Gut Reaction: Mets 5 Marlins 1 (8/4/15)

The Mets' offense flashed back to its pre-trade doldrums for seven innings, then erupted. And the eruption wasn't caused by any of the new faces. Tied at one in the top of the eighth, Lucas Duda led off with a base hit off the right field wall. Travis d'Arnaud followed with a roller through the [...]

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No winners, losers yet in 2015 trade season

**This was originally written before the trade deadline passed. It’s been slightly tweaked since, but much of it remains intact. After all, how else am I supposed to transition into a gaffe like Jeopardy made. Enjoy.** It’s over. The craziest time of year that’s not related to religion, food or a certain other sporting event [...]

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Predictions for which impending Mets free agents will re-sign

The second half Mets baseball has been the craziest set of 17 games during the Citi Field era both for good and bad. It has been highlighted by two brutal losses in St. Louis (and a brutal win), the bullpen falling flat for the first time since April of 2014, and the rollercoaster ride that [...]

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Wilmer Flores is not doing what was expected, and we love him for it

For the year, we Mets360.com writers surmised that Wilmer Flores would put together a campaign of hitting .265/.310/.400 in 484 plate appearances. We also thought he'd have 11 home runs, and drive in 55 runs. While a full analysis of Flores' season will not be complete until November, it certainly couldn't hurt to find out [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 12, Marlins 1 (8/3/15)

The Mets blew the Marlins out of the water early on, as the offense provided plenty of runs for Bartolo Colon, and the veteran earned his 10th win of the season. Michael Conforto hit his first major league homer, which provided three runs in the second inning. Batting Conforto eighth should enable him to get [...]

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Bartolo Colon sticks out like a sore thumb in Mets’ rotation

The Mets set their rotation after the All-Star break so that their three best pitchers could square off against the Nationals in both of their three-game sets. The first one didn’t work out as well as we might have hoped, as the Mets went just 1-2, but this just completed set was a thing of [...]

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Mets Minors: After getting Yoenis Cespedes, what’s left of the farm?

The Mets have welcomed a number of new faces to their clubhouse: Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson (from the Braves), Tyler Clippard (from the Athletics) and Yoenis Cespedes from the Tigers. Few will argue that these deals have helped the franchise in its bid to reach the post season, but what exactly did the Mets [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Nationals 2 (8/2/15)

The power came in bunches, and it was all Noah Syndergaard needed as he was once again phenomenal. His assortment of blistering fastballs, knee-buckling curveballs, and an improving changeup had the Washington Nationals on their heels all night. Anthony Rendon took Syndergaard deep in the first, but after that 13 Nationals hitters were retired in [...]

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Terry Collins has an offense to work with

The league better be taking notice of the New York Mets, as the team does not only feature one of the best rotations in baseball, but an offense and a bench that could be putting up some good numbers, or at least better than the numbers before. If new acquisitions Yoenis Cespedes, Kelly Johnson and [...]

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