Some eyebrows were raised when Andres Gimenez made the Opening Day roster once the 2020 season got underway. But manager Luis Rojas has done a good job finding ways to get Gimenez’ feet wet. He’s come in as a defensive replacement in his first five games and now he’s been the starter five of his [...]
The Mets got a strong pitching performance from Rick Porcello and just enough timely hits to earn a 3-1 win over the Nationals Wednesday night. It was the 150th career victory for Porcello. After starting his Mets career with two disastrous outings, Porcello gave up a run after facing just four batters and it looked [...]
Neither Jeff McNeil nor Amed Rosario are in the starting lineup for tonight's 6:05 start. But we get to see the Mets debut of Billy Hamilton, who will follow Luis Guillorme in the order and bat ninth.
So, the bullpen's been bad but we're kind of used to that by now. But how poorly the starters are performing is something we haven't seen in awhile. Through 12 games, the starters have a 4.58 ERA. While it's silly to compare 12 games to full seasons, the Mets had a 4.50 or greater ERA [...]
The Nationals jumped on top early and held on for a 5-3 win over the Mets Tuesday night in Washington. It was the Mets’ sixth loss in their last seven games. Steven Matz surrendered two homers and five runs in three innings to put the Mets in an early hole. But the bullpen came up [...]
And the Mets face another LHP. Wilmer Flores wants to know where all these lefties were when he was on the team.
Yoenis Cespedes opting out of his contract opens up regular playing time in the lineup. And because Cespedes was playing DH, the Mets have many different ways they can look to fill his absence. They can also try to give his playing time to several different players. But it seems likely that they will land [...]
The post-Cespedes 2020 season got off to a good start, as the Mets used a rare offensive outburst behind Jacob deGrom to defeat the Braves, 7-2, and avoid a sweep of the four-game series. The Mets have played seven games against the Braves so far, going 2-0 in deGrom starts and 0-5 in the others. [...]
No J.D. Davis tonight, as he's out with stomach issues. Mets use this chance to move Jeff McNeil to the outfield and insert Andres Gimenez into the starting lineup. With Dominic Smith as the DH, Mets have six lefties starting. Mets lefties were 1-7 against Atlanta LH relievers Matzek and Minter yesterday.
No, that was not a typo. And of course, it is not going to happen, but it should. One problem with poorly constructed teams is the notion of players being stuck in positions that are not suitable for their skills set, a topic that has been covered here, even recently, in an article by Chris [...]
Yoenis Cespedes went AWOL and the Mets’ offense decided to join him, as they fell for the third straight time to the Braves, this time by a 4-0 margin Sunday afternoon. It was the first time they had been shut out this season. The Mets put runners in scoring position in five of the first [...]
Peterson had good results in his debut. Can he follow up on those or will a Braves' lineup that's scored 37 runs against the Mets in the last four games continue pounding the ball?