Nate Eovaldi? Great. The Mets never hit Nate Eovaldi. -- Me, 1 hour before first pitch I didn't know how right I was. Chris Flexen, Chris Beck, Tyler Bashlor and Paul Sewald conspired to allow the Tampa Bay Rays nine runs. Eovaldi conspired with himself to keep the Mets off the bases. As conspiracies go, [...]
In the beginning of June, the Mets trotted out a lineup without either Yoenis Cespedes or Todd Frazier. Just as damningly, they were using a clearly-injured Jay Bruce and over-the-hill Adrian Gonzalez and Jason Vargas. And the bullpen, which had been so brilliant the first two weeks of the season, had turned back into a [...]