Recently, we Met fans have been reminded – emphatically and painfully – that Matt Harvey is human after all. His start to this season caused everyone to forget that he was only 19 months removed from Tommy John surgery. In his first eight 2015 starts, he was the Harvey of old, racking up a 5-1 [...]
Indeed, even the talking point from the organization about Wilpon has shifted from "of course he can afford to run a large-market team" to how much he cares about winning, as if that matters even slightly if he lacks the means to make it happen. And yet, here are the 2015 Mets, their best pitchers [...]
The New York Mets have been struggling to score runs.This is not a secret. Their offensive woes have been well documented throughout the blogging world. This inability to offer consistent run support for their starting pitching has been extremely frustrating to fans, media and players alike. It's been a major question since the season began [...]
The Mets had 11 hits and scored five runs but it wasn't enough, as they fell to the Giants, 8-5 Wednesday night at Citi Field. Matt Harvey was not sharp. In his last inning he gave up four extra-base hits, including two homers. For the game, Harvey surrendered three gopher balls and now has allowed [...]
Recently, people have been complaining about the depth of the farm system and how there doesn’t seem to be (m)any impact players in the pipeline. For a team that in the past few years that has promoted Harvey, Wheeler, deGrom, Sydnergaard, d’Arnaud, Herrera and Lagares – and Matz seemingly any day now - that seems [...]
1974 TOPPS STAMPS TOM SEAVER So many magical mysteries, in the immortal words of Ass Dan... And this one ranks right up there with, “Who is Brazil?” and “Are children small or just far away?” Topps issued a set of 240 stamps in 1974, containing ten players from each of the 24 teams of the [...]
Wow, what a night it was for Giants rookie Chris Heston. The young righty had two hits and drove in two runs as he dominated the Mets offense the entire night, and held them to zero hits. San Francisco took the first game of the series 5-0. Noah Syndergaard struggled tonight, going six innings, allowing [...]
The first two rounds of the MLB Draft was held yesterday on the MLB Network and it provided smiles for countless individuals. However, the Mets were absent from a pick due to their signing of Michael Cuddyer back in November. It remains to be seen whether or not this was a smart decision, but the [...]
Last year, Wilmer Flores played 443.1 innings at shortstop. By a fortuitous coincidence, he has played exactly 443.1 innings at short here in 2015. Now seems like a good time to check in on his defensive numbers. Back in December we noted how DRS and UZR, the two most-popular advanced fielding numbers, differed wildly in [...]