The Mets had Carlos Carrasco fly back from the West Coast early so he would be ready for Tuesday night’s start. Well, sounded good in theory but the reality was not pretty. Carrasco laid an egg, the bullpen let up additional runs and the Mets found themselves on the wrong end of a 6-4 game. [...]
Mets fans seem to be on a bit of a roller coaster with GM Billy Eppler. No one really jumped for joy when the team hired him. Then he immediately went out and signed free agents to good deals. Next, he hired Buck Showalter. Then he had a pretty strong MLB Draft. Things were looking [...]
Since Buck Showalter took over the helm for the New York Mets, there was very little question he was a players’ manager, and believed in the analytics, but also would periodically rely on his feel for the in-game moves needed. The Mets got off to a great start and have largely held serve, so there [...]