The Mets had mixed success against the Cardinals early last week. On Tuesday, Jay Bruce made the headlines for his astonishing offensive performance. He mashed an early triple, bringing the Mets within two runs of the lead, and hit the go-ahead shot in extra innings. His heroics were overshadowed by Yoenis Cespedes’ ludicrous 453 foot […]
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Game recap April 29: Sweet Sunday bliss
WHO WON: It was definitely the Mets WHAT HAPPENED, TIME FOR THE NUMBERS: At this point, it seems safe to assume that the Mets did not enjoy getting blown out 12-2 on Saturday. Why is that? Oh, because the Mets tagged the San Diego Padres for 14 runs on 19 hits and seven walks. Every […]
Game recap April 28: A rotation full of question marks
Let’s start off today’s recap with a question: Are you really that surprised? Of course, I’m referring to Jason Vargas’ less than stellar season debut on Saturday, in which he allowed nine runs on nine hits to the San Diego Padres, one of the league’s worst offenses. The signing of Vargas to a two-year, $16 […]
Game recap April 27: deGrom plays stopper
After dropping three of their previous four contests, including a gut-wrenching defeat in the rubber game in St. Louis Thursday, Jacob deGrom was exactly the man the Mets wanted on the mound Friday night. The team needed a stopper and the ace right-hander delivered in spades as New York topped the Padres 5-1 in the series opener. For […]
Stat preview: San Diego Padres, April 27-29
The Padres come into their weekend series with the Mets sitting at the bottom of the NL West. They are pretty obviously still in the depths of a complete rebuild, regardless of how many dollars they give to Eric Hosmer, but there is some hope on the horizon. Their minor league system is teeming with […]
Game recap April 26: Not with a bang, but with a blown save
Cardinals 4, Mets 3, final The cliché that baseball is a game of inches was never more true as the Mets came within a few of them of escaping St. Louis with a win Thursday. As the baseball hit off Jose Martinez’ bat eluded Juan Lagares’ glove in deep center field in the bottom of the […]
BP Mets Unfiltered: Matt Harvey is a sympathetic character in an increasingly complicated story
What a long, strange trip it’s been. After a brief stint as a rookie with the club in the second half of the 2012 season, Matt Harvey set the world on fire the following year, pitching to a 2.27 ERA with a 2.01 FIP, 0.931 WHIP and 191 strikeouts, officially becoming The Dark Knight. That is, of course, […]
How well have the Mets drafted in recent years?
Tonight, At&T Stadium in Dallas will play host to the NFL draft, easily the most publicized draft of all of the major sports. All 32 professional football teams will be looking to add players who can make an immediate impact, which got me thinking about how different things work in Major League Baseball. The MLB draft […]
Game Recap April 25: The St. Louis Blues
Yesterday, a day where a former elite pitcher refused to speak to the media about his move to the bullpen, and the day after a former top pitching prospect had another rocky start, continuing the unevenness that has defined his injury-laden career, another former top pitching prospect started for Mets, and got lit up, prolonging his struggles. In […]
What the Mets are lacking in speed, they’re making up for in skill
Statistics accurate through April 23 games The day before the Mets began their 2018 campaign, first base coach Ruben Amaro Jr. told Newsday of the team’s plan to improve upon a skill that eluded them during 2017: smart baserunning. “You don’t have to have great speed to be a great baserunner,” he explained, and – save […]