Tonight we saw former Met and Cy Young recipient R.A. Dickey take the mound against Bartolo Colon. Ever since Dickey was traded, he has not been able to duplicate his 2012 award-winning campaign. It was nice (and sometimes painful) to see Dickey pitch against the Mets, however it was unfortunate that the Mets could not muster [...]
At the risk of sounding facile and trite, the New York Mets have been…well…amazin’ so far this season. In a season that’s 74 days old as this is written, they’ve been in first place 49 of them. Anyone who thought that would happen before the season started, raise your hand and be called a liar. [...]
In his career, Niese has thrown 179 innings to d’Arnaud, nearly a full season. His performance with d’Arnaud as his battery mate has been significantly better than without. With d’Arnaud, he has a 3.22 ERA and a 3.05 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Without d’Arnaud, his ERA rises to 4.04 and the strikeout-to-walk ratio drops to 2.59. The [...]
There has been a change in the outfield of the New York Mets recently. His name is Darrell Ceciliani. When he was called up in May, many fans either had forgotten about him entirely or never even heard of him. That has since changed. He was supposed to simply take on the role of lefty [...]