Jeff McNeil is off to a great start but not for the reason you think

Jeff McNeil is off to a great start, as he’s slashing .360/.422/.520 after 83 PA. Obviously, a small sample and it’s easy to look good when you’ve got a .400 BABIP. Still, many have credited his good start to going back to hitting the ball to all fields after he was trying too hard last [...]

The Mets’ self-inflicted roster decision due noon today

We shouldn’t be in this position right now. The Mets are faced with a decision on which hitter to cut from their roster. If a non-biased person was given the specifics, there’s little doubt that Robinson Cano would be cut. He’s old, he can’t hit for power, he has next to no defensive value and [...]

The starting pitchers’ results, Nimmo swinging at the first pitch and Diaz continues to rack up whiffs

Game Score is a Bill Jame creation developed to rate how good a starting pitcher’s outing was. It’s designed so that a score of 50 is an average performance for a pitcher. The highest Game Score is 105, recorded by Kerry Wood on the night he pitched a one-hitter and struck out 20 batters. The [...]