On the morning of July 31, less than 24 hours after the trade deadline, in an article entitled, The surging Jeff McNeil and the impact of the Baez deal, the following question was asked: If the real reason for the deal wasn’t a longer than expected IL stint for Lindor, wouldn’t it have made more [...]
The Mets showed some heart in the ninth inning but dug themselves too deep of a hole early and the end result was a 5-3 loss to the Phillies in a Saturday afternoon game in Philadelphia. Trailing 5-0 in the ninth inning, Michael Conforto, Jonathan Villar and James McCann hit back-to-back-to back home runs. That [...]
Michael Conforto has been awful this year. Yes, he made a game saving throw against the Braves and has had a handful of big hits. But his batting average has hovered around .200 for too long and he hasn’t been able to crack a .700 OPS. Conforto’s struggles have been a microcosm of what the [...]
It was the type of game the Mets needed to play, a low-scoring, one-run game into the eighth inning. But Bryce Harper hit a two-run homer off Edwin Diaz and the Phillies moved into first place with a 4-2 win over the Mets Friday night in Philadelphia. Everyone talks about Diaz’ split this year when [...]
On the morning of July 22, the question was asked here: How will Jeurys Familia rebound from his lousy stretch? What followed was an even-handed look at the question, showing how Familia had done in both his good seasons and bad ones, as he had a lousy stretch in each of those. Also, the July [...]
The Mets left the bases loaded in the first and ninth innings. It probably won’t surprise you, then, to hear that they lost 4-2 to the Marlins Thursday afternoon. It was like early in the season all over again. No problem getting guys on base but plenty of problems getting them home. Overall, there were [...]
The Mets are 26-14 (.650) when their starting pitcher completes at least six innings and 10-4 (.714) when their starter goes at least seven innings so far here in 2021. Unfortunately, it’s been 13 consecutive games now where their starter has failed to complete six innings. Last night’s win made the Mets 5-8 (.385) in [...]
Javier Baez gave the Mets the lead after they coughed up a three-run lead and Drew Smith and Trevor May shut things down as Edwin Diaz was out on paternity leave, leading the Mets to a 5-3 win over the Marlins Wednesday night in Miami. After falling behind by four runs early in the past [...]