The Mets head to Pittsburgh right as the Pirates have caught fire. They have won 11 of their last 12, vaulting themselves back into the NL playoff picture just in time for the trade deadline. Their emergence makes an already murky Wild Card race even wilder, with all but four NL teams within six games […]
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Game recap July 25: They’re not the worst!
The Mets beat the Padres by a score of 6-4 yesterday afternoon, capping off their first series win since May, which fittingly came against the only team in the National League with a worse record than them. By taking the series, the Mets kept themselves out of the bottom of the league standings, and actually opened up […]
Game recap July 24: Jeff McNeil, welcome to the circus
WHO WON: The Mets! WHAT HAPPENED, THERE IS ONLY ONE ZACK WHEELER: On Tuesday, Zack Wheeler was effective once again. Maybe it’s motivation to make it onto a competitor, maybe he is actually good. Whatever the case may be, Wheeler is putting on quite the audition for contending teams targeting the Mets most-likely-to-be-traded starting pitcher. […]
Game recap July 23: Hand, Foot, Mouth and Loss
On the field Jacob deGrom was on the mound last night which meant – you guessed it – little run support. The Mets’ ace, and probably the best pitcher in baseball in 2018, was handed a 1-0 lead after the third inning. Amed Rosario and Wilmer Flores manufactured a run after the speedy shortstop (not the […]
Stat Preview: San Diego Padres, July 23-25
With eight days to go until the trade deadline, the series between the Mets and the Padres, two last place teams, may be more notable for its #HugWatch than any of the actual baseball played on the field. Barring the greatest second half comebacks in baseball history, these two teams will be watching October baseball […]
Game recap July 21: Nothing’s changed
That the Mets 7-6 loss to the Yankees in the second game of the Subway Series wasn’t even the third biggest team-related story of the day tells you all you need to know about what’s been going on in Flushing this year. News broke late Friday night of an impending trade with the Athletics for […]
Game recap July 20: A second half team
Noah Syndergaard held the potent Yankees offense to only one run, Yoenis Cespedes had two hits including a home run and Michael Conforto drove in three runs during Friday night’s series opener with the Yankees. In a lot of ways, this game was everything the Mets envisioned could be routine when they broke camp in […]
Prospect Watch – Week Twelve
Welcome back to the Baseball Prospectus Mets Prospect Watch! This weekly column will take a look at one pitcher and one hitter from each level of the Mets organization and offer thoughts on their performance thus far, as well as a brief scouting report with a future outlook. Binghamton Rumble Ponies (Double-A) Pitcher: Justin Dunn […]
Stat Preview: New York Yankees, July 20-22
The Yankees enter the second half with the second best winning percentage in baseball. The only problem for them, though, is the team with the best winning percentage is in their same division. Despite being 4.5 games out of first, the Yankees could find themselves in one of the greatest divisional shootouts in history. Heading […]
Mets Midseason Organizational Review
The All-Star break seems like a good time to get the gang (Jeffrey Paternostro, Jarrett Seidler, Alex Rosen and Tyler Oringer) together and take stock of the current Mets system. This is not a midseason prospect list, because Jeffrey won’t allow it, but there are tiers for you at least. Tier 1: Decent shot at being […]