Carlos Carrasco and Seth Lugo combined on a shutout in the nightcap, giving the Mets a sweep of the doubleheader versus the Braves on Tuesday. The Mets won the opener, 5-4 and took the second game by a 3-0 margin. With the wins, the Mets are 18-8 on the season. Carrasco seemingly had baserunners in [...]
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Jeff McNeil is off to a great start, as he’s slashing .360/.422/.520 after 83 PA. Obviously, a small sample and it’s easy to look good when you’ve got a .400 BABIP. Still, many have credited his good start to going back to hitting the ball to all fields after he was trying too hard last [...]
Travis d’Arnaud continued to torment the Mets, getting three hits and three RBIs to lead the Braves to a 5-2 win over the Mets Monday night in Citi Field. Shortly before the game, it was announced that Buck Showalter was going to serve a one-game suspension for Yoan Lopez’ alleged throws at Kyle Schwarber. This [...]
Contrary to popular belief, I’m not a heartless bastard. The memory of me fighting an uphill battle to keep the site from being nothing but a cesspool of complaining – one that was lost and caused me to temporarily suspend the site – lives on. There are Robinson Cano supporters out there and I can’t [...]
We shouldn’t be in this position right now. The Mets are faced with a decision on which hitter to cut from their roster. If a non-biased person was given the specifics, there’s little doubt that Robinson Cano would be cut. He’s old, he can’t hit for power, he has next to no defensive value and [...]
Jeff McNeil and Dominic Smith each had four-hit games as the Mets set a season record for most hits (15) and tied for the most runs as they defeated the Phillies, 10-6, Sunday night in Citi Field. The Mets won their seventh straight series and are in first place with a 16-7 record. McNeil had [...]
Game Score is a Bill Jame creation developed to rate how good a starting pitcher’s outing was. It’s designed so that a score of 50 is an average performance for a pitcher. The highest Game Score is 105, recorded by Kerry Wood on the night he pitched a one-hitter and struck out 20 batters. The [...]
It was a trip back to 2021, as the Mets put a ton of runners on base and couldn’t come up with a timely hit, as they fell to the Phillies, 4-1, Saturday night at Citi Field. The Mets left 13 runners on base and went 1-8 with RISP. And in another ode to ’21, [...]