The Mets started the season with World Series aspirations. While some called it foolhardy to rely on so many young arms – especially with four of them coming off surgery or one sort or another – the more hopeful among the fan base pushed that notion aside. Because the arms were so young, they should [...]
The Mets' offense consisted mainly of the first seven batters of the game. They then put it on the fragile shoulders of Steven Matz. On this night, the shoulders were strong. Curtis Granderson led off the ballgame with a nine pitch walk against lefty Jeff Locke. Asdrubal Cabrera followed that up with a four pitch [...]
As we all know, veteran Met shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera is not happy playing second base, or any other position other than his traditional shortstop spot. Since the Mets have been playing him at second, he has requested a trade to a team that will play him at short, and he wants the team he is [...]
The Mets had their three-game winning streak snapped by the Marlins Tuesday night in Miami, as they fell to their division rivals, 6-3. The key inning in the game was the seventh. Travis d'Arnaud tied the game with a solo homer, his second RBI of the game. Pinch-hitter Brandon Nimmo drew a walk, bringing up [...]
Baseball is a beautiful game, but it is rare that a tear is shed on the diamond. The most memorable tear ever shed on the grounds of Citi Field was undoubtedly the one that fell from the eye of Wilmer Flores, who thought that he was about to be traded from his team. The Mets [...]
This season is destined to be something of a disappointment. Noah Syndergaard, Matt Harvey, Steven Matz and Zack Wheeler again spend time on the DL and the Mets need a major win streak to pull back to .500 baseball. With Harvey’s Met tenure drawing to a close it’s time to look at some of the [...]
The Mets completed a three-game road sweep with an 8-2 victory over the fellow 2017 disappointment San Francisco Giants. And the win came courtesy of two very unlikely heroes - Rafael Montero who pitched nearly six solid innings, and backup catcher catcher Rene Rivera who slugged not one, but two home runs. Montero went 5.2 innings, [...]
This week on the podcast, when asked to make an unlikely prediction, Gotham Baseball’s Mark Healey said that Rafael Montero was going to be a useful pitcher. Sunday, Montero gets yet another chance to show his stuff. We can’t really call it his last chance, because at this point the only thing to garner more [...]
For Jacob deGrom, tonight was yet another start where he proved he is the best pitcher in the Mets rotation. He posted another solid outing, going eight strong innings with seven strikeouts and allowing one earned run. He simply controlled the game from the mound, and his only slip up was a solo shot allowed [...]