The Mets bounced back from yesterday’s fiasco, as four pitchers combined on a shutout, leading the Mets to a 2-0 win Tuesday night in Philadelphia. Tylor Megill pitched well in his second straight game, throwing 5.1 scoreless innings. He wasn’t quite as dominating as he was on Opening Day but given both the opponent and [...]
The hardest columns for me to write are the ones that happen in the first week to 10 days of the season. It’s difficult to come up with a new angle or a different take than what everyone else is writing at this point. With that as the backdrop, here are my surprises and disappointments [...]
For the second straight night, questionable bullpen moves and meltdowns from relievers in the eighth inning turned a lead into a loss, with this being a 5-4 setback to the Phillies Monday night in Philadelphia. The Mets had a 4-0 lead heading into the eighth. Taijuan Walker was sharp in two innings before having to [...]
Some things are given as laws of reality that cannot be bent, broken or changed. The only sure things in life are death and taxes but you could lay out money fairly safely on Francisco Alvarez beginning and ending the year in the minors. The Mets have a high paid catcher and a suitable backup [...]
A bad eighth inning led to three Washington runs, leading the Nationals to a 4-2 win, which was the Mets’ first loss of the season. Before we get to the eighth, we need to talk about the sixth inning. Buck Showalter went to his bullpen with two outs and nobody on base, taking out Carlos [...]
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Chris Bassitt pitched six scoreless innings in his Mets debut and Pete Alonso hit his first career grand slam in the majors to power the Mets to a 5-0 win over the Nationals Saturday night in D.C. Bassitt showed excellent breaking stuff, which helped his low 90s fastball look more impressive than you’d think that [...]
Yeah, it’s only two games. I know. Two games against the Washington Nationals, this year’s NL East putative doormats. So as is the case every April, all enthusiasm is tempered by the fact that the sun hasn’t really risen on this season yet. But man, the Mets look good! Tylor Megill’s surprise quality start in [...]