This is the second of a two-part series looking at the team's top prospects. Here is Part I It’s the halfway point in the season and the Mets are relevant in the NL East. Normally most fans would be far more concerned with the prospects at this point, but it’s nice to have these guys [...]
Friday night Terry Collins used both Josh Edgin and Ramon Ramirez for 1.1 innings each. Saturday afternoon the Mets used only Edgin. New York used five relievers, including three different pitchers in the decisive eighth inning. Yet Ramirez was not one of them, the bullpen imploded and the Mets lost a toss-up game they really [...]
RA Dickey looks to get the Mets back on track in today's 4:05 start bjoura July 14, 2012 - 5:05 pm START 7/14 CHATTER Brian Joura July 14, 2012 - 5:06 pm All kinds of trouble accessing the site today Brian Joura July 14, 2012 - 5:06 pm Taking posts awhile to show up - [...]
This is the first of a two-part series looking at the team's top prospects. Here is Part II Pitchers: Matt Harvey – He didn’t make the team out of Spring Training and that proved to be a wise move. Harvey struggled in the early goings of 2012 as he landed in AAA for the first [...]
The Mets had an inauspicious beginning to their second half, as they fell to the Atlanta Braves 7-5 on Friday night in a key six-game road series in which they will play three in Atlanta and three in Washington. With both of those teams ahead of the Mets in the NL East standings, this stretch [...]
What better day to chatter than Friday the 13th when the Mets visit the house of horrors knows as Turner Field? Game time is 7:35 with the scheduled starters being Chris Young and Tim Hudson. Brian Joura July 13, 2012 - 4:37 pm START 7/13 CHATTER Steve Basile July 13, 2012 - 7:25 pm Mazzoni [...]
In his last 10 games, Dillon Gee had a 3.11 ERA and a 3.0 K/BB ratio. In short, he was pitching great and giving the Mets a chance to win nearly every time out, as he had eight Quality Starts in that stretch. Now, with the horrible news about a blood clot, the Mets are [...]
Welcome to the second edition of HYPE Files! As a reminder, these HYPE Files will be a weekly guide to: 1. Shine light on prospects not getting their due respect and 2. Extinguish the hype on some prospects that will probably end up being mentioned in the same breath as Lastings Milledge and Yusmeiro Petit. [...]
It’s late summer, the last week of July. It’s mad hot outside. A fella gets out of bed to go to work. He’s got a slight grabbing pain in his lower back. “I must’ve slept funny,” he says to himself. After showering and getting dressed, the fella finds himself a little short of breath. “I [...]
Well here we are. At the midway point of the season, our beloved New York Mets are exceeding expectations and are currently six games over .500 and in contention for the playoffs. For the Mets to be where they are at this point, a lot has gone right so far with many players unexpectedly chipping [...]
I’m playing the Devil’s Advocate and exploring a line of thinking that doesn’t necessarily gel with what I want the Mets to do or think they’ll do. Instead, let’s see if there is any sense in the Mets looking at 2012 as a rebuilding and retooling year. Now… the Mets can and should still look [...]
2012 BOWMAN BLUE WAVE RED REFRACTOR BRANDON BROWN This prismatic 2012 Bowman Blue Wave red refractor of Mets' non-prospect Brandon Brown is effing brilliant. How brilliant, you ask? This card discovered the Higgs boson like a year ago. This card knew who Keyzer Soze was 10 minutes into The Usual Suspects. This card reads Ulysses [...]