The 2017 Mets began play more than six months ago. A season that started with Noah Syndergaard dominating the Braves could end with Syndergaard making a token start or two down the stretch following his rehab from a torn lat. All that happened in between — the injuries, the controversies, the too few laughs, the […]
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Game recap September 7: A glimmer of normalcy
Mets 7, Reds 2 Final On a night Noah Syndergaard pitched a rehab assignment with the Brooklyn Cyclones in the final game of their dismal season (two innings, three runs allowed on three hits with two walks and two strikeouts), Mets fans will be forgiven for thinking the most compelling baseball in the Mets universe […]
Game Recap September 6: Let It Rain Over Me
The Mets and Phillies played a meaningless baseball game last night in front of 6.5 people on a cold, rainy, miserable evening at Citi Field. Rain cut the game short in the sixth inning with the Mets up 6-3. About an hour after the tarp was put on the field, the game was called and the […]
Game recap September 5: When the Phillies play like the Nationals
Good news, everyone. If you were one of those delusional fans who were counting on the Mets to make a miracle run and power their way back into the NL East race, you can finally put those aspirations to rest. The Mets were officially eliminated in their divisional race after being shellacked by the last-place […]
Game recap September 4: Death, taxes, and crushing the Phillies
There are only a few true certainties in life. Death, taxes, and the Mets thrashing the Phillies. That’s just what the Amazins’ did in Flushing on Monday, rebounding from an abhorrent series against the Astros to defeat Philadelphia 11-7. The victory allowed the Mets to keep the grim reaper at the gate and stave off […]
What You Need to Know: September 4
Monday Takeaway Rafael Montero is barely a below-average pitcher. On Wednesday, though, everything clicked perfectly into place, and the 26-year-old with a career 5.14 ERA pitched 8.1 masterful innings against the Reds. “I’ve regained the confidence that I had when I was in the minor leagues,” Montero said, and “I think that confidence is definitely […]
Game recap September 3: The season goes on
Eventually, we reach a point where there’s no analysis needed. Honestly, we reached this point weeks ago. The Mets are bad. The offense is bad, the defense is bad, the pitching is bad. The team is bad. Chris Flexen is probably not a major league pitcher, or, at least, not yet. Brandon Nimmo smiles on […]
Game recap September 2: Everything turns to dust
Matt Harvey is bad. Matt Harvey may be done, or he may be hurt, or he may just be bad. Wilmer Flores fouled a pitch into his face and broke his nose because the baseball gods are never quite satisfied with making a mockery of the Mets. Nori Aoki put on orange and blue sometime […]
Mets Connections: Houston Astros
The following is the final Mets Connections piece of the season as the Astros are the Mets’ last opponent they will face for the first time this year. While the most recent edition of this series featured a youthful Reds team that provided little content, the Houston players did not lack in connections to the […]
Game recap August 31: Not very Amazin’
Mets 2, Reds 7, Final The Reds notched a series win against the Mets for the first time in four years, as two teams going nowhere got there in an economical two hours and forty two minutes in the hyperbolically named Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. Jose Reyes accounted for both Mets runs, driven in […]