Now this is how they drew it up. The Mets got wondrous pitching from Jacob deGrom and offense from a lot of guys not named Jay Bruce to give the Yankees a thorough 7-1 spanking. deGrom scuffled a bit in the first two innings, stranding two runners in each. The Mets had a hard time [...]
Lost amidst the flurry of deadlines deals in general, and the Jay Bruce trade specifically, the Mets and Pirates conducted a swap of disappointing lefties, with the Mets giving up Antonio Bastardo for Jon Niese. FanGraphs listed a summary of 25 deadline deals and this one didn’t make the cut. Yet could it be a [...]