Primer The Mets are bad. The Phillies are worse. At this time of the year, that leads to some pretty boring games, and the matchup of Seth Lugo and Nick Pivetta didn’t really do much to change that perception. On the other hand, there are plenty of prospects in the major leagues for mediocre teams at […]
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Game recap August 10: Back home in Philly
Mets 10, Phillies 0 Final In a matchup between two teams playing for the future, the lopsided outcome was not in doubt as the Mets put up three runs in the first and never looked back. In a season that has offered both Mets pitchers and fans unending pain, an otherwise dominant night was marred […]
Phillies Series Preview August 10-13
On the heels of yet another disappointing homestand where they were lucky to eke out one win, the Mets (50-61) head to Philadelphia to face a rebuilding club sporting the majors’ worst record. After dropping the first five on their recent road trip, the Phillies (42-69) salvaged the final three games before returning to Citizens […]
BP Mets Unfiltered: Hello, Is This Thing On?
Back on February 19, the New York Post’s Mike Puma wrote an article with following title: “‘All-in’ Mets open to payroll hike as World Series hunt begins.” No jokes here, that was actually posted just over a month before the 2017 season started. Those words were thought of, typed, and eventually published in a newspaper […]
Mets Connections: Philadelphia Phillies
The following is a part of each of the series previews here at BP Mets. “Mets Connections” takes a look at the opposing teams’ rosters and highlights some of the noteworthy or interesting links that can be drawn between those players and the Mets organization. Some of these links may be obvious, such as if […]
Game recap August 9: Rafael Montero in the morning
There’s something about Rafael Montero at noon, before lunch or even that third cup of coffee, that can send you reeling. Thankfully, Rafael Montero is exactly what we thought Rafael Montero was. He was bad and the Mets were bad and the Rangers, who are also bad, were just good enough to skip town by […]
Game recap August 8: Three True Outcomes, One Met Win
Mets News Fred and Jeff Wilpon made $52,666,666.67 yesterday.* Every MLB ownership group did. One year ago, Disney bought one-third of BAMTech — the streaming media property founded by Major League Baseball that powers MLB.tv, HBO Now, and many other online video services — for a cool $1 billion. Yesterday, Disney paid another $1.58 billion to acquire […]
Rangers series preview August 8-9
Amed Rosario is a Met. The future is now. Right? You would think this would have been an exciting week for the Mets considering the arrival of hopefully their next franchise player. Wrong. First fans had to stomach the Mets dropping two of three to the Colorado Rockies. Don’t get me wrong, the Rockies are a […]
What You Need To Know: August 7
Monday Takeaway Let’s say a Mets fan went off the grid this week for a tropical vacation. Today, this fan returns and breathlessly asks, “What did I miss?” The short answer would be, “Not much.” The Mets lost on brutal walk-offs in Denver, got steamrolled by the Dodgers, and Hansel Robles can’t feel his fingers. However, […]
Game recap August 6: A ho-hum loss in a ho-hum season
Primer Steven Matz has been awful since returning from the disabled list, and the Dodgers have the second highest tAV in baseball. The Dodgers have also hit three or more home runs in all six games they’ve played against the Mets, unsurprisingly winning all of those games. Tough to imagine a worse matchup for Matz […]