Coming into 2016, I was worried about David Wright. I’ve been worried about David Wright for ages, but this time my worry was a bit more specific. Entering his age-33 season, Wright is due to deal with spinal stenosis over the course of a full season. Though his performance in 2015 was good when he […]
Day: May 13, 2016
The Home Run Kings of Queens
As I start to write this article, we’re a little over a month into the 2016 baseball season and a theme has started to emerge for the New York Mets: power. In the first 34 games of the season, the Mets have had some extremely memorable moments and most of them revolve around the home […]
Game recap May 12: Bartolo does not hit a home run (and the Mets barely hit at all)
Thursday is the off day for a lot of teams, but May 12 still offered two intriguing pitching matchups in the National League. The Arizona Diamondbacks trotted out Zack Greinke versus the San Francisco Giants’ Johnny Cueto. But the marquee matchup contained the man widely regarded as one of the best, if not always the […]