Baseball-Reference has breakdowns for stats for individual innings, as well as innings 1-3, 4-6 and 7-9. In 2022, 34% of the runs all MLB pitchers gave up happened in innings 1-3, 35% came in the middle innings and 1% came in the final three frames. This makes sense, as you figure with teams frequently using [...]
Kodai Senga didn’t have to wait 20 minutes to take the mound in his second start. The result was a smooth first inning and a fine six innings. Combined with long balls from Pete Alonso and Eduardo Escobar, it all added up to a 5-2 win for the Mets Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. While [...]
We are fans. We forget. Sometimes we forget that -- in the cold of early spring or late autumn – this isn’t football. Small sample sizes and the freshness of the 17-game NFL season recently concluded often fool us into thinking how it is right now will be how it is in perpetuity. That’s a [...]
Turned out that the “always play us tough” Marlins were just what the doctor ordered for the Mets to end their slide, as they thumped their division rival, 9-3, in their home opener Friday afternoon. The Mets used 12 walks and six hits to produce their runs. And three of their six hits were homers, [...]
The Mets’ trip to Milwaukee showed all of their flaws in the early going here in 2023. The starting pitching was nothing special and didn’t provide length. The relievers were inconsistent. And in the first two games, the offense was non-existent. While the hitters put up six runs in the third game, thanks to big [...]
Many of us wanted Francisco Alvarez to be on the Opening Day roster. After seven games, Alvarez gets the call with Omar Narvaez going on the IL. Narvaez has a calf strain and will be sidelined for likely six weeks or more, so this won’t be a case for Alvarez being on the roster for [...]
In 2022, the New York Mets won 101 games with the starting pitching being a huge part of their success. There were the co-aces in Max Scherzer and also Jacob deGrom in the second half. There was Chris Bassitt, who pitched the most innings for the team last season. Also in the mix, was Carlos [...]
The Mets offense finally showed up in the getaway day game versus the Brewers but the pitching was still a big problem. The Mets had leads of 1-0 and 6-4 but they suffered their third-straight loss, as the Brewers had a walkoff homer in the bottom of the ninth and earned the sweep with a [...]
