How on earth is this beat up team In a playoff chase? Didn't the wheels come off? The stark truth is that the tires blew out a long time ago, but we're still driving along on rims, sparks flying all over. 2016 has been a snake-bitten season, much like 2009 only replace Fernando Tatis with [...]
The Mets broke a three-game losing streak in most unusual fashion, scoring two runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie it and then scoring three runs in the bottom of the 11th to win it, 9-8, Thursday night. Jose Reyes crushed a two-run homer to send it to extra innings and Asdrubal Cabrera [...]
Poor Jay Bruce. The guy was an All-Star this year, comes to the Mets and now couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat. No one doubts that he’s trying. Yet it’s undeniable that he’s been lousy since arriving and he’s even turned it up a notch here lately. In his last 12 [...]
Strange ball games can be fun, but not when you come out on the losing end. Things started off great. Asdrubal Cabrera got us off to an early lead with a two run-home run in the first inning and Rene Rivera added a solo shot in the fifth to give us a 3-0 lead that [...]
Quick quiz: what do Dean Anna, Brennan Boesch, and Jose Martinez have in common? Answer: Before T.J. Rivera who did it this year these were the players who won the Pacific Coast League’s batting title in 2013, 2014, and 2015 respectively. SeasonPlayerTeamAVG 2013AnnaTucson.331 2014BoeschSalt Lake City.332 2015MartinezOmaha.384 2016RiveraLas Vegas.353 2016Brandon NimmoLas Vegas.352 And since none [...]
The Mets fell behind 5-1, rallied to put the tying run on third base in the eighth inning, but came up just short, as they lost their second straight game to the Braves, this one by a 5-4 score Tuesday night. Things fell apart in the sixth and seventh innings. The Braves strung together some [...]
The Mets have gotten fantastic production from their rookie pitchers this year and the tendency is to lump them in together, especially Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo. It seems to me that Lugo has received more publicity, so the focus today will be on Gsellman. The man with the funny name and the facial look [...]
You can't win 'em all. Noah Syndergaard came up empty in one of his worst performances of the year, surrendering five earned runs on eight hits and three walks. He couldn't finish the fourth inning. Meanwhile the Mets couldn't do much against the struggling Aaron Blair, save a two-run home run from TJ Rivera. It [...]