For the second straight night, the Mets dropped a 4-2 decision to the Yankees in the Bronx. The loss meant that the Mets ended up splitting the Subway Series, two games apiece. More importantly, with the Braves beating the Pirates, the Mets lead in the East is cut to two games. The story of the [...]
On 8/15 Buck Showalter was on the record as saying the time was not right to promote either Brett Baty or Francisco Alvarez. By 8/16 the writing was on the wall and the Mets had announced Baty would be promoted for the game on 8/17. Showalter isn’t a hypocrite, if Luis Guillorme was the only [...]
After their dramatic come-from-behind victory on Sunday in Philadelphia, the Mets came out flat Monday in the Bronx, losing to the Yankees, 4-2. Max Scherzer, who’s never pitched particularly well against the Yankees, didn’t look sharp at all. He allowed four runs for the second straight start, which has raised his ERA from 1.93 to [...]