A few days ago the Mets extended their Player Development Contract (PDC) with Las Vegas, meaning that the team’s top minor league club will remain in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) for the next two seasons. Many lament the team’s situation. But the problems are overblown and it’s not like the Mets had much choice, [...]
The Marlins avoided a four-game sweep by jumping out to a 6-1 lead and hanging on for a 6-4 win Thursday night against the Mets. Jacob deGrom kept the ball in the park but otherwise it was not a particularly good outing, as he allowed three runs in five innings. As he left the game [...]
On the heels of the Mets’ exciting win last night – their third straight over the hated Marlins of Miami; another game’s worth of daylight put between the two teams, who had both been competing for the second Wild Card berth in the National League – word came down that slugging second baseman Neil Walker [...]
The Mets solidified their hold on second place in the NL East with a 5-2 win over the Marlins Wednesday night. It was the third straight win over Miami and New York is now two games up on the Fish. The Cardinals were trailing, 3-1, in the seventh inning and if that holds, the Mets [...]
It’s hard to believe but a good many Americans find the game of baseball slow and boring. We aficionados of the game disagree with that assessment, at least for public consumption. In our more reflective moments we realize that games have a whole lot of routine ground outs to third (OK, admittedly they are never [...]
The Mets won for the eighth time in their past 10 games with a 7-4 win over the Marlins Tuesday night. Six of those wins have come against teams in the playoff hunt, with two victories apiece over the Marlins, Cards and Giants. Seth Lugo struggled early in the game, giving up two runs in [...]
On December 17, 2012, the Mets acquired Travis d’Arnaud as part of the R.A. Dickey trade. Dickey had just won the 2012 Cy Young award. His value as a 38 year knuckle ball pitcher would never be higher. Before Dickey was traded, I was wishing with all of my might with my eyes closed tightly, [...]
In a game of total attrition, Yoenis Cespedes would have no more of it. With two outs in the bottom of the tenth, he sent a ball deep into the left field seats and the Mets home with a crucial win. Rafael Montero made his first start in a year-and-a-half and most unsteadily made the [...]
Michael Conforto began his 2016 campaign looking like an All Star in the making. He had debuted in 2015 and contributed to an exciting Met postseason and hit the ground running in 2016. Then what happened? The Mets stopped hitting and Conforto’s numbers began spiraling into a nosedive. The Mets tried giving him a breather [...]