To quote the Bubble Boy from Seinfeld: "How ya doing over there? Not too good!" This game was really about one thing, Jon Niese and his recent inability to limit damage. In his last 11.1 innings he's allowed 14 runs, all but two of them were earned. I guess the bright side is that he's only [...]
In his last 10 games, Curtis Granderson is hitting .303/.395/.576 with three home runs and five runs scored. While his average hasn’t been stellar for most of the season, he’s been getting on base at a very good rate all year. So it’s not like this recent surge is masking an otherwise putrid campaign from [...]
The Mets won their third straight game, this time over the St. Louis Cardinals behind strong pitching from their ace Matt Harvey. Lucas Duda came through with an RBI single in the fourth inning to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. Jeurys Familia came into the game to try to get the save in the [...]
Mets fans entered the 2015 season hoping this year would be 1984, the year the team went under .500 to 90 wins. At the very least we were hoping it would be 2005, the year we went from 20 games under .500 to four games above the break-even mark. But none of us considered the [...]
I have been writing about Travis Taijeron, on and off, since 2011. Taijeron, a former catcher, was drafted by the Mets to be a power-hitting corner outfielder. Over his minor league career he’s managed an .878 OPS with a robust .510 SLG. His power is a legitimate threat and so is his preponderance of strikeouts. [...]
Syndergaard: 6 IP, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 Ks
Erik Goeddel made his major league debut last year and while he pitched well in his cup of coffee he didn’t exactly overwhelm people. It looked like he threw hard but his secondary pitchers were nothing to get excited about. Goeddel pitched well in Spring Training and with the combination of injuries and the decision [...]
Oh what a difference a day makes! It was still a bit more of the Mets signature style though: all or nothing. And we certainly got all of it today. A huge 10-run fourth inning sealed the game early on, highlighted by a Wilmer Flores grand slam, the first for the team this year. And [...]