It was a close game until the end, but in the end Travis Taijeron came in clutch with a walk-off single to help the Mets secure victory, 4-3. This was just the cherry on top for a solid offensive night for Taijeron, who had two singles on the night, along with two strikeouts. Kevin Plawecki [...]
With a few exceptions, most notably the David Wright era, third base has been a traditional trouble spot for the Mets. With Wright’s future as a third sacker a huge question mark, to say the least, that position is up in the air. Third has been mostly manned by Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera this [...]
The Mets took the nightcap and salvaged a split of the doubleheader with a 3-2 win over the Braves Monday night. Seth Lugo struck out seven batters over six innings. It looked like he still had gas left in the tank, having thrown just 81 pitches, but a lefty was leading off the seventh so [...]
The Mets dropped the opening game of their doubleheader with the Braves by a 9-2 score Monday evening. Chris Flexen got his first start in 22 days and did well through five innings, allowing just one run. Unfortunately, he pitched to three batters in the sixth and did not retire a single one With the [...]
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Today we are taking a look at how the Mets minor leagues and those players under contract could be used to create the best possible team for 2018. This assumes, as some of us already do, that the Mets are going to stay out of the bidding for some of the top Free Agents like [...]
We got what we pretty much expected on this beautiful Sunday afternoon. Marquee pitching matchup? Check. Washington beating the Mets? Check. Nationals taking their final series of the year vs. New York? Check. Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom matched each other pitch for pitch, but better, more timely hitting by the Nationals allowed Scherzer to [...]
For half the season, if not more, Mets fans clamored to see Amed Rosario get a promotion to Queens. The Mets’ defense at shortstop was not good and Rosario did a lot of damage offensively in the friendly environment of Las Vegas and the Pacific Coast League. It seemed like the perfect confluence of events. [...]
In a game that began with a weird pitching experiment, the Mets hung tight but blew the game in the 10th inning on a go-ahead home run by, who else? Daniel Murphy. The game began with Noah Syndergaard making his first major league appearance since tearing his right lat muscle on April 30. As GM [...]
