"The answer to this question is more difficult to answer, but to do so I must first dispense with a common statement i've seen on this blog: Pelfrey is the same this year as before. This is an incorrect statement. Pelfrey's xFIP is usually the root cause of this assertion, but there are several reasons [...]
It has been another frustrating season for the New York Mets and their fans. The Mets spent eight days in last place early in the season and last led the National League East on April 30. Their offense totally collapsed in July, they couldn’t get a big hit when needed and key pitchers slumped at [...]
"I don’t like the fact that he’s cruising right along and he just walks two guys, Kev. It just seems like… It’s one start so I don’t want to beat up on him but Mike’s at the point in his career now and we still don’t know what he is. "What is he? He’s had [...]
As a fantasy player I love updates that indicate that players are into fantasy, too. Here's a tweet that mentions Mets players and fantasy football. "Pelf mocking Thole's fantasy draft. 'If you really wanted Eli that bad, you could have picked him up today on the waiver wire.'" Source: Adam Rubin on Twitter If you [...]
The 2005 draft has been very kind to the New York Mets. Five players selected that year have reached the major leagues; the seventh most of all National League clubs, but few of those clubs can match the impact of the Mets draftees: Mike Pelfrey (1st round), Jon Niese (2nd round), Bobby Parnell (9th round) [...]
With a little over a month left in the 2010 season, Mike Pelfrey is closing in on a feat last accomplished in 2003. He has a legitimate chance to be the team leader in wins on a pitching staff that includes Johan Santana. Pelfrey turned in eight scoreless innings on Friday night to match a [...]
The Mets’ offensive troubles have become the story of the season and have overshadowed some terrific pitching performances. How many times have pitchers ended up with no-decisions in games where they pitched brilliantly? Here is a chart of all Mets starters, their Quality Starts and decisions in those games. Name Quality Starts QS Record Johan [...]
The Mets find themselves in a precarious situation. After a stellar pitching performance from Mike Pelfrey on Tuesday in which the Mets won 1-0 over the Colorado Rockies, they are again at .500 with a 56-56 record and eight and a half games out of first in the NL East, while seven games out of [...]
The New York Mets (54-54) dropped the rubber game of the series with the Atlanta Braves 8-3 at Turner Field Wednesday night. The loss drops the Mets 7 1/2 games behind the Braves in the National League East and 21-35 on the road this season. New York Mets @ Atlanta Braves ... recap and boxscore [...]
After a terrific June in which the team went 18-8, the Mets followed up with a brutal July, in which they posted a dismal 9-17 record. Everyone points to the 2-9 road trip that opened up the second half of the season but the bad play started before the break, when the Mets went 2-4 [...]
At the break, Mike Pelfrey was 10-4 and many thought he got a raw deal by not making the All-Star team. But the truth is that after a great April, Pelfrey is the same underachieving guy he has always been. The story line was how the former first-round draft pick had added a new pitch [...]
The New York Mets (52-51) dropped the series opener to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 9-6 at Citi Field. The D-Backs are 4-11 in their last 15 games, all four wins coming against the Mets. The Mets are 32-18 at Citi Field and 0-39 when they trail after eight innings. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds [...]