The Mets fell behind big early got some runs back but were unable to complete the comeback, as they fell to the Rockies, 7-4, in Denver Saturday night. Logan Verrett had his first bad outing as a SP this year. But he wasn't as bad as the home plate umpire, who blew a call that [...]
The day after Bartolo Colon hit his historic first home run, he offered Matt Harvey a bit of advice to get into the homer club. Harvey, Colon opined, needed to hit the weight room to turn his doubles into homers. While said in jest, Colon just may have been on to something there. The Mets' [...]
The Mets fell to the Rockies at Coor's field this evening 5-2, dropping their road trip record to 4-5. At least it started before 9pm? It was the same old story for Matt Harvey this evening, as he held the Rockies scoreless through the first three frames and simply fell apart in the middle innings [...]
The ink hadn’t dried on Stephen Strasburg’s new contract before Mets pitchers – Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Steven Matz, Zack Wheeler, and, especially Matt Harvey – all began dancing a collective jig. The much hyped right-handed strikeout machine signed a 7-year, $175 million contract extension without ever having hit the open market. This is very [...]
Nothing no be ashamed about. We got shut out by the best pitcher in baseball. The way Clayton Kershaw was pitching, the '27 Yankees couldn't have scored. With pinpoint control, a mid-90s fastball with movement, a big looping curve and a herky jerky windup that throws off everyone's timing, Kershaw is virtually impossible to hit [...]
So, the Mets are going to go a couple of days without a backup middle infielder, as Wilmer Flores goes to the DL and is to be replaced by Sean Gilmartin. The Mets decided a full complement of relievers was more important than a utility guy and in the short run, they’re probably right. Besides [...]
Noah Syndergaard did his best Bugs Bunny imitation and (almost) single-handedly beat the Dodgers, 4-3, Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Syndergaard needed just 95 pitches to complete eight innings. He allowed just two runs, both coming on solo shots, walked one and fanned six. It was a very strong outing. But as good as he [...]
We Mets fans are use to hearing Keith Hernandez refer back to his days of playing Strat-O-Matic baseball as a teen. He mentions the game when lauding a great defensive player saying things like “this guy’s a definite ‘1’ in Strat.” But if an outfield messes up consistently he’ll label him a “4”. The well [...]