In every baseball season, there are games that will test a team's resilience. After a rough loss, how will you bounce back? The 2019 Mets responded to that question in their own way: flat. A day after an epic meltdown by arguably the best pitcher on their staff, they received a wonderful performance by arguably [...]
The Mets front office spent the off-season beefing up their roster. The 2018 team struggled to score runs, so Brodie Van Wagenen brought in more bats. Last year's team struggled to overcome injuries, so the GM added more depth to the roster. And he bolstered a week bullpen with more quality relievers. However, the rotation [...]
Back in January new GM Brodie Van Wagenen made a flurry of roster changes in hope of creating a contender in New York for 2019. Amid the shuffle was the acquisition of J.D. Davis from the Astros for prospects. At the time it seemed like a risky move selling minor leaguers for a guy who [...]
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In a game the Mets absolutely should have won, they allowed four runs in the bottom of the ninth to fall to the Dodgers, 9-8. It was an outrageously poor use of bullpen personnel. Up five runs in the seventh inning, Mickey Callaway used his three best relievers, each one of them who had been [...]
Quietly sitting in the top 10 among the Mets 2019 WAR ranking is Dominic Smith, who sports a 0.8 bWAR (good for seventh on the team). Smith, who has only started six games this season, is victim to the heroic performance of Pete Alonso, his first base counterpart who has earned playing time himself. However [...]
Mets' General Manager Brodie van Waganen's vision came through. The Mets beat the Dodgers with a combination of great starting pitching, small-ball, power and a non-imploding bullpen. Just like he drew it up. Both starting pitchers -- Steven Matz for the Mets and Rich Hill for Los Angeles -- spent the first two innings feeling [...]
No, the title does not mean Mickey Callaway suffered an injury like the one that has sidelined Jeff McNeil, instead it means the other dictionary definition, “severely restricted efficiency and effectiveness.” Specifically has Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen been pulling too many strings behind the scenes concerning day to day actions on the field? Traditionally, [...]
The Mets lost the first game of a four game series against the Dodgers in a matchup that was meant to be low scoring with two Cy Young caliber aces on the mound. Jacob deGrom matched up against Clayton Kershaw, with both pitchers battling at times. The Mets got on the board early and did [...]