Over this past week, the Mets announced that they promoted their 2014 first round draft pick Michael Conforto to Double-A Binghamton. This move could be considered aggressive, as he was hitting .283 with a .350 OBP in only 46 games at Single-A St. Lucie. The power was on display, as Conforto hit seven homers and [...]
Ruben Tejada did his best to play the hero on Saturday, but had to settle for that honor on Sunday, as he drove in Juan Lagares from second base in the bottom of the seventh inning to put the Mets ahead for good, in what turned out to be a back and forth affair. The [...]
The Mets scored five runs on Saturday, which is usually a very good thing. They came into the game 17-1 when they tallied five or more runs in a game this year. Make that 17-2 as after battling back from a four-run deficit, the offense could do no more and the bullpen allowed four runs. [...]
The Marlins pulled away in the seventh inning against Hansel Robles and continued to tack on runs in the ninth inning against Alex Torres to win the game 9-5. Jon Niese's rough stretch continued, as he went four innings, and let up five runs (four earned). Many of his pitches were out over the plate, [...]
The title of this piece seems beyond obvious, right? However, one of the more popular current Mets topics concerns the importance of their performances against teams at or above .500 and against teams below it. Specifically, the discussion centers around whether or not it is realistically possible for the team to make the postseason by [...]
Notice the title and that it’s not “In defense of Daniel Murphy’s defense”. One would be hardpressed to write a column carrying that title. I suppose I am fonder of Murphy than most of you are and certainly more than the Twitter uses who light that place up any time Murph pulls a Murph on [...]
The Marlins came in having lost 14 of their last 17 games but defeated Matt Harvey and the Mets, 4-3, Friday night. Harvey came out with no-hit stuff, striking out six of the first nine batters he faced in three perfect innings. But a bunt, a SB, a walk and one bad pitch and it [...]
Reinforcements are on the way, and just in time. June is a critical month in a baseball season. With the exception of the three or four best and worst teams – categories the Mets do not fit into – most teams are hovering too close to .500 to determine if they’ll be contenders or pretenders, [...]
After a slow start to the season in the power department, Mets hitting coach Kevin Long said that he wasn't worried, and the home runs would come. And come they have. Over the past seven days, Mets hitters have clobbered 10 home runs, tied for fifth-most in baseball in that time. Lucas Duda has five [...]