The 2017 Mets weren’t eliminated from playoff contention until Sept. 14, two months later than the July losers Grantland Rice covered in 1914. Back then, of course, there was but one playoff spot per league, not the five we have today. The NL-leading Dodgers had a 31-game lead over the Mets entering play last night. […]
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Braves Series Preview September 15-17
The Mets head into Atlanta for the final time this season, with both division rivals focused on next year. After winning four in a row, New York has dropped four straight to fall back to 20 games under .500. Terry Collins’ beleaguered pitching staff made history this week by allowing 39 runs on Chicago’s North […]
Game recap September 15: Swept away
Cubs 14, Mets 6 Final In the bottom of the seventh inning of last night’s shellacking, Phil Evans took the field at third and Matt Reynolds replaced Jose Reyes at short — Reyes had himself replaced Amed Rosario, who left the game in the fifth with a tight hip flexor. As the few hopeful signs […]
Game Recap September 13: Wrecked in Wrigley
Saturday, October 17, 2015. Two of the best pitchers in baseball, Matt Harvey and Jon Lester, faced off against each other in a highly-anticipated Game 1 of the 2015 NLCS. Harvey fired 7.2 brilliant innings, fanning nine Cubs batters and only allowing two runs on four hits. Lester didn’t pitch as well, going only six innings […]
Game recap September 12: Blown out of the Windy City
What will you remember most about the 2017 Mets season? When you look back on this Mets season in 15 years—assuming, of course, that the world has not been destroyed in a nuclear war by then, and baseball still exists in its current form—what will stand out the most? Yes, the injuries were a major issue. […]
Cubs Series Preview September 12-14
After wrapping up a surprising 5-2 homestand with a blowout loss on Sunday, the Mets travel to the Friendly Confines for a three-game set against the defending World Series champions. Chicago holds a tenuous grip on first place after being swept by Milwaukee over the weekend. Leading St. Louis by two games and the Brewers […]
Rafael Montero is Better than Clayton Kershaw at Something
That title isn’t clickbait, I swear. You still don’t believe me. I don’t blame you. It’s true, though, and here’s the proof: See? I didn’t even trick you with some bogus stat like “pitcher xFIP in the 6th inning on Tuesdays during 100% totality.” The statistic listed in this leaderboard from baseballsavant.com is average exit velocity, […]
What You Need to Know: September 11
Monday Takeaway The Mets began their week with a home series against the Phillies. For the third start in a row, Rafael Montero pitched well enough to give them a fighting chance. His career-high scoreless innings streak was snapped at 12 innings, but he allowed four runs over 5.1 frames. The Mets also exploded on […]
Game recap September 10: Sewald the Tank Engine
There was a moment on Sunday, ever so brief, that I forgot the Mets were supposed to be bad. When Jacob deGrom, who couldn’t locate a pitch early in the game, remembered that he’s an ace and started throwing like one. When Dom Smith tied the game with a single and then set the team ahead on […]
Game recap September 9: Can’t even tank properly
Rafael Montero started for the Mets on Saturday, and of course there were plenty of good seats available. Nothing scares fans away quite like a slow pitcher who walks five batters per nine innings in his career. Montero got his five walks in just five innings, but Cincinnati couldn’t cash in during a 6-1 Mets […]