The best Mets pitching prospect has a new toy, and early in the 2016 season, he’s enjoying playing with it. It’s the same toy many of the big kids already owned. Down in Double-A, in Binghamton, Robert Gsellman learned a version of the “Warthen slider” late in the 2015 season. B-Mets Pitching Coach Glen Abbott explained […]
Day: April 26, 2016
Travis d’Arnaud’s Forthcoming Comeback
When the Mets formally announced they had traded away R.A. Dickey (recipient of the 2012 National League Cy Young Award) to the Toronto Blue Jays for Noah Syndergaard (who they hope will be the recipient of multiple NL Cy Young Awards down the line) the team mentioned neither man first. The first player called out […]
Game recap April 25: Neil Walker’s power surge continues, sinks Reds
Last October, it was extremely fun to watch second baseman Daniel Murphy’s historic home run frenzy as the Mets romped to the World Series. He departed in the offseason to the Nationals, but replacement Neil Walker has kicked off the 2016 campaign with a tremendous power surge of his own. Walker’s latest blast was his […]