The vast majority of LHP have great success versus LHB. But this game had two such instances where managers went for the platoon advantage and it didn’t work out in either case. Brandon Nimmo atoned for an earlier baserunning gaffe by ripping a double off a lefty to bring home the winning run in the [...]
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With the major league club floundering, what better time to have a discussion on the Mets’ minor league system? Here’s an email back-and-forth between me and our guy on the minors, David Groveman. Brian: Ronny Mauricio hits 26 HR in AA at age 21, follows that up as the MVP of the Dominican Winter League, [...]
The Mets blew a 5-1 lead and couldn’t cash in with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth inning, which added up to a 7-6 loss to the Yankees Tuesday night at Citi Field. The Mets scored two runs in the first two innings and tacked on another run in the third to [...]
Long-time Mets catcher Tomas Nido now plays for the Syracuse Mets. His future is cloudy. He will probably return to the Majors at some point, possibly even to the Mets, but none of that is a given. Nido was never an elite prospect, he was an 8th round selection in the 2012 draft. He actually [...]
I'd like to add multiple writers for the site. The minimum requirement is one article per month, although you can write more if you wish. You can write about any Mets-specific topic you'd like, although if I write a piece about Brandon Nimmo on Sunday, we don't need another story on him Thursday. Your articles [...]
We have reached the beginning of the Short Season minors and the minor leagues are finally in full swing. Now that we’re here I am going to check in on each of the Top 10 Prospects as ranked before the season began. For those that don’t remember: 1. Francisco Alvarez, C 2. Brett Baty, 3B [...]
After five days of good offense, the hitters took the day off Sunday and the result was a 2-1 loss to the Pirates in the rubber game of the series in Pittsburgh. Carlos Carrasco got the start and while he wasn’t exceptionally sharp, he was getting the job done. In the fifth inning Buck Showalter [...]
Mondrian gets the chance to deliver back-to-back wins!
Saturday was a good day for starting pitchers in MLB. Yesterday, 14 different starters pitched at least six innings, including Kodai Senga. For a comparison, only four pitchers did it on Friday, two on both Wednesday and Thursday, and three on both Monday and Tuesday. And the previous Saturday, only one pitcher in MLB went [...]