With the way Matt Harvey is pitching to begin his career he is drawing comparisons to some of the greatest right-handed starting pitchers of all-time. “Harvey is a modern day Roger Clemens,” said MLB analyst Mitch Williams on the MLB Network. Sports Illustrated compared Harvey to a young Dwight Gooden and White Sox manager Robin [...]
The Mets obviously have a lot of problems—pick your favorite. You can pick from the struggles of Ike Davis, Lucas Duda, Ruben Tejada, the whole mess of an outfield, the bullpen, etc. And of course, you can look at the rotation (sans Matt Harvey) for a lion’s share of the blame. I don’t need to [...]
Tuesday’s column on Wilmer Flores drew a strong reaction so I thought I would ask my friends in the blogosphere about his trade value. I asked them to respond to the following questions: Flores is 21 and playing at Triple-A, one of the four youngest full-time position players in the PCL. He also was not [...]
Wednesday’s ninth inning was remarkable, unfortunately not in a good way for the Mets. Has anyone ever seen runs score because a first baseman chose not to field a ground ball? And if that wasn’t enough, more runs scored when a broken-bat hit blooped over Ruben Tejada’s head. Three runs scored because of circumstances that [...]
Mets have scored three runs or fewer in 12 of their last 15 games. In those 12 games, their record is 3-9. Harvey started two of the three games they won and will likely need a similar effort in today's game, which starts at 1:10 PM. [chat id="78" ]
With 2013 being touted as a rebuilding year for the Mets, most fans are excited to see the debut of prospects like Travis d’Arnuad and Zack Wheeler. It is now May and the talk of these prospects is heating up. d’Arnuad is out with a broken foot and is due back soon while Wheeler just [...]
2010 TOPPS NATIONAL CHICLE TOM SEAVER If you're anything like me, you've long imagined a world in which Tom Seaver was a malevolent force of pure evil. It is a world where Jim Qualls was savagely eviscerated on July 10, 1969. A dark realm where a disemboweled Leron Lee was discovered on July 5, 1972. [...]
Niese looks for back-to-back strong outings as the Mets host the Reds at 7:10 PM. [chat id="77" ]
In Monday’s Mets Minors piece by David Groveman, there was some discussion, both in the article and the comments section, about Wilmer Flores. That’s not that unusual – he is one of the few hitting prospects in the upper levels of the minors and he’s been on Mets Top Prospect lists for half a decade [...]
Mets see if they can carry momentum over from the series win over the Cubs and take on the recently-activated Cueto at 7:10 PM. [chat id="76" ]
In honor of Matt Harvey being the regional cover boy of Sports Illustrated last week, it might be a fun trip into the TARDIS/Delorean/hot tub/time travel device of your choice…or even SI’s online archives, and chronicle Met covers through the years. We start off with March 5th, 1962 and a rather dour Casey Stengel in [...]
Daniel Murphy is on fire. Coming into Sunday’s matchup with the Cubs, Murphy was riding a 7 game hitting streak during which time he is hitting .500 (14-28) with six extra base hits, five runs scored, and four RBIs. This recent offensive explosion has brought his triple slash to .301/.337/.455. On Sunday, Terry Collins decided [...]