Earlier this year the Mets rescued veteran James Loney off the scrap heap. It was a low-risk move that the vast majority of the fan base approved of immediately. However, not everyone (read:me) signed off on the acquisition. Loney took over as the starter and has essentially played every day. Now that he has 150 [...]
The Mets lost to the Nationals tonight at Citi Field 6-1, ruining many a night and dropping to five games back in the division. Logan Verrett was...present in this this one. His main accomplishment was pitching into the seventh inning, really. His final line was ugly: 6.2 innings pitched, five earned runs (though one was [...]
It feels like it's all coming crashing down, doesn't it? Well maybe not quite yet, but it sure seems that the specter of the injury-riddled 2009 team is on a train barreling toward us at an increasingly rapid pace. Forgetting for a moment the injuries to and underperformance of the offense, the team's path to [...]
Where's Fernando Tatis? Clearly this is 2009 because Jose Reyes is here and everyone keeps getting injured. As if the news weren't bleak enough with Matt Harvey shut down for the season for shoulder surgery, our best player and best pitcher both exited tonight's game with injuries. Yoenis Cespedes left with a quad sprain, hopefully [...]
The Mets entered July on quite a roll, winning 6 of their first 7 on this crucial home stand. With good news on Noah Syndergaard's and Steven Matz' elbows, continued excellence from Bartolo Colon and resurgence from Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom, the Mets were out-pitching everyone. Now that the bats were waking up, we [...]
Put it in the books! The Mets out-slugged the Nationals on a night when neither starting pitcher was effective and the ball seemed to fly out of Citi Field. Bartolo Colon coughed up six runs on 10 hits in less than five innings, but was equaled by the young phenom Lucas Giolito, who couldn't make [...]
It has become painfully obvious that all major league teams know they can take the extra base on Mets right fielder Curtis Granderson any time they wish to. It’s become as easy to go first to third on Granderson as it is to steal second (then third) on Noah Syndergaard. Granderson is a fine player [...]
After getting their clock cleaned in Washington, the Mets have won six out of seven games against teams in the playoff chase, capped off by a series-clinching 4-2 win over the Marlins Wednesday afternoon. It was the Wilmer Flores and Jose Reyes show on offense. Flores had two solo homers, the first one a bomb [...]