Mets pitchers have now gone 63 ABs without producing a hit. In honor of this dubious distinction, we're running a contest to see how long the streak lasts. Predict the following three things: 1. How many hitless ABs will the pitchers wind up with in 2014 2. Who will be the pitcher to get the [...]
In Monday night’s game against the Yankees, Jenrry Mejia came in and got four big outs. It was originally thought that since Mejia had pitched only three days prior, that he would only be expected to come in and get Alfonso Soriano out, which he did in splendid fashion on only three pitches. However, Mejia [...]
If I were in the Mets marketing department I’d be contacting Tom Hiddleston and Marvel Studios about teaming up on some advertising for the Asgardian hero who will shortly arrive in Queens. We’ve all heard about Noah Syndergaard, time and time again, but he’s starting to look worthy of Mjolnir. For those who don’t pay [...]
After a dramatic 11th inning victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday, Terry Collins told reporters that he was close to making Jeurys Familia the closer. Familia would already be the fourth different option used by the Mets after Bobby Parnell, Jose Valverde and Kyle Farnsworth. “Three days in a row, pounding the strike zone, [...]
Last month there was an interesting story on MLB.com about the Mets' hitting philosophy and the new internal hitting metric called Bases Per Out (BPO) that it spawned. There's nothing particularly enlightening about the hitting philosophy. Essentially, it's a system of selective aggressiveness in which the hitter swings at good strikes and lays off of [...]
Old baseball wisdom, which pre-dates the 162-game schedule, says that you are going to win 50 games no matter what you do and lose 50 games no matter what you do. It’s the other 50 games that determine what kind of season your team will have. Saturday night was one of the other 50 for [...]
When my oldest daughter, Morgan, was still very little, the Mets played against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1999 National League Division Series. Morgan was very artistic, she still is. While we were watching one of the games, she took notice of the signs and banners. She got out her crayons and drew a sign [...]
With the New York Mets calling up Wilmer Flores and toying with the idea of replacing Jenrry Mejia in the rotation, the team is certainly trying to mix things up and give the team an added boost. Will there be any other moves? Who's jobs are safe? One such player who has to start pulling [...]