As of the writing of this article, the Mets are 26-11 at home. That's a welcome change over the last few seasons, as they've struggled to win at Citi Field. In fact, they haven't finished over .500 at home since 2010. In contrast, they're just 10-22 on the road. Not only is that the worst [...]
A most polarizing figure in the Mets’ blogosphere is 23-year-old Wilmer Flores. If you are a Mets fan you undoubtedly have an opinion about him and it’s likely a strong one. The dividing line between the Flores factions is the question of whether his bat is potent enough to make up for a questionable (to [...]
The Mets suffered a demoralizing loss to the Braves Friday night, seizing a loss from the jaws of victory with a 2-1 setback. Terry Collins utilized four pitchers in the eighth inning and with better play and better managing he would have used just one. An inexperienced (14 games) Ruben Tejada at third base killed [...]
Just 68 games into the season, the Mets have already suffered through a full season’s worth of injuries. The team has seen about half of its expected opening day roster on the disabled list already, including two starting pitchers, three every day players, five relievers and several prospects. There’s also been a lengthy PED suspension, [...]
There was a time a few years ago when Bobby Parnell was half-lovingly nicknamed Captain Fastball. He could bring the heat - reaching over 100 mph on the gun - but had problems with control and being hittable. As the now well-known story goes, Jason Isringhausen taught him the knuckle-curve and from that point on, [...]
Tonight we saw former Met and Cy Young recipient R.A. Dickey take the mound against Bartolo Colon. Ever since Dickey was traded, he has not been able to duplicate his 2012 award-winning campaign. It was nice (and sometimes painful) to see Dickey pitch against the Mets, however it was unfortunate that the Mets could not muster [...]
At the risk of sounding facile and trite, the New York Mets have been…well…amazin’ so far this season. In a season that’s 74 days old as this is written, they’ve been in first place 49 of them. Anyone who thought that would happen before the season started, raise your hand and be called a liar. [...]
In his career, Niese has thrown 179 innings to d’Arnaud, nearly a full season. His performance with d’Arnaud as his battery mate has been significantly better than without. With d’Arnaud, he has a 3.22 ERA and a 3.05 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Without d’Arnaud, his ERA rises to 4.04 and the strikeout-to-walk ratio drops to 2.59. The [...]
There has been a change in the outfield of the New York Mets recently. His name is Darrell Ceciliani. When he was called up in May, many fans either had forgotten about him entirely or never even heard of him. That has since changed. He was supposed to simply take on the role of lefty [...]
The Mets offense struggled to get anything going tonight, as they managed five hits in tonight's 8-0 loss against the Blue Jays. Jon Niese had a quality start tonight, as he went seven innings, let up three runs, struck out six hitters, but walked four hitters. Akeel Morris came in for relief and struggled mightily [...]