The Mets play their 69th game of the season today when they open a two-game set at Citi Field against the same Kansas City Royals that came into town last October and bounced them from the World Series in five games. At the moment, the Mets are 36-32, which is exactly what their record was […]
Author: Erik Malinowski
Stuck in Time: Remembering the 1991 Mets
For all of the frustrations this season has wrought through two months of uneven play, one beacon of happiness has been the remembrances of the 1986 team, largely because we are now 30 years removed from that season and boy howdy do we ever like our round numbers in sports. But it’s been fun, revisiting the […]
On Expectations
I will admit that I haven’t exactly paid the closest amount of attention to the happenings within Citi Field this season. I have a major side-project underway that keeps my focus diverted not only away from the Mets but from all of baseball for certain stretches of time. Then comes time to play speed-round catch-up, […]
Steven Matz Just Wants You To Be Happy
The 2016 Mets have heretofore labored through an imperfect season. They’ve mashed the most taters in MLB, yet the offense is still generally terrible. Dan Warthen’s staff has been the third-best in the bigs–behind the Cubs and Washington–but Matt Harvey and (to a much lesser extent) Jacob deGrom are not pitching near the level we […]
At Peace With David Wright’s Inevitable End
Standing in my in-laws’ kitchen on Saturday afternoon, I watched on my phone as David Wright delivered what very well might be the final Really Cool Thing he does in his 13-year big-league career. As Wright singled to right-center with the bases loaded (!) on a sweet inside-out slice (!!) on a 3-0 count (!!!), […]
We Are All Kevin Plawecki
I was a terrible player. For eight years, I played youth baseball in a part of northeast Pennsylvania not known for churning players with even an iota of an chance for a professional career, and even among that group I was still forgettable. I could not hit, only draw the semi-occasional walk, and, as a catcher, […]
What To Expect When You’re Expecting Jeurys Familia
Through Sunday’s games, the Mets were alone in first place in the National League East all season, thanks to a 19-11 mark through 30 games and Joe Maddon’s stubborn/brilliant unwillingness to let Bryce Harper beat his team. And while there have been no shortage of critical contributions along the way, I might argue that the […]
The Way Way Back: When Will Matt Harvey Find What He Lost?
Matt Harvey had, by any objective measure, his best start of the season the last time he stepped atop a mound. Pitching for the first time this season on his normal four days rest, Harvey held Cincinnati to just two runs in six innings, while striking out seven and walking just one. He threw more […]
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 […]
Left Behind: Michael Conforto Just Wants To Be Three
Michael Conforto had a very good weekend of baseball against the Cleveland Indians, ripping five hits in 12 at-bats, including a homer on Friday and three doubles sprinkled across the next two games. With the Mets playing a road interleague game and employing a fundamentally different lineup from the one they’ll most often use, Conforto […]