With Jared Kelenic and Justin Dunn playing in the All Star Futures game while Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz look like a pair of boobie prizes it might make a Met fan feel rather grim about the future of their team. Sure Anthony Kay looked good in AA but he’s been rotten since his promotion [...]
I'd like to think the Mets really wanted to end the first half on an up note. That they'd want to go out with their heads held high, ready to take on all comers in the second half; to make that second half more than garbage time. After all that had gone on this weekend [...]
Charlie scheduled for the Gut Reaction
The Mets approach the All-Star break in worse shape than a guy finishing his first marathon after never running for more than five miles. Was this predictable? My opinion is that most people thought this was a team that would finish with between 80-89 wins. Right now it would take a strong close to finish [...]
The Mets finally won a game against the Phillies and they have their bullpen to thank for it. Philadelphia entered the night with five wins against the Mets since June 9th, while going 4-15 against other teams in that stretch. Noah Syndergaard battled early, going five innings and leaving the game with a 6-4 lead. [...]
Chris is scheduled for the Gut Reaction
In the book Prodigy by Marie Lu, there is a line that reads “June will break your heart. I can see it already. She’ll shatter you into a million pieces.” For the New York Mets, no saying could ring anymore true. The Mets finished the month 10-18, by far their worst month of the season. [...]
After a day off, the Mets’ bullpen felt the need to remind us how terrible it is and it did it in impressive fashion, allowing five runs in the ninth inning, leading to a 7-2 loss to the Phillies Friday night in Citi Field. Allegedly one of the driving forces for Brodie Van Wagenen in [...]
Brian scheduled for the Gut Reaction
In an effort to boost the trade value of pending free agent Zack Wheeler, the Mets are planning to take advantage of an off day to bump Steven Matz to the bullpen and have Wheeler make an additional start before the All-Star break. The hard- throwing righty will be in demand by teams in contention, [...]
Underneath the ownership and management antics, bullpen blowups, and horrid slumps, the immense talent on this team is often overlooked. With the team down in the standings and July 4th upon us it is natural to look ahead to the Midsummer Classic, the trade deadline (which now includes waiver-trades) and the offseason. But does a [...]
Nothing sadder than all of your stony faces left stranded on this fourth of July with no Mets baseball. It seems un-American. Gary Cohen said he's running a 7K today. Jeff McNeil is going to be a judge at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Yoenis Cespedes announced plans to get hurt while shooting off [...]