The game shouldn’t have been this close. But Edwin Diaz came on with filthy stuff, struck out Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos after a one-out bloop hit to close the game and give the Mets an 8-6 win over the Phillies Friday night at Citi Field. The Mets are now 7-3 against the Phillies this [...]
So far, 2022 has been a really fun season to be a Mets fan. We've seen incredible comebacks, amazing plays, a bench clearing brawl, improbable heroes, incredible performances and more. And, as of this writing, we're sitting comfortably atop the NL East standings. So far, so great. We were able to build up an eight [...]
Back in mid-April, Buck Showalter used an up/down to get his reliever the platoon advantage in the “down” for a batter or two four times in seven games. And it failed each time. An article appeared here after the fourth failure and dubbed that move the Perverse Platoon Ploy. Since then, Showalter has mostly moved [...]
Thomas Szapucki’s first MLB start was an utter disaster, as he gave up 4 HR and 9 ER in 1.1 IP, as the Mets lost the rubber game of the series, 9-3, against the Giants Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco. Szapucki was consistently in the mid-90s with his fastball but he couldn’t throw his breaking [...]
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The Mets and Giants played the middle game of the three game set with Chris Bassitt facing Logan Webb, and the Giants took the lead first. Two batters into the Giants first turn at bat, it was second and third with Darin Ruf coming up. Ruf got a run in on a grounder, but the [...]
A lot can happen in a month and for a number of Mets prospects May was far kinder than the month of April. Of particular note is Mark Vientos who was utterly resurgent in the month of May after an absolutely dismal month of April. Likewise, Nick Plummer, Jose Peroza, Eric Orze and others bounced [...]
A later starting west coast game in always dreary San Francisco marked David Peterson’s return to the rotation. The Giants and Mets traded zeros in the first inning, and the second inning was the same for the Mets, but not the Giants. Brandon Crawford hit a home run to dead center and Peterson looked like [...]