Ah, Thor. You told us you couldn’t raise your arm over your shoulder for bicep soreness, yet you refused an MRI. After pushing your start back three days, you claimed you had no discomfort and were ready to pitch on Sunday. Then you gave up five runs, lasted merely 38 pitches over an inning and a third, and […]
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Game Recap April 30: Queens is Burning
The first two games of this Mets-Nationals series felt like an oasis in the desert. Despite losing 10 of their last 11 games with a severely undermanned roster, the Mets won Friday and Saturday’s games against their streaking divisional rival, offering a glimpse at how good they are when getting timely hits and solid pitching. […]
Game recap April 29: The turnaround
“It’s impossible to conceive of the Mets going forward without Michael Conforto playing just about every day.” – Gary Cohen The Mets came in to Washington looking like they were dead in the water. Forget the losing streak – the Mets hadn’t even sniffed a lead in a week before heading to face their main […]
Game recap April 28: The streak always breaks
You get a sense sometimes, or, at least, I do, that things won’t get better. That this bad weather or bad mood or string of bad luck will never end. That you’re stuck in this state of despair forever. The Mets felt like that. Everything had gone wrong: the slumps and the injuries were relentless […]
Nationals series preview April 28-30
Panic City is in full effect. Not only did the Mets drop their sixth game in a row against the lowly Atlanta Braves, but the status of their two biggest star remains in question. Dealing with leg issues all season, Yoenis Cespedes left Thursday’s game with what looked like a severe hamstring injury. If hearing […]
Don’t Scout the Statline, 4/28/17
It’s time again for “Don’t Scout the Statline,” a weekly look at how Mets prospects are performing. Think of it as an XL version of the Minor League Update from the mothership. Each week I—or one of our other BP Mets prospect writers—will take a look at notable performances from each affiliate over the past […]
Mets Connections: Washington Nationals
The following is the second edition of what will be 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 […]
Game recap April 27: This too shall pass (right?)
Atlanta 7, New York 5 You can’t say that Terry Collins has lost this team, as the Mets mounted a two-out rally in the bottom of the ninth and brought the tying run to the plate in the final at bat for what seemed like the upteenth game. You can’t fault the veterans as Jay […]
Game Recap April 26: Everything is Fine
Look, I’m not going to sit here and lie to you; the Mets are looking really bad right now. They lost to the Braves last night, 8-2, to drop to 8-12 on the season. This was their fifth-straight defeat, and their last 10 games have not gone well at all. In fact, some could say […]
Free Michael Conforto(?)
Erubiel Durazo, 1999: .407/.470/.720 in 134 PA for AAA Tucson “There is no longer any reason to Free Erubiel Durazo!” — Nate Silver, 2007 Michael Conforto, 2016: .422/.483/.727 in 144 PA for AAA Las Vegas ** The vanguard generation of internet sabermetricians were outsiders. That’s easy to forget now, in light of the world’s greatest […]