On April 23, Jacob deGrom threw 109 pitches in a game. Little did we know at the time that was going to be significant. No, we’re not talking about how he got hurt in that outing and never pitched the same again. Rather, in the 100-plus games from that point, only one pitcher on the [...]
Jonathan Villar, Francisco Lindor and Michael Conforto went 0-12 with 5 Ks. In a related story, the Mets lost, again. Hey, at least it wasn't one run this time around, as they dropped a 5-3 decision to the Phillies, their fifth-straight setback. Brandon Nimmo had a triple and a homer. Jeurys Familia didn't give up [...]