The 2016 season came to a close in a stunning fashion, as Jeurys Familia surrendered a three-run homer in the ninth inning to break up a scoreless tie and give the Giants a win in the Wild Card game Wednesday night. It was a fantastic pitching battle between Noah Syndergaard and Madison Bumgarner. Syndergaard was [...]
It would not be hard to find players in the Mets locker room to whom you could point and say, “without (fill in the blank) the Mets would not be in the Wild Card Playoff game.” You surely could say that about Yoenis Cespedes, Noah Syndergaard, Curtis Granderson, Addison Reed, and Jeurys Familia. Let’s throw [...]
It’s Wild Card eve for the Mets and here are notes on a dozen players to get you ready for Wednesday’s game against the Giants. Jay Bruce – He has a six-game hitting streak and since Sept. 1 he has a higher OPS (.846 to .675) than Yoenis Cespedes. Asdrubal Cabrera – Since returning from [...]
What might have been...
We continue the series where we project the rosters for the 2017 minor league systems. In AA you won’t find a lot of Top Tier prospects but you will find one very big “name”. Lineup: 1. Champ Stuart, CF 2. Jeff McNeil, 2B 3. Kevin Kaczmarski, RF 4. David Thompson, 3B 5. Tomas Nido, C [...]
This was a "Day After" game, the next game after the Mets' post-season clincher. It showed. The Mets closed out their regular season with a sloppy, listless performance in Philadelphia and it doesn't matter a damn. Gabriel Ynoa started for the Mets and turned in a perfectly serviceable four-and-two-thirds innings of work, walking one, striking [...]
Here on the final day of the regular season, the Mets are 14th in the National League with a .676 OPS with RISP. The average NL team has a triple slash line of .256/.341/.415 while the Mets check in with a .225/.305/.372 line. It’s pretty amazing that they’ve made the playoffs with those numbers. But [...]
The Mets are going to the playoffs for the second consecutive season, as they edged the Phillies, 5-3, Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia. It's just the second time in franchise history the club has made the postseason in back-to-back years, joining the 1999-2000 club. Today's win means the Mets will host the Wild Card game on [...]
Back in August I wrote a piece about Noah Syndergaard as he was in the midst of a weird funk that began with his July 8th start against the Nationals. He left that game early with what the team labeled "arm fatigue" and hit a stretch where he had high pitch counts and trouble going [...]