As Mets fans, we have been lucky enough to witness some very good pitching seasons in recent memory. R.A. Dickey had a magical ride in 2012. Matt Harvey’s 2013 season was historic. Noah Syndergaard probably should have won the Cy Young in 2016. None of them can even be considered in the same galaxy as Jacob deGrom’s […]
Author: David Capobianco
There’s Something About David
To be a Mets fan is to be derisive. We’re the first to mock our own team and criticize our own players. We’re quick to turn on guys at any moment and we can hold grudges with the best of them. Sometimes, this can result in great players going criminally underappreciated by a sizeable portion of the fanbase. […]
Game recap September 19: A Very September Game
Well, it finally happened. For the first time all season, the Mets lost a series to the Phillies. The Mets were able to avoid Philadelphia when they were at they were in their June swoon. They handled them in April, and were able to narrowly split or win some extended series over the last few months. […]
Game Recap September 12: Why?
There were probably a couple thousand people who arrived at Citi Field at 4 p.m. to see the 65-78 Mets play the 57-86 Marlins in a meaningless September doubleheader. I question the decision to attend this game in the first place, but hey, if you scored tickets and a day off, why not? The thing is, […]
Game recap September 5: The BABIP Fairy smiles down upon us all
Last night, the Mets totaled 14 hits and seven runs, which is a pretty, pretty good offensive day. If you see 14 and seven runs hits in a box score, you’re going to assume that the team had was hitting the ball quite well all night long, and maybe even socked a few dingers. Well….. […]
Game recap August 29: Oh, NOW they score runs
Yesterday afternoon, the Mets put up a ten-burger on the Cubs at Wrigley Field behind the efforts of Jason Vargas, just one day after none of those same position players could drive in a single run behind Jacob deGrom over eight innings, and just about 45 minutes after they officially lost that game because they […]
Game Recap August 22: McNeil-a-Mania is Running Wild
Jeff McNeil has 104 plate appearances at the MLB level this year. With two more hits last night, he now has 32 on the season. He has a 143 wRC+, which is topped only by Brandon Nimmo, Austin Jackson and Jerry Blevins among Mets hitters this season. Given that Jackson only has 97 PAs himself and will almost certainly […]
Game recap August 15: The Orioles are really bad
Losing to the 2018 Mets, for as inept as they may seem sometimes, is really not a big deal. Baseball is weird, and bad teams beat good teams all the time. But if you lose to the 2018 Mets by a score of 16-5, well then it means your team is just bad. And, well, the […]
Game recap August 8: Sweet, sweet victory
It had been 51 days. 51 long, arduous, painful days since Jacob deGrom had last won a start. On June 18, Jacob deGrom delivered eight innings of one-run ball against the Rockies in Coors Field — which, by the way, was living up to its reputation in that series — and won his fifth game […]
Game recap August 1: Jose Reyes gets…redemption?
Every series the Mets play against the Nationals seems to follow the same exact script: In no particular order, one game is a total blowout where the Mets get destroyed, one game is a frustrating affair in which the Mets get completely shut down on offense and blow a bunch of opportunities (these are usually against Gio Gonzalez) and the third game […]