Before tonight's game, I had never heard of Tyler Saladino. I now hate Tyler Saladino. What's a Tyler Saladino, you ask? He was the starting shortstop for the Chicago White Sox in tonight's game, the main villain in a most dispiriting defeat. Sporting a stylized fu Manchu moustache that dangles away from his face -- [...]
On May 30, 2015 the Mets lost their second straight game to the Marlins, this one by a 9-5 score. The Mets used 17 players in this game and 10 of them are no longer on the team and an 11th, Eric Campbell, may be gone later today. It’s a remarkable turnaround for a team [...]
Redemption! The Mets pulled off a 1-0 Memorial Day win over the White Sox on the shoulders of Matt Harvey's breakout performance. The righty, who's struggled all season, was masterful, throwing seven scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and a walk, punctuated by six strikeouts. Harvey looked fluid in his delivery and confident on the [...]
A few weeks ago Dominic Smith was starting to show some additional power and was on a real roll. It had reached the point where I began to wonder if Smith might push Lucas Duda into the trade market by season’s end. Then Duda’s back began to break down and with Eric Campbell’s presence in [...]
The Mets dropped the rubber game of their weekend series against the Dodgers 4-2 at Citi Field this evening. It was the Bartolo Colon versus Clayton Kershaw show, and it was amazingly not all that one-sided. Colon went 6 innings while giving up two earned runs and striking out three. It wasn't phenomenal, but he [...]
The Mets seemingly have their temporary 1B solution in place, having traded for minor leaguer James Loney. This is a move of which the majority of the fanbase approves. Put me in the minority. This move seems like one that Sandy Alderson would have made three years ago. A low budget, uninspiring deal which shows [...]
The Mets lost this game but for the majority of the fanbase the really revolting thing was that an umpire inserted himself into the game, overreacted and threw out Noah Syndergaard after the big Mets righty delivered a pitch behind Chase Utley. And then Utley hit two homers, including a grand slam. It's hard to [...]
When Sandy Alderson took over as Mets General Manager before the 2011 season, it was common thinking that the farm system was in shambles. It was, for the most part, at least in terms of both high-end talent and depth. That's not to say that Omar Minaya didn't leave the team with some gems, however. [...]