Coming into the 2023 season, the Mets had some highly rated prospects who unfortunately were incomplete players. Known for their hitting ability, there were serious concerns about the ability of each to adequately field a position. Their names were Brett Baty, Mark Vientos and Franciso Alvarez. Baty, who reportedly spent an enormous amount of time [...]
Starling Marte had a chance when he came up as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning with a runner on third base but he grounded out. He had another chance in the 10th inning and delivered the game-winning hit, sending the Mets to a 2-1 victory over the Nationals. With the Braves’ loss – losing [...]
Sometimes prospects arrive with great fanfare and after a long time of fanbases pleading with their team to call the player up. Other times, necessity forces a team’s hand to call up a heralded prospect. The matter of the Mets calling up Luisangel Acuna from Triple-A Syracuse to make his Major League debut over the [...]
For the second straight day, the Mets couldn’t hold a late lead. After scoring the game’s first run in the top of the eighth inning, David Peterson allowed the tying run to score in the bottom of the eighth and Edwin Diaz surrendered the game winner in the ninth, as the Mets lost a heartbreaker [...]
The Mets have used 27 different relievers this year, down three from the 30 they used a season ago. It would be nice if they could cut that number even more in the years ahead. But, a huge number of relievers is simply par for the course these days. Some of it is due to [...]
This one hurt. The Mets jumped out to a 4-0 lead, went down 5-4, had a potential game-tying home run denied on a leaping catch and ended up on the wrong end of a 6-4 score against the Phillies. It was the first game all year when Francisco Lindor didn’t play and only the second [...]
After three contests where the Mets totaled just one extra-base hit, it’s been nice to see the power return to the lineup the past two games. On Wednesday, the team notched a double and two home runs – all in the ninth inning – and Friday it was two doubles and four homers. In the [...]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The Mets are getting no-hit and then break out with a six-run inning. They’ve now done that in back-to-back starts, although this time it came in the fifth inning rather than the ninth. The Mets opened up their series with the Phillies with a convincing 11-3 win [...]
The Mets have a great record here recently yet it doesn’t feel like they’ve been a particularly great team. Is that a good sign? The answer probably depends on whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist. But let’s look at how they’ve done over the past three weeks or so: Played three good teams in [...]
After going 5-11 in Week 1 last year, I was stoked to go 10-5-1 on the Opening Week of 2024. Now to keep the momentum going this week.
Welcome to the final Power Rankings of the season. Unfortunately, this only has two people collaborating on the list, with Gus Livaditis joining me. The numbers in parenthesis are where we each ranked the team individually. On to the list! 1. Philadelphia Phillies (B2, G2) – After a stretch where they didn’t play well, the [...]
After being no-hit for eight innings, the Mets broke out in a big way, scoring six runs in the ninth thanks to two home runs and they emerged with a 6-2 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto Wednesday afternoon. The victory gave the Mets the series win and sends them to a key series [...]