The Mets are bad. Really bad. After an impressive 15-5 start, the Mets have gone 10-16 and have largely failed to play professional baseball with any kind of aplomb. The pitching has scuffled (even Harvey has taken a turn for the worst), the defense is not great, and the offense is just putrid. The sad [...]
First off, there is no bigger supporter or optimist when it comes to David Wright than your’s truly. During our projection series, I said Wright would slug .480 with 90 RBI and wouldn't hit the DL for more than 15 days. I was a touch off. So the news that the team captain was diagnosed with [...]
Bartolo Colon pitched a quality start for the first time since May 5th and the Mets received home runs from Lucas Duda, Michael Cuddyer and Wilmer Flores to push past the lowly Phillies. I never get tired of saying "lowly Phillies". Cuddyer and Flores in particular needed to step up to Terry Collins' call-to-arms after [...]
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The most unappreciated prospect for the Mets right now is Gavin Cecchini. It seems odd to type that since most of my comments since the day the Mets drafted him have been less than flattering. But the simple truth is that since the end of last season, Cecchini has been putting up tremendous numbers that [...]
Time and time again, Daniel Murphy’s name seems to bring a feeling of frustration amongst Mets fans, as there have been plenty of moments on the basepaths and on the field that make you wonder what you just witnessed. Murphy has been the second baseman for the Mets over the past four seasons, and the [...]
The pitchers would not revolt if you played the best defensive alignment behind them. And who knows, you might learn something else, too.
Matt Harvey didn't have it today. He allowed seven runs, the most in any game of his career, and the Mets continue their slide due to up and down pitching, bad defense on the left side of the infield, and an offense that now ranks second only to the lowly Phillies for the lowest team [...]