How do you feel about David Wright and his start to the 2011 season? Are you happy because he has a .325/.378/.550 line and is on pace for his best season since 2007? Or are you worried because he’s doing this with a .407 BABIP and has a career-worst 8.9 BB% along with a career-high [...]
1981 TOPPS MARK BOMBACK During a game in the recent Mets-Phillies series, talk in the broadcast booth turned to hitters who over the years have owned the Mets. And as these discussions are wont, the topic soon shifted to Willie Stargell and his 60 career HRs against our boys. In an effort to lionize Stargell, [...]
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Opening weekend was good for Mets minor league starting pitchers. Three of the four starters on Opening Day pitched five scoreless innings apiece, including an outstanding outing by 2010 first-rounder Matt Harvey. Top prospect Jenrry Mejia tossed six scoreless innings in his AAA season debut at Buffalo, the Class AA Binghamton Mets’ first four starters [...]
The Blaine Boyer experiment, mercifully now over, sounds exactly like a story about Las Vegas I heard just a few weeks ago. My father made the trek to Sin City for business, with plenty to do. But along the way, a small group found their way to a blackjack table. An experienced card player, two [...]
"I knew I wasn't going to strike out looking," Francisco Rodriguez said of his plate appearance. "He had some good swings," Ike Davis said. "You could tell he was inexperienced at the plate, but he wasn't scared." Saturday Rodriguez had his first at-bat in his 10-year major league career. He struck out swinging. Source: New [...]
With the Mets losing their home opener to the Nationals 6-2 on Friday, the luster from their positive start is quickly eroding. After a 3-1 start, the Mets find themselves in a funk in dropping the last three games. Ever since my Pitching Report, the staff has come unhinged. Niese got rocked on Thursday. Dickey’s [...]
The 2011 season is underway and even only five games in, there are several story lines that bear monitoring from now through September – and hopefully beyond. I apply the tail end of that sentence unironically for the first time in four years: I think these Mets might have it in them to hang on [...]
A week into the season the Mets starting rotation has been a case of going one step forward and two steps back. The Mets have gotten tremendous efforts from Jonathon Niese, R.A. Dickey and Chris Young. However, their so-called ace Mike Pelfrey has turned a feel-good story into one of concern. On Wednesday night, Pelfrey [...]
1973 TOPPS HANK WEBB I was fortunate enough to catch the Mets' opening weekend, thanks to a free preview of MLB Extra Innings. Opening Night was a crystallization of much that I expect will be wrong with the Mets this year: a jaw-grindingly enigmatic showing from Pelfrey, a somnolent offensive performance. Things improved over the [...]
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The Mets and Phillies get ready to face off for the first time in 2011 when they play a three-game set in Philadelphia starting Tuesday. While Jose Reyes, David Wright, Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins all return for this year’s rivalry, both teams sport quite a different look from the squads that took the field [...]