With the minor league season over, we start to review the future. For the next four weeks I will be reviewing some of my predictions regarding which of the Met prospects will play at which level. This first week will focus on some of the players who I think will be headed to the Columbia [...]
The Mets rested many of their veterans after winning the first two games of the series and it paid off, as they emerged with a 3-2 win and a sweep of the Twins Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. The Mets looked primed to blow the game wide open in the first inning, as their first [...]
Back in the first decade of the 21st Century, much was made of the multi-culturalism of the Mets. Sports Illustrated ran a cover story in 2007 titled: “Mix Master: The Unlikely Story of How Omar Minaya Created the Melting-Pot Mets.” Flash forward to 2016 and you don’t hear a peep about that sort of thing. [...]
The Mets defeated the Twins tonight at Citi Field 3-2 in extras. It was a slog of a game, taking four hours and 15 minutes to complete. Seth Lugo started for the Mets and was effective if not great. He only lasted 5 innings and had trouble with walks, giving Twins hitters four free passes [...]
With the Mets' win last night and the Giants beating the Cardinals, the Mets now stand two full games up on St. Louis for the second Wild Card spot in the National League. It wasn't too long ago that many were ready to leave them for dead in the race. You've all seen the numbers [...]
We're counting our chickens with a hatchet here!
The Mets defeated the Twins tonight at Citi Field 3-0 to open up the series. The win puts them at 78-69, matching their season-high nine games over .500. A Giants loss tonight to the Cardinals would move the Mets into a tie with them for the first wild card spot Bartolo Colon continued his inexplicable [...]