Well, if anything was proven this past weekend, it’s that the talent gap between the two New York teams is as wide as ever. While it’s been a fun year so far in Met land, it has become clear that they can’t quite compete with their neighbors to the north. If someone told you Johan [...]
So far in 2012, National League starting pitchers have a 3.98 ERA. Dillon Gee has a 4.42 ERA, almost exactly identical to last year’s 4.43 mark. Coming into the season, I thought Gee was the weak link in the rotation and someone from whom the Mets needed to upgrade. But despite the similarities in results [...]
In an effort to make me cringe, the Mets have decided that the best move for the team is to shift a promising front-line starter prospect, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, into the bullpen. I’m getting ahead of myself here. Let us review the facts. The Mets signed Mejia as an Amateur Free [...]
Before the season the Mets had some substantial concerns: David Wright – Could he be the star he used to be? Ruben Tejada – Could he replace Jose Reyes and could the Mets survive the loss? Lucas Duda – Could he handle right field? Jason Bay – Would he ever hit as a Met? Daniel [...]
It was a weekend to forget for most on the Mets and Bobby Parnell is among those who would like to erase the games from both his memory and his stat line. Parnell pitched in the last two games of the series and gave up runs in both outings. His line for the two games: [...]
Since moving into a tie for first place on June 3rd, the Mets have dropped five of their last six games. Before you start thinking it is a “June Swoon” recall that they have played the Cardinals, Nationals and Yankees in this stretch, three teams with a combined 98-77 (.560) record. It is disappointing, but [...]
I’m not sure if Mets skipper Terry Collins is being blackmailed, was cursed, is being creative or suffered a brain cell massacre, but his once overachieving team has just one win in their last five games and his questionable moves aren’t helping. At the forefront is Collins continued use of Jordany Valdespin when the spotlight [...]
Dahhhhh Yankees win! Ugh, unfortunately the Yankees did win last night . If you’re familiar with the grandiose stylings of Yankees’ radio play-by-play man John Sterling, you know how much he has a flair for the dramatic. While the Mets certainly don’t have the history or the cache of the Yankees’ franchise, we should take [...]
Tim Byrdak has appeared in an MLB-high 33 games this year. Amazingly, 18 of those appearances have been for a single batter. We can debate the wisdom of carrying a pitcher for such an incredibly limited role. What is crystal clear is how efficient Byrdak has been in those one-batter outings and how horrible he [...]
By the time you read this, the Mets will be taking on the Washington Nationals on getaway day (6/7). For me, the Mets can’t get away quick enough. This dispiriting series has been filled with mopey, dopey play and hard-fought comebacks in spite of themselves. This set in DC has reminded me of nothing less [...]
In just about a month’s time (July 10 in Kansas City) the mid-summer night classic-better known as the MLB All-Star game-will commence, bringing both great fanfare and controversy along the way. Despite your feelings about the game itself, it is always an honor to be selected for the annual event. As fans of the game, [...]
The Mets picked SS Gavin Cecchini in the first round, as correctly forecasted by MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo. Cecchini becomes the first shortstop selected by the Mets in the first round since they grabbed the immortal Ryan Jaroncyk in 1995. It’s easy to poke fun at first-round draft picks that didn’t make it but recent history [...]