The train continues to pick up steam. The Mets earned their sixth straight win with a 6-4 decision over the Braves Saturday night in Atlanta. With the Mets' win and a loss by the Nationals, the magic number is down to 12. The Mets broke up a tie game with two runs in the ninth, [...]
Wilmer Flores has had an interesting season, to say the least. Heading into the 2015 campaign there were two big and related questions: how would Flores fair at shortstop and, if he was bad, would his hitting develop to the point where it didn't matter? The shortstop experiment sort of ended in late June without [...]
FanGraphs, as of Friday morning, gave the Mets a 96.9% chance of winning the NL East after the team’s sweep in Washington and series opening win in Atlanta. These are heady days for Mets fans and we are all enjoying the ride and hoping for a long run in the playoffs. It is tempting to [...]