The company line coming from Flushing is that Dillon Gee’s job is not in jeopardy. Don’t believe that. Gee, who turned 29 on Tuesday, is absolutely pitching for his job, whether it’s to protect his current role with the Mets or build a strong case for the Texas Rangers or somebody else to stick him [...]
2015 TOPPS HERITAGE TERRY COLLINS Nostalgia is a distorting lens. Ralph the ice-cream man used to stop in front of my house every day from late spring to early fall, ringing his bells in four-beat measures that made me dash out my front door and sail over the concrete porch steps. I'd scrape together my [...]
Not tonight, Josephine... The Miami Marlins scratched out a run in the bottom of the eighth to beat the Mets 4-3, in a game which looked an awful lot like the previous night's contest. Once again, offense was reserved for the later innings and a parade of hitters returned to their respective benches muttering. It [...]
It’s easy to identify big moments late in the season or in the playoffs. But identifying watershed events in the first month of a baseball season is another matter entirely. It’s possible we witnessed one of those Monday night in Miami. Coming into the season, most people had the Mets and Marlins pretty much even. [...]
With the Mets current record running at an impressive 15-5, not many things have gone wrong- except the injuries, of course. This start even more impressive considering the team received more criticism for the questions surrounding the team than praise for the talent that lies on the roster. One major question that was consistently dogging [...]
Disclaimer, this article was written before Sunday’s game. When discussing pure power, Lucas Duda measures toe to toe with some of the elite hitters in the game. His two home runs so far this season have traveled 369 ft and 436 ft, and his average home run traveled over 403 ft last year, well above [...]
Daniel Murphy's 3-run homer in the top of the 9th gave the Mets a most improbable and much needed win in the series opener in Miami. The Mets arrived in Florida at 4:30 AM and the offense showed it. Through 8 innings, the New Yorkers could only muster 2 hits, a 2 out single by [...]
It's often been said that it's a good kind of problem to have when as a baseball team you have a surplus of high end talent at one position. I tend to agree with that statement in most cases because usually there are workable ways to trade your surplus to fill an area of need [...]
Kevin Plawecki is already in the majors, proving the bevvy of talent that was stock-piled in AAA. Next in the queue waiting for a shot at the majors is Dilson Herrera. How long it takes him to reach the majors depends on many things but, at this point most of them are beyond his control. [...]
The Yankees took the rubber match of the series with a 6-4 win Sunday night. With the loss, the Mets' record drops to 14-5. Jon Niese didn't pitch great but it might have been better than it looked. He had a 73.7 GB% and the defense had four errors behind him. For the outing he [...]