The Mets closed out the All-Star Break with a 6-0 loss to the Cardinals to end the first half 39-47, in fourth place in the division and 10.5 games back in the Wild Card. The good We get four days without having to watch the Mets lose (except for Michael Conforto, who might get more […]
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Game recap July 8: At least Jay Bruce can hit
Despite all the confusion about whether the Mets are officially sellers yet and Michael Conforto’s place in the lineup, I thought Saturday’s game would be a respite. Adam Wainwright is now a below replacement level pitcher. The Mets should be able to pound their former tormentor. Even if the pitching and fielding collapse, it never […]
Game recap July 7: Power play
Primer After losing two games to the Nationals and having the third mercifully rained out, the Mets come into St. Louis for their last series before the All Star Break. Jacob deGrom, on a fantastic run after some early season troubles, took the mound opposite Cardinal ace Carlos Martinez. It should have been a matchup […]
Cardinals Series Preview July 7-9
In their final series before the All-Star break, New York (38-45) visits Busch Stadium to face a streaky Cardinals (41-44) club that has dropped three of five after winning six of seven. The Mets lost both games of a rain-shortened set against division-leading Washington earlier this week. St. Louis, four back in the loss column […]
Hello, Jerry: How Jerry Blevins’ curve ball keeps getting better
This article was supposed to be a complimentary ode to Jerry Blevins. Unfortunately, his season has hit a few bumps over the last couple of weeks: Blevins has given up 7 runs in his past 13 appearances. He only allowed 3 in his first 30. — Steve Gelbs (@SteveGelbs) July 4, 2017 Now, it’s not […]
Mets Connections: St. Louis Cardinals
The following is 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 an […]
Speed kills
Last month, Statcast released a new metric called “Sprint Speed” to measure how fast base runners move in feet per second around the bases. In particular, it looks at all batted balls (excluding over-the-fence home runs), and at plays where a runner or hitter attempted to advance two or more bases (excluding runners on second base […]
Game Recap July 4: ‘Murica
Mets News Coming off their sixth walkoff loss of the season — already twice as many as last season — the Mets expected to play without one Yoenis Cespedes, whose “cramped hamstring” was sustained on the final play of Monday’s game. They didn’t know Curtis Granderson would scratch himself from the lineup with a sore […]
Game Recap July 3: Two Bad Bullpens, But Only One Bad Team
While the Mets’ 2017 season has basically just been one endless descent in the standings, the one argument constantly raised in favor of the Mets still having a chance has been the much-maligned Nationals’ bullpen, which has been the anchor holding the team down, and the only reason they’re still in the same galaxy as […]
Who We Think the Mets Should Trade
Life comes at you pretty fast. In one short month, the Mets have gone from Sandy Alderson proclaiming “A lot of the story [is] to be written,” to a resigned general manager sighing, “I think we have to be realistic about where we are” and “I don’t want to whitewash this. We haven’t played very well.” Most […]