Primer The Mets have a nice little three-game win streak going, and they even got Jacob deGrom a win Monday. Brandon Nimmo is one of the best hitters in baseball, Michael Conforto is heating up and Jay Bruce is finally going on the DL. Things are almost looking up. Oh, except for the fact that […]
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Game recap June 18: Unsurprisingly Nimmo, surprisingly rest of team back the dominant deGrom
Ah, Coors Field. The first play of Monday night’s game indicative of what was to come when Brandon Nimmo, who grew up two hours from Coors, continued his scorching hot play as he opened up the Rockies series with an inside-the-park home run. The hitting To no surprise, the hustling Nimmo was home to home in […]
Staff post: Killing time
The Mets aren’t fun anymore. To be fair, they haven’t been fun since Game 13, but it’s June 18 and they’ve become virtually unwatchable. And the worst part is that none of it is going to change. No one is coming to save the Mets. So we have to save ourselves. We may not know […]
Stat preview: Colorado Rockies, June 18-21
Is that some life we saw yesterday in this Mets team that seemed dead for much of the last month? Two games is not really enough to get excited about, but it was nice to see some fight in the bats. Now New York continues its trip out west with a four-game set in Colorado. […]
Game recap June 17: Streakin’
WHO WON: The Sunday Mets, of course! WHAT HAPPENED, BRANDON NIMMO SAVES THE DAY EDITION: Approaching their final out on Sunday, the Mets had found themselves with their asses in the jackpot once more. Having spent 96 percent of their outs with nothing more than one run to show for it, the Mets were nearing […]
Game recap June 16: They… won?
Mets 5, Diamondbacks 1 To quote Gary Cohen, “The impossible has happened!” While originally used after Bartolo Colon’s first career home run, it’s the most accurate way to describe the Mets scoring five runs in a Major League Baseball game. The Mets improved to 2-13 in their last 15 and eclipsed three runs in a […]
Game recap June 15: Things keep going from worse to worse
The Mets collective asses remain in the jackpot. As astonishingly terrible as things have been going for the Mets, what is equally shocking is just how long their complete offensive inadequacy has gone on. We’ve been watching this story for about six weeks now, and this team is just entirely incapable of getting out of […]
Prospect Watch: Week Seven
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. Las Vegas 51s (Triple-A) BP Mets writer […]
Peter Alonso, Jeff McNeil promoted to Triple-A (finally)
In what’s looking like a lost season for the New York Mets, two very bright spots were floating in Double-A and raking minor league pitching what seemed like every night. With the promotions of first baseman Dominic Smith and utility man Ty Kelly to the Mets, a void was left on the Las Vegas 51s. […]
Game recap June 14: Scripted
Diamondbacks 6, Mets 3, Final It seemed like the same old story was unfolding at Chase Field: a decent outing by a starting pitcher, anemic offense and an imploding bullpen would converge for a desultory loss by the Mets in Arizona. And other than a late rally and generally close game, things otherwise followed the […]