In what was supposed to a series between two teams vying for the NL East, this four-game series between the Mets and the Nationals has become instead one team coasting to the postseason and another trying to trick fans into coming to the ballpark. The Nats are good. The Mets, quite simply, are not. When […]
Author: Kate Feldman
The Steven Matz Conundrum
On Monday, the Mets shut down Steven Matz. He hadn’t reached an arbitrary innings limit, nor was he injured, Terry Collins insisted. “This is not an injury, this is not an injury,” Collins told reporters before the Diamondbacks series began. “It’s just an issue of he needs to shut it down for a little while…If […]
Game recap August 9: Rafael Montero in the morning
There’s something about Rafael Montero at noon, before lunch or even that third cup of coffee, that can send you reeling. Thankfully, Rafael Montero is exactly what we thought Rafael Montero was. He was bad and the Mets were bad and the Rangers, who are also bad, were just good enough to skip town by […]
Duda and Ramos and Reed, oh my!
The thing about prospects is that you just don’t know. You can scout the players and scout the stat line but you never know. Prospects bust and throwaway names turn into the golden boys of baseball. You just never know. With that being said, expectations for the Mets’ trade deadline were probably unrealistically high. The market […]
Cardinals series preview July 17-20
The season is over. Sell off the pieces. Stop pretending. Please. When and Where Game 1: Monday @ Citi Field, 7:10 p.m. (TV: SNY; RADIO: 710 WOR, ESPN Deportes) Game 2: Tuesday @ Citi Field, 7:10 p.m. (TV: SNY; RADIO: 710 WOR, ESPN Deportes) Game 3: Wednesday @ Citi Field, 7:10 p.m. (TV: SNY; RADIO: 710 WOR, ESPN Deportes) Game 4: […]
New York Mets 2017: A eulogy
The 2017 New York Mets lived a good life. So young, so hopeful. So full of promise. Shiny-eyed boys with grand expectations. That’s all gone now. We probably should have done this a while ago. When Noah Syndergaard went down, or Jeurys Familia. When David Wright stayed down. When Yoenis Cespedes fell apart, then Asdrubal […]
Game recap July 9: Eventually, everything ends
The Mets closed out the All-Star Break with a 6-0 loss to the Cardinals to end the first half 39-47, in fourth place in the division and 10.5 games back in the Wild Card. The good We get four days without having to watch the Mets lose (except for Michael Conforto, who might get more […]
Nationals series preview: July 3-5
Whether or not you believe the Mets have a chance at the playoffs this season (they don’t), this three-game Nationals series is as close to a final bell as you could hope for. New York currently sits 9.5 games behind the Nats in the East (and two games behind the Braves) and 8.5 behind the […]
BP Mets Unfiltered: Get over it
Yasiel Puig is good and fun and exciting. The Mets are not. For that reason, and that reason alone, I understand a little bitterness. The Mets have, by all accounts, thrown away a promising season and now find themselves fighting for relevance, let alone a postseason berth. So yeah, I get that they’re a little […]
Game recap June 10 (Game 1): Yo comes home
This season, if not all of the other seasons before, has taught us that a win is a win and a loss is a loss. The most painful collapses and the most heartwarming walkoffs all look like ones and zeros at the end of the season. Of course, that’s easier said than done. A 6-1 […]