The Mets continued their winning ways and their two year dominance over the Reds with a 5-3 win. This time they did it on the strength of a sturdy bullpen and four home runs. Yoenis Cespedes provided the big blow with a lead-changing two run-home run in the seventh inning. Curtis Granderson, Jose Reyes and Alejandro [...]
Here are some Mets or Mets-related tidbits that I've found interesting. The Mets are 12-4 in their last 16 games. That's their best stretch of 16 games this season since going 13-3 in late April. The earlier stretch was pitching dominated, as the club had a 2.80 ERA leading to the 13-3 mark. But while [...]
The Mets shut out the Reds in Cincinnati this afternoon 5-0. It was the Mets' twelfth straight victory against them, stretching back to last season. Bartolo Colon took the ball and was, as usual, inexplicably great. He went 6.0 innings while giving up no runs on six hits, one walk, and two strikeouts. He worked [...]
The Mets drafted Justin Dunn 19th overall in this year’s draft. Dunn is a 6’1” pitcher who has a 99 MPH fastball who the Mets expect to be a “Fast-Track” to the majors as a starter or high-leverage reliever. He was assigned to Brooklyn and has been pitching is steady 3.0 inning bursts since 7/23. [...]
The Mets defeated the Nationals at Citi Field tonight 5-1 and took two of three games in the series. How about that Seth Lugo? The Mets have to be thrilled with what he (and the other rookie starters) have provided to a rotation that's on the cusp of being in shambles. He struggled in the [...]
Kelly Johnson did not start last night for the Mets. That’s not a big surprise, as Johnson had started the three previous games and you can count on the fingers of one hand the times he’s done that since being acquired by the Mets and still have fingers left over. This despite the fact that [...]
The Mets evened their series with the Nationals and gained ground on the Cardinals, Marlins and likely the Pirates with a 3-1 win Saturday night at Citi Field. All it took for the Mets to beat the Nationals was a hit with RISP by Curtis Granderson and an extra-base hit by James Loney. Granderson had [...]
Just how hot has Asdrubal Cabrera been since returning from the disabled list on August 19th? He's raised his batting average 19 points to .274 over just 14 games, if that's any indication. His triple slash over those games is a ridiculous .435/.471/.913. His OPS during that stretch is 1.384 for goodness' sake. He's been [...]