This was supposed to be a column about the National League Cy Young race. I’ve been putting it off for a few weeks while I looked at Mets pitching development, but I’ll outline what I was going to do. I was going to compare Noah Syndergaard to Max Scherzer (and perhaps Madison Bumgarner or Kyle […]
Day: September 26, 2016
Game recap September 25: That, my friends, is a blowout
Robert Gsellman impressed with his best appearance yet – eight strikeouts over seven scoreless innings. However, the more notable pitching performances came from the Phillies, whose pitchers combined to hit four batters, walk nine, and allow 14 hits. Emblematic of these struggles, Jose Reyes came to the plate with the bases loaded in four (!) separate […]