Everybody knows. Travis d’Arnaud is off to a slow start. It has been discussed at length on the SNY broadcasts, usually every time d’Arnaud comes up to bat. Last night he was able to get into the hit column for the first time in 2014. He added another hit later on, making him 2 for [...]
In a beautiful ceremony last night, the Atlanta Braves honored the 40th anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's career home run record. In Mets lore, 2014 holds a few important anniversaries as well, including the 50th anniversary of the opening of Shea Stadium, the 10 year anniversary of David Wright's major league debut, and [...]
Over the first week of the season, the Mets bullpen has gone from a complete disaster to an average staff. Many find this a problem, and rightfully so, after seeing the 2011-2013 lose countless games because of an inexperienced bullpen- particularly in 2012. This was supposedly solved with an influx of relievers to begin Spring [...]
A week ago, Opening Day dawned 39 degrees and stinging rain. Eventually, the sun did come out and it warmed up considerably. The Mets tried to keep up, but ultimately failed. The temps then plunged again the rest of the week. Let’s face it: so far, early spring has been cold, damp and miserable. After [...]
How many of you had Ike Davis and Juan Lagares as the club’s top two offensive players? That’s where we sit after a tiny sample size of six games. The pitching is bearing the brunt of most of the criticism here in the early going but the offense should not get off so easily. The [...]
In 2012, Hansel Robles was part of one of the best rotations you could imagine in the New York Penn League. His 1.11 ERA over 12 games with 66 Ks over 72.2 IP was almost forgotten amongst the pitching of Luis Mateo, Gabriel Ynoa and Rainy Lara. Advancing to Port St. Lucie in 2013 he [...]
Early season stats are always fun. When else is Emilio Bonifacio going to be hitting .542/.577/.625? People know in general that there is no chance in heck that Bonifacio will be able to keep up that torrid pace (and that other similar streaks will come to an end as well), but Juan Lagares’ early season [...]
After three games, the starting pitchers for the Mets have a 4.82 ERA, having allowed 10 ER in 18.2 IP. While that’s still less than half the ERA of the bullpen, it’s nowhere near what many hoped from out of the group that was expected to carry the 2014 club. While it’s still weeks away [...]
According to ESPN, the 2014 Mets have struck out 53 times over their first five games of the season. That's a new team record, shattering the previous record of 44 strikeouts over their first five games in 1968. The high strikeout totals shouldn't be a surprise to Mets fans. They were tied with the Braves [...]