Mets' fill-in closer Jose Valverde has been awful over his last three appearances. During that span of just three innings, he's given up 8 runs (5 earned) on six hits. Four of those hits were home runs. It's almost like he's no longer a viable, high-leverage closer. Who would've thought it? Except for the Tigers, [...]
On Opening Day, the Mets had big free agent acquisition Curtis Granderson hit cleanup. He started his Mets career 0-for-5 with three strikeouts. And it hasn’t gotten much better since. Last night, Granderson heard Mets’ fans boo him, as he twice came up empty with multiple runners on base in the late innings. With runners [...]