Giving a grade to every Mets hitter on the roster

Through the first quarter of the season, there have been surprises and disappointments across the league. From the .406 hitter in Gordon and the one walk from Colon to the .143 batting average from Chase Utley and 5.76 ERA from R.A. Dickey, this season has proved to be interesting thus far. However the biggest surprise [...]

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Gut Reaction: Cardinals 10, Mets 2 (5/19/15)

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 [...]

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Laying off Curtis Granderson and laying on the Noah Syndergaard

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 [...]

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