Mets pitchers get a bigger boost than normal this year in Citi Field

Conventional wisdom says that a good team will play .500 on the road and win two-thirds of their home games. If a team did that, it would win around 40 road games and around 54 home contests for a strong 94-win season. Currently, the Mets have a .422 road winning percentage and a .694 mark [...]

Is there any sense to the NL East at the half-way mark?

As the All-Star game rapidly approaches, heat records fall, and trade-talk heats up, it seems time to take stock of the NL East for the second half of the season. June was not a particularly strong month for the Mets, as we have become accustomed to, but thankfully not as horrific as usual. Coming out [...]

Mets split July 4th doubleheader with the Yankees

The Mets exploded for six runs in the seventh inning of the first game of the Fourth of July doubleheader to earn the come-from-behind victory and ultimately a split in their doubleheader with the Yankees Sunday in the Bronx. It looked like a marquee pitching matchup in the opener, with Marcus Stroman squaring off against [...]

Pete Alonso’s aggressiveness, Mets win when Taijuan Walker pitches, Aaron Loup’s scoreless streak

In Saturday’s game against the Yankees, Pete Alonso was aggressive right from the first pitch. He came to the plate five times and swung at the first pitch each time up. Since he went 0-4 with a strikeout, it was fair to wonder if he was being too aggressive. But the numbers certainly make it [...]