The cry from Mets fans to call Alonso up to New York is only going to get louder now. He put the U.S. up, 9-6, in the seventh inning, with an absolute moon shot to left. It traveled 415 feet, but that's not what made it extraordinary. It had an exit velocity of 113.6 mph [...]
We've reached the All-Star break, the time where we hope a bunch of days off will heal the bullpen and everything else that ails the team. Assuming no trades over the break - which may not be a safe assumption with Sandy Alderson no longer running the show - the fifth game back is likely [...]
On a day where the New York Mets had their first opportunity to win a series since what seems like forever, they fell to the Washington Nationals 6-1. Corey Oswalt took to the mound for the Mets today, and for a second straight start, showed that he has been improving over the course of the [...]
Neither Steven Matz nor Zack Wheeler got off to promising starts in 2018. Through games of May 19, Matz had a 4.42 ERA and had only pitched six innings in one of his eight games. And Wheeler had a 5.92 ERA after seven games and allowed 6 HR in 38 IP. Both were healthy. After [...]
Zack Wheeler pitched into the eighth inning and the Mets put up a crooked number on the scoreboard in two different innings, leading the Mets to a 7-4 victory over the Nationals Saturday afternoon. Wheeler was great for seven innings but got hit for three runs in the eighth. So, his final line doesn't show [...]
A .168 average, with 21 hits, 4 RBIs, and a home run. If you looked at those stats, you’d probably say to yourself, “Wow! That pitcher had a pretty great year at the plate!” Take a deeper look, and you soon realize that these aren’t the offensive statistics of a pitcher. They are in fact [...]
Noah Syndergaard returned to action with a flourish, pitching and hitting the Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Nationals Friday night. Syndergaard scattered seven hits over five innings and allowed just one run. He also delivered an RBI single that gave the Mets a 4-0 lead. The Mets gave Syndergaard an early lead, as [...]
Last Wednesday, position players Daniel Descalso and Alex Avila combined for a 4.2 innings of relief work. Max Rieper, of Royals Review, just posted a piece entitled, This is the year of position players pitching. Hey, it's got to be better than using Buddy Baumann (24.00 ERA) and Gerson Bautista (12.46 ERA) From the Joe [...]
Whether you chalk it up to coming back from a serious shoulder injury or not having protection in the lineup with Yoenis Cespedes, Jay Bruce and Todd Frazier injured, there's no denying that Michael Conforto's performance through the first three and a half months of the season has been a major disappointment. The 25-year-old outfielder [...]