On Tuesday, the Chicago Cubs played their left-handed first baseman at third base. Boston’s starting pitcher allowed a home run to the first batter he faced, then pitched the entire rest of the game without allowing a hit. Last night, the Dodgers’ starter had a perfect game through eight innings and a no-hitter through nine, before […]
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Game Recap August 22: Nothing to see here
Mets News So this happened The Captain is in the lineup! #STLMets #Mets #LGM pic.twitter.com/GXrS7mNRlW — St. Lucie Mets (@stluciemets) August 22, 2017 And also this happened Mets gonna have a new lineup. Conforto has a thumb issue of some kind. — Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) August 22, 2017 All in all, a typical Mets news […]
The Steven Matz Conundrum
On Monday, the Mets shut down Steven Matz. He hadn’t reached an arbitrary innings limit, nor was he injured, Terry Collins insisted. “This is not an injury, this is not an injury,” Collins told reporters before the Diamondbacks series began. “It’s just an issue of he needs to shut it down for a little while…If […]
Game recap August 21: Pollock-ed
It’s been a whirlwind of a week for those following the orange and blue. First, we said goodbye to Curtis Granderson, who was shipped off to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for right-handed reliever Jacob Rhame. Granderson was not only a key component in the success this team has found over the last few […]
Diamondbacks Series Preview August 21-24
New York welcomes Arizona to town for four games after dropping yet another series to Miami over the weekend in which the frustrations of a lost season showed up between the white lines. Less than 48 hours after watching two more well-liked teammates in Curtis Granderson and Rene Rivera set sail for playoff contenders, mental […]
Scouting Paul Sewald’s Use of Scouting
In the third game of last week’s Subway Series matchup, Paul Sewald found himself in a situation that every pitcher across the league would like to avoid. It looked something like this: Tie game Bases loaded Batter: Aaron Judge Less than ideal, don’t you say? Judge is an MVP candidate this season who’s become known for hitting towering […]
What You Need to Know: August 21
Monday Takeaway The MLB draft system rewards teams that rack up losses, since the worst teams get their pick of the best available players. That’s one thing to look forward to in the Mets’ unfortunate season, as they’re currently languishing with a 54-68 record. The week began with a Subway Series in the Bronx. The […]
Game recap August 20: Sunday bloody Sunday
WHO WON: The Miami not-Mets WHAT HAPPENED, A WEIRD START: Weird is the best way to describe Jacob deGrom’s start on Sunday afternoon. With eight strikeouts and no walks in 6.1 innings, you might think he shined – except there’s more to this story. deGrom gave up 10 hits and allowed five earned runs, three […]
Game recap August 19: Oh yeah, this is what winning is like
Going in to the season, everyone in baseball assumed the San Diego Padres would be the league’s worst team by a mile. After losing every game so far this week, the Mets began Saturday tied with those lowly Padres! The best thing for the Mets might be losing five or six games a week. Baseball’s […]
Game recap August 18: Marginal players
Primer Watching Met games is hard these days. Writing detailed accounts of the happenings of those games is even more dreary. If I were a quarter as talented as someone like Grant Brisbee, perhaps these recaps would be more enjoyable to write and read, despite the Mets’ consistently poor performance. Unfortunately for you and me, I’m […]