A wild afternoon of big comebacks and blown leads ended in frustration -- and how many times have we said that this year -- for the Mets and Jacob deGrom. deGrom was hurt by a bad combination right from the start: two singles that eluded fielders and a tight strike zone by rookie home plate [...]
Last year, Seth Lugo provided the shot in the arm the Mets needed to return to the playoffs. This year, Lugo needed a shot in the arm just to be able to pitch. Since returning to the majors on Jun 11, he’s taken his spot in the rotation and missed just two turns despite his [...]
If you saw any pitcher with a stat line of five innings pitched, five walks, and five strikeouts, you'd assume that they would have given up a fair amount of runs. But on the mound tonight for the Mets was Rafael Montero, who averages nearly five walks per nine innings. Montero only surrendered one run [...]
In the midst of an injury riddled season, the Mets were in desperate need of an additional outfielder. Injuries to Yoenis Cespedes and Michael Conforto, paired with the trades of Curtis Granderson and Jay Bruce, left the team shorthanded. The Mets opted to sign Nori Aoki, a veteran outfielder who struggled to find a team [...]
Seth Lugo threw a brilliant six scoreless innings to defeat the Reds 5 to 1 at Citi Field. Lugo was backed up by two Jose Reyes home runs and the first ever long ball from Travis Taijeron. Lugo looked in charge with a mix of his trademark tight spin curve and well-placed fastballs. He allowed some [...]
Since his company is 15-years old this year, Universal Windows Direct CEO William Barr decided to put together a fun offer for customers who love Cleveland’s baseball team — or just wanted to gamble on free and discounted windows and see what happened. The promotion went as such: anybody who bought windows during the month [...]
For anyone out there who became a Mets fan this season, you need to understand something. This team was not meant to be awful. We were not supposed to be 25 games out of first place and 14 out of wild card contention. We were not supposed to be trotting out lineups full of guys [...]
The Mets continued their mastery over the Reds with a 7-2 win Thursday night in Citi Field. So, which one was most surprising? 1. Matt Harvey going five innings and only allowing two earned runs to earn his first win since May. 2. Brandon Nimmo with three extra-base hits, including two homers. 3. Josh Smoker [...]