I was in the mountains of Vermont last Monday when award-winning violinist and conductor Itzhak Perlman made headlines with his rendition of the National Anthem and kickoff to the Subway Series; when I returned to internetland I was pleasantly surprised to be greeted by footage and photos of Perlman in a Mets jersey (number 70, […]
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The Mets’ Light Schedule Should Aid A Playoff Run
There is no denying that after the thrills of the 2015 season, 2016 has been a letdown for the Mets. The Nationals have taken complete control of the NL East, leaving the Mets to fight it out for one of the two Wild Card spots. The loser between the Dodgers and Giants for the NL […]
The Difference a Year Makes
The Mets’ 2016 season can be summed in in a few words and a few graphs. First, the words: The 2016 Mets resemble what people thought the 2015 Mets would be, while the 2016 Nationals look like the team everyone thought the 2015 were going to be. At the beginning of the 2015 season, FanGraphs […]
Notes from the Field: Short Season / Got No Reason
In my Twitter bio I used to include the line, “Watches too many short-season bullpens.” Well I have been at it again. So here are some more notes from the land of 1-6-2-5-2 double plays, and dudes shoving with 69 mph curveballs. Desmond Lindsay, OF (Brooklyn Cyclones) Lindsay has been battling leg injuries this year […]
The Worst Mets Injuries
“Worst” depends on the context. The early-1990s pinned their post-Worst Team Money Could Buy hopes on three pitching prospects — Paul Wilson, Bill Pulsipher and Jason Isringhausen — who’d laid waste to minor-league hitters. Two elbow tears and a shoulder surgery later, “Generation K” became less popular with crotchety Mets fans than Millennials. Those injuries […]
Game recap August 8: A redemption of sorts
THE RUNDOWN Jacob deGrom does his part and Neil Walker seals the Mets win for the second Sunday in a row as he blasts a ninth-inning home run off of K-Rod. QUIET BATS Every statistic besides the number of runs scored indicates that the Tigers should have won this game. They had 11 hits, to the […]
Game recap August 6: It’s almost as if the Logan Verrett Experiment was doomed from the start
What Happened, In a Sentence Terry Collins’ head-scratching lineup produced 14 hits, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Logan Verrett’s dismal outing as the Mets lose 6-5. Veteran Manager Seeks Right-Handed Hitters Throughout the season, Terry Collins has been steadfast in not playing Michael Conforto against left-handed pitchers. You figured something had to give once […]
Game recap August 5: Pitching disappoints, hitting disappoints, we all disappoint
In the Mets’ first trip to Comerica Park since 2011, Noah Syndergaard faced off against Tigers ace Justin Verlander. Syndergaard, after dominating at near-Kershawian levels early in the season, has come a bit back to earth recently, posting a 3.76 ERA since 6/22 (albeit with a much lower 2.95 FIP) and struggling with elevated pitch […]
Game Recap August 4: Of RISP and Reward
The Subway Series began with the New York Yankees sellers at the trade deadline and the New York Mets buyers, despite their records just two games apart. The Yankees took two of the first three games despite scoring one fewer run over this span thanks to Mets pitching giving out on the team when they […]
Bruce is Loose in Flushing
Now that the trade deadline has passed and the Mets have acquired Jay Bruce, it means that their machinations to change their 2016 roster are pretty much over. There will be call-ups and demotions and perhaps some kind of parade of formerly-walking wounded that leaves the disabled list, but the heavy work has been done. […]