Despite a mostly lousy month of June, the Mets were fresh off a road sweep of the Cincinnati Reds and were coming back home where they have flourished. Daniel Murphy was coming back to add a spark to a moribund lineup. Mets fans were feeling optimistic for a moment. Then the Chicago Cubs, a team [...]
It’s no secret that the Mets offense has been terrible for the better part of the season, and that deficiency has only been magnified over the past few weeks. In the past seven games entering play Thursday, the Mets hit .193/.278/.278 as a team, with a .249 wOBA. That’s an almost historically bad week at [...]
The New York Post, of all things, published an article yesterday, actually painting a hopeful picture for the return of David Wright later this summer. While we all know this is designed to sell newsprint more than anything, it also holds out a branch that could possibly pull the Mets out of the offensive funk [...]
A listless 6-1 loss completed a desultory 3-game sweep of the Mets at the hands of the up-and-coming Cubs. While hope was pinned on young Jacob deGrom to deliver the Mets from the doldrums, he wasn't up to the task on an overcast afternoon. deGrom surrendered four runs and seven hits in a bare five-and-a-third [...]
Few people batted an eye when the Mets sent Dilson Herrera to the minors. After all, he was riding a 3-31 streak. As we all know, that’s the worse hitting streak in the history of the world and no MLB-caliber player ever experiences anything like that or they would volunteer to go to the minors [...]
New month, same results. The Mets lessons in futility keep on truckin' and yet another quality performance from a Mets starting pitcher is absolutely wasted as the team continues its' slide toward dead last in every major offensive category. For a team with zero offense, why is it so offensive to the senses? Bartolo Colon [...]
Steven Matz made his big league debut this past weekend, and he could not have been any better. Matz is considered one of the best pitching prospects in the game, so there is no doubt that he will help the Mets in what has been a recent struggle. While his call up benefits both the [...]
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TOPPS ALL-STAR ROOKIES Since 1959, Topps has been naming an annual All-Star Rookie roster, composed generally of eight position players, a left-handed pitcher, and a right-handed pitcher. Along with a 40' yacht and a roomful of supermodels, each player named to the squad receives the All-Star rookie designation on their following year's card. Up through [...]