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For those of you with a short memory, Matt Harvey used to be awesome. When he pitched, it was must see TV. He was a fearless bulldog with a dazzling five-pitch repertoire and on any given night he might mow down the opposing team for a dozen strikeouts. He reminded us of a young Tom [...]
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The Mets get a rare walkoff win and end up splitting their four-game series with the Cardinals, 3-2, Thursday afternoon in Citi Field. A two-out single by T.J. Rivera put runners on the corners and brought Jose Reyes to the plate. The Cardinals had an odd defensive alignment, with the third baseman pinching in and [...]
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We’re getting nearer the trade deadline right now and this is one of the two seasons during which MLB General Managers are judged – the other being the annual Winter Meetings. This is a crucial time for just about every franchise every year. Much like an NFL team drafting a quarterback, decisions made now could [...]
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The Mets needed this. They needed a laugher and tonight, they got one...mostly. A flurry of singles and doubles in the first two innings gave the Mets all the runs they would need in a 7-3 pasting of the St. Louis Cardinals. The game started inauspiciously as Jacob deGrom was forced to expend 13 pitches [...]
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The score may as well have been 50 to nothing. This team looked lifeless and deflated, like they'd just given up on the season. Perhaps it hit them after Monday's disappointing loss that the mid-season sell-off was now inevitable. Rafael Montero surrendered four runs early before settling down, but it was far from his fault [...]
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The return of Hansel Robles from AAA started off with a bang, unfortunately the bang came from the Cardinals, the reliever yielded a three run homer to the first batter he faced in the Met’s loss on Monday night. But there is still hope for him. The hard-throwing right-hander figured prominently in the Mets bullpen [...]
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Any way you slice it, David Wright will go down as a polarizing figure in New York Mets lore. His early days as part of the 2006 team that won 97 games proved that he was an elite third baseman in the league. As the years moved along, Wright became the face of the franchise [...]
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If pitching is your thing, then seven-and-a-half out of nine innings were pure delight for you. Adam Wainwright squared off against Zack Wheeler and they matched each other pitch-for-pitch, until they didn't. Wainwright started shakily, walking leadoff man Michael Conforto on five pitches and hitting Asdrubal Cabrera on the shin, but the Mets couldn't cash [...]
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