The Tampa Bay Rays had an astonishing nine first-round picks in the 2011 MLB Draft. Until Saturday, only four of them have made the major leagues, with Blake Snell being the lone impact player of the group. With the MLB debut of Jake Hager with the Mets on Saturday, that list has now grown to [...]
The Mets managed just two hits and ended up losing to the Rays, 7-1. The Rays’ win gave them a sweep of the three-game series and they outscored the Mets, 22-8. Marcus Stroman started for the Mets and he cruised through the first three innings before the wheels came off in the fourth. He allowed [...]
The Mets desperately needed to add starting pitching in the offseason. They extended the QO to Marcus Stroman and he accepted. They traded for Carlos Carrasco and Joey Lucchesi. But everyone expected the Mets to grab a free agent pitcher from another team and throughout the offseason, they were linked to just about anyone with [...]
The Mets reached their coveted four-run threshold, held a three-run lead and belted three homers in the game. And yet somehow came out on the wrong end of a 12-5 game against the Rays Saturday afternoon. Jose Peraza, Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor all homered. Drew Smith and Tommy Hunter each threw two scoreless innings, [...]
Redemption is one of the more compelling storylines when it comes to sports. It a consistent theme in sports movies, the focus of sports awards, and often turns a player from the scapegoat of a team to a fan favorite. The New York Mets are no strangers to redemption stories, as Matt Harvey came into [...]
The Mets brought a 2-0 lead to the late innings but were unable to hold it, as they dropped the opener of the series to the Rays, 3-2, on a walkoff single in the ninth inning. The loss snapped a 7-game winning streak for the Mets. It was a weird game for starter David Peterson, [...]
Watching Jarred Kelenic’s MLB debut last night, the opposing pitcher took a no-hitter into the eighth inning. We’ve had five no-hitters already in this young season, along with seven games with just one hit and 29 where a team managed just two hits. It feels like pitchers are dominating. MLB is experimenting with rules in [...]
We’ve talked more than usual about the bullpen this year, in part because it’s been so much better than expected or feared. We still don’t have a great way to measure relievers, though. Typically, we want to have one number that we can point to and say – see! But, in my opinion, WAR doesn’t [...]