The Mets entered this two-week stretch against the Dodgers and Giants not exactly firing on all cylinders. And they lost seven one-run games. It’s hard to wrap your head around it. But they consistently fall behind, they can’t buy a hit with RISP and the manager makes sub-optimal decisions. It’s not a winning formula. Thursday [...]
It’s a good time to be a Giants fan. They’re in first place because they lead the league in HR, are fifth in OPS with RISP and fourth in OPS with the bases loaded. It’s the type of offense we expected the Mets to have this season. Instead, New York is 12th in HR, 14th [...]
One of the fundamental questions you have to ask yourself as an MLB manager is: How do I want to win the game? Tonight, Luis Rojas answered that question with: Bullpen. Reminiscent of the scene in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," when they had to pick which cup was the holy grail, the bad [...]