In a game delayed by rain, the Mets took a little while to get going but then exploded for six runs en route to a 6-4 win over the Padres. It was the first series win for the Mets since they swept the Diamondbaccks May 18-20. The Mets did not have a runner reach base [...]
Due to the dreaded three I’s – injured, ineffective and inefficient – the Mets’ offense hasn’t been close to what was expected coming into the season. While the NL average runs per game is 4.43, the Mets are 13th with a 3.92 mark. And as bad as they’ve been overall, they’ve been worse when Jacob [...]
In a possible audition for his next team, Zack Wheeler delivered a solid performance on the mound, holding the Padres to just two runs on four hits over seven innings. He also delivered a double at the plate, bringing his season batting average up to .212, better than a few regular hitters on his team. [...]
When the Mets picked up Jose Bautista earlier this year, expectations were pretty low. The 15 year MLB veteran had been a strong performer earlier in his career, especially with Toronto, where he was a six-time All-Star. But his production had dropped off radically as he aged. The 37 year-old had been released by the [...]
Another day, another blown Jacob deGrom start. The mighty San Diego Padres -- generally thought to be the worst team in the National League coming into the season; that's a big joke now -- arrived at Citi Field and took advantage of some shoddy Mets fielding and their by now customarily vapid offense to take [...]
Most people will know that the Mets traded their closer, Jeurys Familia, to the Oakland Athletics for two C-Level prospects in William Toffey and Bobby Wahl. This isn’t to say that Toffey and Wahl have no value but it proves that the Mets need to hire Sandy Alderson’s replacement because the current braintrust isn’t doing [...]
Bobby Wahl is an interesting flier for the Mets to take. It’s hard to characterize a 26-year-old reliever as some kind of top prospect — and I won’t — but Wahl throws in the upper 90s, has an effective slider (that really feels more like a slurve to me), and can change speeds at least [...]
Panic! in the bullpen? Perhaps Tyler "Death of a" Bashlor will seem so fitting for happily ever after