The Amateur draft has come and gone and there were a number of surprises but none were bigger than the Rangers’ selection of Kumar Rocker with the 3rd overall pick. The Mets wound up with a tremendous value pick in Kevin Parada and had a very good first day of drafting but should the Texas [...]
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For the second straight year, the Mets are in first place at the All-Star break. But this year feels a lot different than 2021. Last year, the Mets depended on a bunch of bench guys playing over their heads for a couple of weeks to stay atop the division. This year’s team feels better top [...]
Since its inception in 1985, the Home Run Derby has been a fixture of the MLB All-Star festivities. On Monday at Dodger Stadium, Mets first baseman Pete Alonso looks to become the first player to win the derby three consecutive years, and join Ken Griffey Jr. as the only players to win the derby three [...]
With a chance to sweep a four-game series and add a game to their lead for the All-Star break, the Mets instead gave up two runs in the eighth inning and suffered a 3-2 loss Sunday afternoon in Chicago. Drew Smith surrendered the runs in the eighth and took the loss. Just as important, he [...]
So much was made of the results of the Mets’ starting pitchers at the beginning of the season and rightly so. In their first 14 games, Mets’ starters threw 77 innings and combined for a 2.10 ERA, which was terrific. The thing is, Mets’ SP has been even better the last two weeks. In their [...]
It was the opposite of pretty but the Mets won two games in extra innings on Saturday, sweeping a doubleheader from the Cubs in Chicago, a place where they haven’t fared particularly well the past half dozen years or so. Pete Alonso came up big in extra innings in both games. He hit a sacrifice [...]
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Thanks to Steve Cohen, the New York Mets never have to feel like they are shopping from the bargain bin again. A quick look at their payroll, and the mega contracts handed to the likes of Francisco Lindor and Max Scherzer are great indicators of the new spending habit the Mets will have. This is [...]
So far, 2022 has been a marvelous season for the Mets and their fans. It’s a great feeling knowing that the expectation heading into a game is a win and more often than not, that’s exactly what has happened. But, in somewhat of a surprise, while watching the games, there are still guys I appreciate [...]
Carlos Carrasco and Trevor Williams combined on a shutout and the Mets’ hitters had five of their 12 hits go for extra-bases en route to an 8-0 blanking of the Cubs Thursday night in Chicago. It was the third straight solid start for Carrasco, who threw six scoreless innings with six strikeouts. In his last [...]