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This column is my last for the 2023 Regular Season – a season of significant disappointment. Looking back over my articles earlier in the year, it doesn’t seem as though they are written about the same team. In many ways, they are not. Gone are Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander. Now on the roster are [...]
Pete Alonso broke out of a mini slump with two home runs to lead the Mets to a 6-3 win over the Mariners Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. The victory gave the Mets the series win over the first-place Mariners. Alonso’s day started with an RBI single in the first inning. It wasn’t a particularly [...]
This past November, the Mets signed Denyi Reyes, one of the plethora of guys they signed because of his option status. Reyes was released by the Orioles following the 2022 season, one where he advanced to Triple-A at age 25 but went 0-7 with a 7.17 ERA. Reyes began the year in the bullpen for [...]
The Mets had two big comebacks. Unfortunately, they needed three. One night after a pitcher’s duel, this one was a slugfest, with the Mariners emerging with an 8-7 win Saturday night in Citi Field. David Peterson was unable to match his fine outing from his last time out. Still, Buck Showalter was a little too [...]
There are a lot of things about the 2023 season that practically defy description for the Mets. One thing among many that seems strange to me is the amount of money the club spent to acquire Trevor Gott versus the amount of money they were unwilling to spend to pick up Lucas Giolito when he [...]
Kodai Senga and Logan Gilbert engaged in a pitcher’s duel for seven innings, setting the stage for Francisco Lindor and Daniel Vogelbach to come thru in the eighth, leading the Mets to a 2-1 win over the Mariners Friday night at Citi Field. Senga was terrific. He started off with three hitless innings before serving [...]
What a difference a month makes. In July, the Mets were 14-9 with a 3.40 ERA, as they finally got the five starters they envisioned going to battle with this year in the rotation at the same time. But they traded two of their top three starters, along with their top reliever at the end [...]