A terrific article by Jared Cross that should be required reading for the Mets' manager. "Managers, it appears, stack their lineups with more lefties when facing right-handed pitching but pay little attention to the projected platoon split of the pitcher. The right-handed pitchers projected to have reverse splits faced roughly as many left-handed batters as [...]
The Mets lost a tough game today, as they had the lead multiple times, but the Orioles were pesky and prevailed with a 5-4 victory. Noah Syndergaard's struggles on the road continued tonight, as he allowed eight hits, walked two in five innings. Too many base runners in a short period led to a short [...]
Michael Conforto has more than held his own in his first exposure to major league pitching. After 61 PA, he has a .751 OPS and a 112 wRC+. Compare those numbers to the .668 OPS and 89 wRC+ that big free agent signing Michael Cuddyer has produced this season. To be fair, Conforto has seen [...]
August is a little more than half way over, and the Mets have a convincing enough lead over the Washington Nationals in the National League Eastern Division to begin thinking about the post season. As any fan would expect, a lot of work and thought goes into a team’s post season, including ticket sales, promotions, [...]
After a frustrating weekend against the Pirates, the Mets had a good game tonight, as they were able to take advantage of some sloppy Orioles baseball and win the game 5-1. Jacob deGrom continues to show why he is the ace in the rotation, as he pitched 7.2 innings and only allowed one run, which [...]
There’s a pennant chase in New York and it’s actually on both sides of the city. With a 4.5-game lead on the Washington Nationals, the Mets see themselves as a realistic postseason contender while the citizens and players have a forecast of doubt over their heads. Both teams have felt the injury bug hit them [...]
Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson came over in a package deal from the Atlanta Braves for right-handed minor leaguer pitchers John Gant and Robert Whalen just before the trade deadline in July, and just about everybody liked the deal. Some had bemoaned Sandy Alderson's refusal to trade Dillon Gee for Uribe earlier in the season, [...]
Once you hit the eighth round of the draft most teams aren’t getting top value. In 2015 the catching talent was supposed to be particularly poor, so when Sandy Alderson and company selected Patrick Mazeika out of Stetson University people might have been a little confused. Not only did the Mets reach for a position [...]
Fate smiled on me Sunday. A rain delay came at the same time my son asked me to take him to the movies. So, instead of watching the last three innings, I saw Tom Cruise and the latest Mission: Impossible movie. Sometimes it seems like the Mets' bullpen is its own kind of mission impossible, [...]
Throughout the entire season, the Mets were in search of a big bat, and it seemed that nothing was going to happen until the Detroit Tigers decided to become sellers, as they would trade David Price to the Toronto Blue Jays and deal Yoenis Cespedes to the Mets. With their new outfielder on board, the [...]