The Sandy Alderson edition
When a team gets bad off-the-field news, the game on the field becomes secondary. When the sobering news of Sandy Alderson's cancer diagnosis and leave of absence was announced, tonight's game took a back seat. Early on, it appeared as a series of squiggly lines and jumbled emotions. Steven Matz squared off against Chad Kuhl, [...]
We’re all trying to make sense of how the Mets are in the position that they are today. Everyone has their theories and one that refuses to die is that the farm system has been bad in the past, bad in the present and bad in the future. Let’s take a look at the guys [...]
In late April and early May we lost games because of some bad starting pitching. For a few weeks in May we lost games because of a leaky bullpen. Then in late May into June our bats went silent. In a rare game tonight where we scored enough runs to win and pitched well enough [...]
Brandon Nimmo was hit by a pitch three times on Sunday. On one of those he intentionally threw his elbow - covered in protective gear - into the pitch and the umpire correctly did not award him the base. Another one he did not move a muscle to get out of the way. Still, this [...]
As many people will know, the Mets signed Ronny Mauricio to the largest international bonus in club history. This bonus surpassed the one paid for former Uber Prospect, Amed Rosario. The switch hitting shortstop is rail skinny and tall, at 6’3” 166 Lbs but he’s started his major league career, at the age of 17, [...]
Hey, I thought we left Coors Field!
It’s hard to be a Mets fan right now. For the second year in a row we’ve entered the season with high hopes only to see poor play and injuries sabotage the season. Many of you have made a completely rational decision – stop watching. Where have you gone, Metsense? We so need your rational [...]