Conventional wisdom coming into the 2011 season was that Daniel Murphy could hit a little but fielding problems would prevent him from ever being a big contributor to a major league team. Now at the beginning of July, injuries have made Murphy the team’s cleanup hitter and no one is disappointed when he comes to [...]
The Mets have had great success this year with an unheralded righty who uses a deep repertoire of pitches to make up for an average fastball with Dillon Gee. They may have another such pitcher with Triple-A All-Star Chris Schwinden, who is 5-3 with a 2.87 ERA for the Buffalo Bisons this season. In his [...]
Coming into the 2011 season, the Mets were counting on Bobby Parnell to be their 8th inning reliever, the main bridge to closer Francisco Rodriguez. But Parnell was terrible and soon found his way on the DL. Even after he was healthy, Parnell spent extra time in Buffalo trying to get back on track. Since [...]
When is Johan Santana getting back anyway? The maddeningly inconsistent Mike Pelfrey was the perfect buzzkill to the Mets’ recent mini surge, when on Thursday he put up yet another stinker. Sure, Pelfrey was opposed by one of the hottest pitchers in baseball in Justin Verlander and the Mets only scored two runs on him. [...]
I usually am the first Mets fan to start shouting “Ya Gotta Believe” until the Mets are officially out of contention. Unfortunately, this year this team has actually driven me to the point of “Yeah whatever”. Even despite the recent wins against the Detroit Tigers by two touchdowns, I am just taking it one game [...]