The 2016 season hasn’t turned out as planned. While Baseball Prospectus still gives the Mets an 11.8 percent chance of making the playoffs (before last night’s game), there are still at least three teams standing in the way of the second Wild Card spot. Couple that with listless play, and things don’t look good. Perhaps […]
Day: August 22, 2016
Game recap August 21: Easy peasy lemon squeezy
THE RUNDOWN Yoenis Cespedes’s two-run blast was the only support that Noah Syndergaard needed, as Thor blanked the Giants offense for the 2-0 victory. ALL (BATS) QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Both Jeff Samardzija and Syndergaard came out dealing, setting down the other side in order in each of the first two innings fairly easily. […]