Coming into Spring Training the Mets hoped that the majority of their starts would be handled by seven pitchers. Sure, a handful of other guys would likely get a start here and a start there, since teams usually use 10 or so starters per year. But those depth starters likely wouldn’t get many chances and [...]
The Mets snapped a five-game losing streak with an 8-1 win over the Marlins in Citi Field Saturday night. The Mets exploded for seven runs in the sixth inning, tallying more runs in one frame than they had in 14 of the 17 previous games this month. Wilmer Flores and Kevin Plawecki each contributed two-run [...]
Something strange happened the other night for the Mets. Travis d'Arnaud made his first career start at third base for the team. Although he rotated often with Asdrubal Cabrera, the fact of the matter is that he started there. By doing this, the team could be subtly sending a message that the position is potentially [...]
Well, at least they kept Stanton in the yard. That's about the best you can say about the Mets' desultory, deadly dull 3-1 loss to the Marlins. The offense was held completely in check by Miami lefty Justin Nicolino -- a pitcher on whom the Mets usually feast -- over the course of five innings. [...]
Regardless of which time period you examine in baseball history, there are always big issues that surround how the game is played. Right now the most talked about issue are the abundance of home runs being hit, why that is, and if the game should take action to restore some balance. But perhaps an even [...]
The Yankees jumped on top early and held on through a shaky ninth inning, as they completed a four-game sweep of the 2017 Subway Series with a 7-5 win Thursday night in Citi Field. Stop me if you've heard this before but Steven Matz had another bad outing. He gave up three runs in the [...]
“Wait ‘til next year!” As I’m sure we’re all aware, that was the ancient rallying cry of the Brooklyn Dodger fan after yet another World Series loss to the Yankees. With the Mets being the spiritual brethren to those Dodger teams – with far, far less success, I’ll grant you – it’s been trotted out [...]
On a night where the Mets looked to even up the Subway Series, the Yankees had other plans. The Yankees defeated the Mets, 5-3. Robert Gsellman got the start for the Mets, his first since returning from injury. He is taking the rotation spot of Seth Lugo, who recently became injured. In his start, Gsellman [...]
