Gut Reaction: Mets 8, Phillies 7 (5/5/22)

The Mets scored seven runs in the top of the ninth inning to get an unbelievably unlikely 8-7 win over the Phillies Thursday night in Philadelphia. Gary Cohen said it was the biggest ninth-inning comeback for the Mets in 25 years. Ron Darling marveled over seven runs and eight hits in just 29 pitches, saying [...]

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Pete Alonso and the BABIPs of the 2022 Mets

From 2015-2019, the BABIP for all of baseball on an annual basis ranged from .296 (’18) to .300 (’16 & ’17.) But in 2020 it dipped to .292 for the year. It was easy to dismiss that, as it was only a 60-game season. However, it was .292 again in 2021. Now, here in the [...]

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