Well Mickey Callaway looked like a genius in this one. Starting Jason Vargas was all that was needed to seal this victory and to even the series at one game apiece. Vargas pitched a gem going for the shutout, his first in a Met uniform, as he scattered five hits and a walk on 117 [...]
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The Mets have now selected 63 first-round picks in their illustrious drafting history. Sometimes these selections yield a franchise guy like David Wright or Michael Conforto, sometimes they are less fortuitous and yield a Lastings Milledge or Reese Havens and sometimes we get the baseball player version of a ‘shruggy’ emoji, Matt Harvey and Ike [...]
Yes, you read that right: a six-run loss in ten innings. The Mets limped home from their 2-5 West Coast road trip, right into another marquee pitching matchup. Well, it would have been a marquee matchup a couple of years ago, anyway. Noah Syndergaard took on Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants, two teams [...]