Edwin Diaz’ hot start, the hits falling in for Davis & Nido, West Coast blues

Edwin Diaz was solid for the Mets last year but not many people were doing cartwheels over a season that saw six losses, six blown saves and a 3.45 ERA. This year, he has allowed a higher BB/9 and a higher HR/9 yet has a 2.28 ERA. And as sparkling as that ERA is, it’s [...]

Angels 11, Mets 6 (6/11/22)

Khalil Lee hit his first homer in the majors but it wasn't nearly enough, as the Angels jumped out to an 8-0 lead and cruised to an 11-6 win Saturday night in Anaheim. Carlos Carrasco alternated between great and awful, as he piled up both strikeouts and extra-base hits allowed. But strikeouts don't mean a [...]

How steep will the Mets’ “June Swoon” be?

Some things are simply inevitable. Like death and taxes. For the last 15 years or so, an addition to that short list has been necessary: the Mets’ early season promise disappearing as the All-Star break approaches. Even in the grand years, like 2015 and 2016, mid-June-to-early-July has been a tough slog for the boys from [...]

The somewhat intertwined fates of Khalil Lee and Dominic Smith

If you go to Dominic Smith’s main page at either Baseball-Reference or FanGraphs you don’t see any stats from Triple-A this year. At first, it seemed like maybe he was taking the maximum number of days a veteran is allowed to report, something you would expect a guy sulking about his demotion to do. But, [...]