All good things must come to an end, but not just yet. In what appeared to be an impending end to their early season win streak, the Mets refused to lose, topping the Marlins 8-6 with a fantastic comeback. Jacob deGrom looked terrific for four innings and the Mets jumped out to an early 3-0 [...]
Winning cures everything and with the Mets sitting at 8-1, life looks pretty good. It’s important to remember that some people were fretting about the club’s poor record in Grapefruit League play this Spring and the feeling at the end of 2017, both the regular season and the calendar year, was one of overwhelming negativity. [...]
It was a close call towards the end, but the Jeurys Familia was able to shut the door on the Marlins in the bottom of the ninth, catapulting the Mets to a 4-2 victory. Once again, the offense of the Mets set a tone that would stick throughout the game. It started early, as the [...]
Going into Spring Training, it was a foregone conclusion that the Mets would be having Adrian Gonzalez and Wilmer Flores as their tandem at first base. Unless Dominic Smith could have obliterated the baseball to unforeseen proportions the Mets would send him to AAA Las Vegas for at least a few months. However, there was [...]
The Mets used the long ball early and small ball late to pull out a 6-5 win Sunday night in 12 innings and earn a sweep of the three-game series in Washington against the Nationals. In the top of the 12th, pinch-hitter Juan Lagares lined a single to center and advanced to second on a [...]
As you may have heard, the Mets have started 2018 at 6-1, which is the best record in the NL and a half-game behind the 7-1 Red Sox for the best record in the majors. There’s nothing magical about seven games; still I wondered how that stacked up against other records in team history after [...]
There was a bit of a surprise in the lineup that manager Mickey Callaway posted for the start of the Mets-Nationals series on April 5. Hot-hitting shortstop Amed Rosario (his slash line was .333/.375/.467 at the time) was not in the lineup. Instead it was veteran utility man Jose Reyes getting the start at short. [...]
So far, in this early portion of the 2018 season, you can say with a fair amount of certainty, this edition of the New York Mets is tough as nails. If they trail in a game, it isn't for very long. Such was the case this cold afternoon in Washington. Steven Matz started against Gio [...]