Cubs 2, Mets 0 (6/17/21)

For the second straight series, the Mets entered the last game with a chance to sweep, only to come out on the short end of things, this time by a 2-0 loss to the Cubs Thursday night at Citi Field. Still, after splitting with the Orioles, if someone gave you a chance to go 5-2 [...]

Dominic Smith stays in the lineup and the XBH start appearing

In his last three games, Dominic Smith is 4-9 with a double and two homers. It seems like every time that Smith or Pete Alonso or Francisco Lindor strings together a handful of games with good results that we’re expecting them to put up a month-long stretch like this and it just hasn’t happened yet. [...]

Marcus Stroman’s terrific season versus his ERA estimators

In revamping their pitching staff this past offseason, the first thing the Mets did was to extend the Qualifying Offer to Marcus Stroman. Now, MLB deadline dates made that a necessity. Still, the Mets willingly paid the freight for a pitcher who sat out the year before. And it ended up being the highest AAV [...]

Mets Minors: Francisco Alvarez’ early promotion

The Mets promoted their Top Prospect (depending on rankings) from Low to Advanced A on May 25th placing their 19 year old catching prospect, Francisco Alvarez, in their most talented lineup with Ronny Mauricio, Brett Baty, Adrian Hernandez and Luke Ritter. Alvarez had been destroying the pitchers in Florida and had quickly proved himself more [...]