Anthony Recker is a big man with a ton of natural power. When he crushes a home run over the left field wall, it can be easy to think a guy like that needs more playing time. Add in that he’s improved himself into a very well-rounded defensive backstop while Travis d’Arnaud has struggled both [...]
At 6’5” and 215 Lbs, Allan Dykstra is a big guy. Having seen him in person, he stands out in a crowd. Currently, he’s playing first base for the Las Vegas 51’s and looking like his AA MVP award from 2013 was not a fluke. He’s not related to Lenny Dykstra if that’s what you [...]
On Sunday, Terry Collins did some interesting shuffling of the Mets lineup. What it essentially boiled down to was he flipped Curtis Granderson and Daniel Murphy in the two and four holes, a somewhat confusing swap. Collins' reasons for the change were, as Ron Darling put it, strange. He said that he made the change [...]
The 2014 season didn’t get off to a fast start for Vic Black. In ten spring training appearances, Black pitched to a 5.79 ERA and 2.46 WHIP in 9.1 IP, a showing that promptly had him demoted to minor league camp much earlier than anyone could have expected. Fans and upper management envisioned Black as [...]
Mets' fill-in closer Jose Valverde has been awful over his last three appearances. During that span of just three innings, he's given up 8 runs (5 earned) on six hits. Four of those hits were home runs. It's almost like he's no longer a viable, high-leverage closer. Who would've thought it? Except for the Tigers, [...]
On Opening Day, the Mets had big free agent acquisition Curtis Granderson hit cleanup. He started his Mets career 0-for-5 with three strikeouts. And it hasn’t gotten much better since. Last night, Granderson heard Mets’ fans boo him, as he twice came up empty with multiple runners on base in the late innings. With runners [...]
“I’m a steady rollin’ man. I roll both night and day. I’m a steady rollin’ man. I roll both night and day.” —Robert Johnson So far, so good. At least as far as Carlos Torres goes this year. He has maintained a very effective approach to hitters throughout all his appearances out the New York [...]
As the New York Mets came back to Queens to start their 10-game homestand last night, the team brought up Daisuke Matsuzaka on Friday while reassigning John Lannan. With the Mets having five healthy starters (save for Jenrry Mejia’s blister issues and Bartolo Colon’s back problems), the only chance where Matsuzaka can make his mark [...]