The night started so well as Noah Syndergaard was throwing gas to start the game, and struck out nine as he looked to out pitch Zach Greinke. Then Yoenis Cespedes and Michael Conforto slugged home runs over the right field wall in the second inning, and things looked to be repeating from the night before. [...]
Terry Collins stayed true to his word, mostly, and ran his best players out there last night rather than one of his all righty lineups against lefty Clayton Kershaw. It worked. Kershaw gave up four hits, all of them to left-handed hitters, including a solo homerun to Daniel Murphy. There was some concern that Collins [...]
This is being written before the first pitch has been thrown by Clayton Kershaw on Friday night. Were the Mets to win that game then the home field advantage swings back to them in a big way. By the time you read this the Mets could be up 1-0 in games or in a big [...]
"I'd like to thank everyone who made this day necessary." -- Yogi Berra This day was extremely necessary. A win tonight guarantees -- at worst -- a split in Los Angeles, which is exactly what the Mets want. The Mets took the crucial first game of the 2015 National League Division Series with a tried [...]
The L.A. Dodgers have won the NL West for the third straight season because they have two of the best starting pitchers in baseball. Three-time Cy Young award winner Clayton Kershaw and 2015 Cy Young favorite Zack Greinke form the top 1-2 punch in the majors. Kershaw led the league in strikeouts, while Grienke led [...]
Matt Harvey was late for a workout on Tuesday. That’s what happened. Harvey is 26 years old. Your intrepid columnist has hit the half-century mark, age-wise and has followed the game of baseball for all but seven years of that time, seeing pretty much all there is to see as a fan. He’s also not [...]
With Juan Uribe still being hampered by his chest injury, news has come out that Kirk Nieuwenhuis will be on the roster for the NLDS. It stinks not having Uribe available. But for anyone who appreciates guys who bust their tail and maximize their talent, seeing Nieuwenhuis getting a chance to participate in the playoffs [...]
Recently, I asked the writers at the site - Patrick Albanesius, David Groveman, Charlie Hangley, Mike Koehler, Dan Kolton, Julian McCarthy, Matt Netter, James Newman, Doug Parker, Rob Rogan and Larry Smith - to answer a few questions about the 2015 Mets. Here are the results: 1. What was your favorite moment of the 2015 [...]
2015 TOPPS HERITAGE DANNY MUNO It's October 7, and normally this is when I'd be killing time thinking about Danny Muno. “Danny Muno?” I'd say, “Wasn't he the main character in Grease?” Or I might note how my anagrammatic brain and my former-physics-copy-editor brain conspire to make me see his name as “Danny Muon” at [...]
What a season! As Matt Williams and the Washington Nationals look bleakly toward the future, the Mets have never been so positive. Through all the twists and turns, from the 90-win prediction of Alderson in 2014 to the innings-limit conundrum from Harvey, this has been a magical season. The Mets have a ton of work [...]