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 [...]