Just how good was Jacob deGrom’s start yesterday? In case you missed it somehow, deGrom had the following line – 8 IP, 1 ER, 0 BB, 14 Ks. That’s an outstanding line for anyone and it seems an incredible one to end up in a loss. Back in the 1980s, Bill James came up with [...]
If there was any justice in the world, everyone who wore a Mets uniform today not named Jacob deGrom would be forced to leave the stadium wearing a cone of shame. Stop me if you’ve heard this before but deGrom was magnificent, gave up just one run in eight innings yet came away with the [...]
I’ve been a baseball fan as long as I can remember. Went to my first game in 1973. So, I was a kid when the whole Baseball Revolution happened: I was nine when Catfish Hunter signed with the New York Yankees, ten-going-on-eleven when Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally became the first true “free agents” and [...]
Through four games, it feels like the Mets have gotten great starting pitching, while the bullpen has been a disaster. That’s been true of both entities in three of the four games. But when dealing with tiny sample sizes, one game can have a pretty big impact. The end result is that the starters’ ERA [...]
If being fair is important to you, then maybe this wasn’t the best game ever. The Mets won the game in the bottom of the ninth on a walkoff HBP, which would have been weird enough all by itself. But on this particular play, not only did Michael Conforto make no effort to get out [...]
If you asked most Mets fans coming into the season what their biggest worry about the team was, the most likely answer you would have received was the bullpen. And three games into 2021, the bullpen has done nothing to allay those fears. In 9 IP, relievers have allowed 6 ER and have a 1.778 [...]
In a game direct from the Mets’ 2020 playbook, complete with lousy starting pitching and terrible clutch hitting, the Mets fell to the Phillies, 8-2, Wednesday afternoon in Philadelphia. The second batter of the game for Philadelphia hit a homer and it kind of snowballed from there, as the Phillies put up four runs in [...]
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The Mets notched their first win of 2021 with a combination of power, great starting pitching and – dare I say it? – some small ball. Marcus Stroman took the ball and did some wonderous things with it. In six innings, he surrendered a mere three hits, walked two while also hitting a batter and [...]