Each year I write up a Top 50 list but in most years I'm spending a few weeks scrambling to put my thoughts in order to make sure I am listing everyone who deserves to be listed and not listing anyone (cough cough... Tim Tebow) that shouldn't be. In 2019 I did something different. I [...]
In his last two starts with Wilson Ramos as his catcher, Noah Syndergaard has 8 IP and 13 ER. Those are two of his last three games. In the middle of those three, Rene Rivera was behind the plate and Syndergaard threw seven shutout innings. The Mets have something that works with Syndergaard throwing to [...]
The Mets jumped out to a 3-0 lead but Noah Syndergaard and four relievers allowed 10 runs over a five-inning span, leading to a 10-7 win by the Phillies. Philadelphia took the crucial three-game series, 2-1. Wilson Ramos and Robinson Cano homered in back-to-back ABs in the first inning, staking the Mets to an early [...]
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The Mets were spoiled by Yoenis Cespedes. When they acquired Cespedes at the trade deadline in 2015, he proceeded to put up a .942 OPS in 249 PA. Now the expectation is that anyone they acquire at the deadline is going to be a major contributor. But Jay Bruce didn’t help to that degree in [...]
Marcus Stroman again failed to deliver a strong outing, giving up five runs in four innings, as the Mets dropped the middle game of the series to Philadelphia, 5-0, Saturday night at Citi Field. Stroman served up a gopher ball to the game’s first batter and had the bases loaded with one out before getting [...]
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The 2019 rendition of the New York Mets have showed just how volatile the sport of baseball can be. Over the course of May and June, the bullpen of the Mets seemed to be imploding the team, and that led to a 23-33 record over that span. Following the All-Star break however, the team started [...]
Pete Alonso drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning to send the Mets to a 5-4 win over the Phillies Friday night in the first of a three-game series in Citi Field. The Mets have won five of their last seven games, with three of those coming against the Phillies. New [...]
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With just 23 games left, the Mets season can wind up anywhere from a disappointing fourth place finish to a surprising wild card playoff berth and some October baseball. This has been a season we won't soon forget, full of both incredible performances and heart-breaking losses. Numbers don't tell the whole story, but a look [...]
Wilson Ramos has often been a polarizing figure among Mets fans this season. An offseason deal of two years $19 million was praised across baseball as a great deal for a free agent catcher who led the league in wRC+ the previous year. While not their first pick for the position, it appeared to be [...]