So much to unpack from this stirring, comeback Mets win. Yes, that's right: an 11-5 comeback win. Remember the other day, when I said a 12-2 start couldn't be undone by one bad inning? I thought I might have been wrong. It looked like the Mets' sweep of the Nats down in DC would be [...]
Zack Wheeler followed up his strong first start with an outing that’s a little tough to categorize. The final line shows it as a bare minimum Quality Start (6 IP, 3 ER) with a Bill James Game Score of 45. My opinion is that Wheeler pitched better than what that might imply and while he [...]
Do the Mets really have an outfield logjam? The late blooming Brandon Nimmo has looked fantastic this season and really seems to be rounding into a strong player and a very effective leadoff hitter. Problem is, the Mets have three clear starting outfielders in Yoenis Cespedes, Jay Bruce and Michael Conforto, not to mention a [...]
Zack Wheeler was good tonight, but not good enough to defeat the Washington Nationals, as the Mets fell 5-2. Coming off of a strong season debut, Wheeler was looking to build off of that start to defeat the rival Nationals. Facing a much more difficult lineup, Wheeler struggled a little bit. He allowed three runs [...]
The Mets have been playing like gangbusters in this early part of the season, and a good part of the credit must go to the moves made by GM Sandy Alderson after the 2017 season. Following will be a ranking of the offseason moves, David Letterman style. 5. Jay Bruce was signed by the Mets [...]
Y'know, one of the perks of a 12-2 start is that it all can't be undone by one putrid inning. The Mets suffered one of those in what for the first time can be said this year is a "terrible loss." Jacob deGrom started against favorite Mets punching bag Jeremy Hellickson. deGrom was nothing short [...]
We have written at length about the lost 2017 season for Justin Dunn. The Mets' top pick from the 2016 draft, Dunn entered 2017 with high expectations and fell squarely on his face. His 2017 season was so bad that the Mets moved their former top pick into the bullpen to help get him back [...]
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Just as the Mets almost let one get away, Wilmer Flores saved the day with another signature walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Citi Field faithful erupted in applause, the team stormed out of the dugout to celebrate, and a certain blogger jumped out of his seat and screamed so [...]