’s start yesterday? In case you missed it somehow, deGrom had the following line – 8 IP, 1 ER, 0 BB, 14 Ks. That’s an outstanding line for anyone and it seems an incredible one to end up in a loss. Back in the 1980s, Bill James came up with [...]
Dominic Smith spent the offseason trying to improve his speed and agility. Taijuan Walker changed everything about his cutter to get more depth and a little bit of cut on the pitch. J.D. Davis is working with Francisco Lindor to improve his throws to first base. For sure, one of the rites of spring are [...]
With Steve Cohen and his billions replacing the Wilpons and their Ponzi schemes, a lot has changed around the Mets the last few months. There’s being attached to every major free agent available, there’s blockbuster deals and there’s the beefing up of off field departments. Those are all great. But one thing that’s changed and [...]
There are a lot of contenders for “Best Surprise of 2020” for the Mets. There’re the offensive explosions by Michael Conforto and Dominic Smith, the overall exciting play of Andres Gimenez and the return to form by Edwin Diaz. But all of those seem to be vying for second place behind the unexpected performance of [...]
David Peterson opened the year as a depth starter. Saturday night he allowed just 1 ER in 6 IP against the East-leading Braves to pick up his fifth win of the season, tops on the Mets. He pitched out of some trouble in the second inning, escaping without a run after starting the inning with [...]