The Mets need starting pitchers STAT! Not long ago, the Mets were loaded with pitchers. But then we traded away three of our best pitching prospects, let one of our top starters leave via free agency, and lost another to Tommy John surgery. Despite all that, we still had the makings of a good rotation, [...]
https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/1292898832724918280 Marcus Stroman has opted out. So much for being one sim game away from a return. This hurts much more than Yoenis Cespedes leaving.
The Mets are coming off their first series win and they have a number of meaningful injuries that are going to send them scrambling for backups in this shortened season. When Yoenis Cespedes walked away the Mets were given an opportunity to play some of their younger players more. This has led to more playing [...]
Jacob deGrom didn’t have his best stuff but he combined with four Mets relievers to pitch the Mets to a 4-2 win over the Marlins Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. The win gave the Mets the series victory over the first-place Marlins. It was a good first inning for deGrom but he had great trouble [...]
Jacob deGrom has a lifetime 2.61 ERA but against the Marlins, he has a 3.26 mark, the highest of any opponent he's faced at least 10 ties. Let's hope the fact that this is a day game trumps the fact that he's facing the Marlins. In 55 day games covering 350 IP, deGrom is 25-11 [...]
With his two-hit game Saturday night, J.D. Davis extended his hitting streak to 12 games. After starting the season 0-6, Davis now boasts a .319/.389/.532 slash line. Those numbers compare favorably to his breakout year of 2019, when he slashed .307/.369/.527 in his first shot at consistent playing time in MLB. In 154 games as [...]
The heart of the order came up big for the Mets, hitting three homers and driving in all eight runs, leading the Mets to an 8-5 win Saturday night over the Marlins at Citi Field. The Mets’ win snapped a six-game winning streak for the Marlins. Michael Conforto got in the act first, smacking a [...]
With Michael Wacha's poor outing yesterday, David Peterson gets the chance to provide a nice contrast with a strong outing today in his continuing audition for a full-time starter's job.
With the Mets stumbling out of the gate in this shortened season, the concern is that they are digging a hole from which they won’t be able to recover. The issue is that while we have a fairly good idea what type of record you need to make the playoffs in a normal year, few [...]
The Marlins used a four-run second inning to claim a 4-3 win over the Mets Friday night. Miami is now 4-0 in one-run games while New York is 1-3. Michael Wacha started for the Mets and had a strong first inning, hitting 97 mph. But it fell apart for him in the second, as he [...]
An example of a thing I didn't expect to say -- The Mets host the first-place Marlins. Miami has had the benefit of playing the Orioles four times and also is 3-0 in one-run games.
With more than 20% of their games played so far, the Mets are in last place in the NL East with a .385 win percentage and a 5-8 record. While it isn’t too late to storm to the top, several things have been hurting the team and need to be addressed so that the losses [...]