While the offense finally clicked, and Jonathon Niese posted another quality outing in a much needed 8-2 victory on Tuesday night over the St. Louis Cardinals, more questions seem to be emanating from Citi Field now more than ever. Yes, Tuesday’s win over Cy Young candidate Adam Wainwright was encouraging. It was great to see [...]
The New York Mets (50-48) dropped a 3-2 decision to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chavez Ravine on a 13th inning walk off home run by James Loney off Oliver Perez (0-4, 6.15). It was the Mets 12th walk-off loss of the season. They are now 20-32 on the road and 2-8 on the road trip. The [...]
While there is plenty of time left in the baseball season, the window for the Mets to contend with either the Atlanta Braves in the NL East or a wild-card spot may be defined in the next 11 days. In those 11 days, Mets General Manager Omar Minaya must decide if his team is as [...]
The New York Mets (49-44) played more like a they were the team 20 games under .500, not the Arizona Diamondbacks (35-58), who whacked the Mets 13-2 in Monday's series opener. With the Atlanta Braves (54-38) off Monday, the Mets dropped 5 1/2 back in the National League East. The Philadelphia Phillies (48-44) lost 8-4 to [...]
Most New York Mets fans by now probably thought they would be dealing with another disastrous season: clubhouse turmoil, a new manager, and what many want – a new GM. But thanks to an overachieving starting rotation, great years from David Wright and unheralded Angel Pagan, and now with the imminent return of Carlos Beltran, [...]
The All-Star break is upon us and it’s natural to look forward. The Mets at 48-40, four games back of the Atlanta Braves in the NL and one game behind in the wild card race. Below is a list of Mets players with a grade given to each hitter and pitcher on how they have [...]
The New York Mets (46-37) rallied from a 7-1 deficit, responding to the Cincinnati Reds six-run fifth inning with five runs of their own, but the rally fell short as the Reds held off the Mets 8-6. Mets manager Jerry Manuel was thrown out of the game in the fifth inning, after the umpiring crew [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1978: New York Mets sold Butch Metzger to the Philadelphia Phillies. 1985: In a marathon game that borders on the surreal, the Mets endure two rain delays and six hours and ten minutes of playing time to beat the Braves 16-13 in 19 innings. [...]
The New York Mets (44-34) salvaged their three-game series in San Juan, holding off the Florida Marlins 6-5. The Mets are now 16-22 on the road this season and 1-6 against the Marlins away from Citi Field. The win pushes the Mets two games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies (41-35), who lost 4-3 to the Cincinnati Reds, [...]
The New York Mets (42-31) defeated the Minnesota Twins, 5-2, in the opening game of a three-game series at Citi Field. The win improves the Mets to 27-11 at home, 15-5 in the month of June and 12-4 in interleague play. Minnesota Twins @ New York Mets ... recap and boxscore ### Post Game Notes: Mike [...]
The Orioles are not very good. But it counts when the Yankees and Red Sox beat them and it counts when the Mets do the same. And given the team’s poor road record this year, the three-game sweep in Baltimore was met with open arms. Perhaps most encouraging was how the sweep was a total [...]
Omar Minaya took a lot of heat this offseason for not doing more in the free agent market. And what moves he did make were criticized, whether it was giving too many years to Jason Bay, too much money to Alex Cora or signing too many backup catchers. But catcher Henry Blanco has lived up [...]