It's only April. It's only April. It's only April. It's only April... That's the mantra that Mets fans must adopt right now. Facing perennial Cy Young candidate Max Scherzer, the outmanned Mets went down to a series sweep against main NL East rival Washington. Knowing that the pitching matchup was going to be between Scherzer [...]
The struggles of the leadoff hitters have gained the most negative attention so far in 2017, so we haven’t focused very much on the lack of production here in the early going for Neil Walker. Certainly, the first hitters combining for a league-worst .374 OPS has been a huge problem and it’s amazing the Mets [...]
The first three innings were scoreless with Jacob deGrom striking out 7 Nationals, while Gio Gonzalez held the Mets hitless. In the top of the 4th inning the Nationals loaded the bases on 2 walks and a Daniel Murphy single with one out. Luckily for the Mets, Murphy tried to score on an RBI single [...]
One of the many preseason sources of heartburn for both the Mets and their fans was just what to do with young outfielder Michael Conforto after it became clear that the team would be unable to trade Jay Bruce. On the surface, there was nothing particularly new about the dilemma. The team had a crowded [...]
Matt Harvey was force into action due to Jacob deGrom being pushed back because of neck stiffness. Harvey hit the second batter of the game in the head, who luckily was ok. Bryce Harper was the next batter and proceeded to give the Nationals the lead with a long 2 run homer to right center. [...]
Our leadoff hitter is not getting on base. Nor is our second best option. Our lineup has no speed. Our power hitters are streaky and slump prone. While we sit around waiting for a 3-run home run, we're losing too many games. Simply put, we're not consistently putting up enough runs to support our pitching [...]
The movie title that best sums up this game is "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." There was plenty of good despite the loss dropping us back to .500. Noah Syndergaard pitched his butt off, striking out 10 in gutty 7-inning, 114-pitch outing. Neil Walker golfed a low curve ball for a 3-run home [...]
. Last June, some smart guy wrote that it would be a mistake to bring Jose Reyes back to the Mets. That guy was rarely happier to be wrong. In face of major injuries to David Wright and Lucas Duda, along with nagging aches and pains to Yoenis Cespedes, Asdrubal Cabrera and Neil Walker, Reyes [...]