For the second straight game, the Mets squared off against a pitcher that they should have shellacked. Instead, they got dominated and for the second game in a row, they found themselves on the wrong end of a 7-1 score. Much like Saturday’s game, the Nationals jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, only to [...]
It’s the first week in September and the Mets are in first place in the NL East and they are tied for the second-best record in MLB, despite having to play without their top two pitchers for long stretches of time. It’s been an unbelievably fun season, one marked with winning the great majority of [...]
When your college football team wins by one point despite getting stoned on the one-yard line seven times in the fourth quarter because the other team misses an extra point and a field goal attempt in the final minutes – you know the sports gods will make you pay later. And that they did, as [...]
Awhile ago, there was a discussion on the blog about if MLB players could improve their defense. It seems safe to me to say that they can, only the overwhelming majority simply choose not to do that. Nimmo focused specifically on workouts targeted to make him a better center fielder. "We’ve worked a lot on [...]
The Mets used a four-run sixth inning to pull away from the Nationals en route to earning a 7-3 win Friday night in the first game of the series at Citi Field. After facing a slew of tough pitchers recently, it seemed like the Mets would feast off of Josiah Gray. And they did, eventually. [...]
With his recent hot streak, Mark Canha has given the Mets three outfielders with 100 games played and an OPS+ of 120 or greater. That seems like really good production. But how does it rate in team history? The Mets have always been known more for their pitching than their hitting. Does the 2022 outfield [...]
A couple of times today, the Dodgers looked like the Phillies defensively. That, combined with some good Mets baserunning, resulted in a 5-3 win Thursday afternoon at Citi Field. The win gave the Mets the season series versus the Dodgers, 4-3. It’s the first time the Mets have taken the regular season series since 2015, [...]
We’ve all been focusing on how the offense has been struggling here recently that we’ve lost sight of how well the pitching has been performing. In the month of August alone, the Mets held their opponents to three runs or fewer 16 times, which allowed the club to go 19-11 in the month, despite the [...]