There has been a lot of unrest by the fans towards Zack Wheeler so far here in 2014. Wheeler had the misfortune of being the Mets’ top prospect to follow directly after Matt Harvey and inevitably his production gets compared to Harvey’s and comes up short. Of course, even in a vacuum, Wheeler’s 4.31 ERA [...]
Prior to this season, many people were high on Juan Lagares. They loved his defense and saw his bat improving in his sophomore campaign through the majors. All I could see was a fourth outfielder with a great glove whose bat would see him replaced by June. It’s time to admit that I was wrong. [...]
“It ain’t over, till its over” — Yogi Berra Yogi Berra recently celebrated his birthday. He was born on May 12, 1925. Yogi Berra was an important Met. He played for them, he coached them and he managed them. Maybe he didn't win a World Championship as their manager and maybe the team almost ran [...]
Not a lot has gone right for the Mets this season, but if there has been one constant bright spot, it has been the pitching of Jon Niese. To be fair, Dillon Gee would get props here as well, but he unfortunately had to go on the disabled list for a short stretch (and he [...]
Let’s not sugar coat it, the Mets offense needs a jolt. Going into to tonight’s game against Arizona, the Mets rank 14th in the National League in BA (.234) and SLG (.351). In the “friendly” confines of Citi Field, it only gets worse as they are hitting .213 and .325 in the same categories. This [...]
Entering Thursday, the Mets were almost exactly league average in runs scored, with their 4.00 runs per game mark just one hundredth of a run below the NL average. Of course, someone watching the last seven games could be forgiven for thinking the offense was terrible. In a 10-game stretch at the beginning of the [...]
After losing yet again last night, falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3, the Mets find themselves once again in last place. After a decent start to the season, they were 15-11 on April 29, the Mets have lost 14 of their last 19 games and are now five games under .500, while occupying the [...]
With each new season comes similar storylines for some of the Mets players. One of those players is Mets captain and superstar David Wright. On last night’s telecast, SNY’s Keith Hernandez made mention of a problem that has contributed to long stretches of issues for Wright. That problem is Wright’s tendency to make his swing [...]