It was over three years ago, July 21, 2015 to be exact, when it appeared that Jason Vargas’ days as a starting pitcher may be over. Vargas suffered a torn UCL in his throwing arm in a start against the Pirates that day and missed the rest of the 2015 season, a season in which […]
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The Mets need a spark, but where will it come from?
The sky isn’t falling, Mets fans. It just feels like it. If the Mets season begins to spiral in the next few weeks, their recently completed six-game home sweep will be the obvious turning point. The thing is, it doesn’t have to go that way. Thanks to their phenomenal start to 2018, New York is still on […]
Game recap May 7: That’s what winning looks like
Boy did the Mets need that one. Entering last night, the team was in a pretty noticeable tailspin, dropping all six games of last week’s homestand. On Monday, they resembled the explosive team we had the privilege of watching during the first few weeks of the season. New York rebounded in Cincinnati, defeating the Reds […]
Matt Harvey was a true Met
Baseball is hard. I know that without taking ground balls on the Citi Field dirt. I know that without even picking up a bat. I know that because so few people are stupid enough to try it and even fewer people are stupid enough to keep trying it. Making it to the majors isn’t easy. Matt […]
Matt Harvey, from the operating table to the opera: NLCS Game 1
This article originally ran on October 18, 2015. Forget all that you know and all you have heard. Specifically, forget any talk of shutdowns and innings limits, ignore any hastily thrown together PR rehab, pretend you don’t know about his Tommy John surgery or his agent and push off any conversations about trade rumors or […]
Matt Harvey was the King of New York… until he wasn’t
“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” It has to be fate. It’s simply the only explanation as to how the best way to describe Matt Harvey’s Mets career in one sentence is a quote from the movie where: a) he earned his nickname from and b) […]
2015 World Series, Game 5: A retrospective
In times of darkness and trouble, a leader steps up and becomes the hero society needs. In movies and comics books, it’s Batman who swoops in and saves the city of Gotham from the Joker. For the New York Mets, they needed a hero to rise during Game 5 of the 2015 World Series. That […]
Stat Preview: Cincinnati Reds, May 7-9
The Mets enter Cincinnati seeking to snap their six-game losing streak and the Reds seem like a good candidate to oblige, as they still have yet to eclipse the 10-win mark. Before the season, the Reds seemed like a reasonable candidate to improve upon last year, because their 2017 hitters were solid, and the 2017 […]
What You Need to Know: May 7
Lamenting a landslide of losses It’s the end of an era. Matt Harvey, the former super-ace and Gotham fireballer, was released by the Mets on Friday after refusing a minor league assignment. His tantalizing four-pitch mix and overpowering fastball once inspired comparisons to the best pitchers in history. In 2013, Sports Illustrated described him as […]
Game recap May 6: The Ian Desmond Game
WHO WON: The Ian Desmond-led Colorado Rockies WHAT HAPPENED, NOAH SYNDERGAARD DID NOT HAVE A NICE START: The easiest thing to do is to start with the negative. Sept. 7, 2016 was the last time Noah Syndergaard issued four free-passes in one start. In fact, over 68 career big league starts, Syndergaard had walked four […]