I’ve written for the internet a fair bit—fiction, memoir, literary criticism, theater and movie reviews, controversial takes on religion, disability, and politics—but nothing has attracted trolls like quite like my sportswriting. I’ve been attacked for calling a player’s .168 batting average “lackluster,” for being too optimistic about the Mets, for not writing an article about […]
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The Statistical Look at the Return of Zack Wheeler
The New York Mets boast one of the best young rotations in all of Major League Baseball. Despite this, one of their best young pitchers has not been on the mound at Citi Field since 2014. This pitcher that I speak of is Zack Wheeler, who is hoping to return in July from Tommy John […]
The Way We Were: The First Half By The Numbers
The Mets were 47-42 going into the All-Star break last season, so in that regard they’re doing a smidge better this go-around at 47-41. And while it feels like there’s plenty to be pessimistic about as we go forth into the great second-half unknown, I just wanted to take this All-Star pause to put some […]
The Best Mets All-Star Memories
Tonight, San Diego hosts Major League Baseball’s 87th All-Star Game, and three Mets will be at the festivities alongside skipper Terry Collins and his coaching staff. Noah Syndergaard and Yoenis Cespedes were both replaced due to injury, but Collins has said Jeurys Familia will be ready to close out the game. And, of course, there will […]
Potential trade target: Jorge De La Rosa
Entering 2016, it was easy to imagine things going extraordinarily right for the Mets’ rotation. Jacob deGrom and Matt Harvey were presumptive Cy Young vote getters, if not necessarily favorites to take home the award. Noah Syndergaard demonstrated flashes of brilliance in his rookie season that he looked to build upon, and Steven Matz seemed […]
For All You Kids Out There, Episode 10: “Valar Thorghulis”
In Episode 10 For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey issues a mea culpa to the Pirates before Jarrett and he dive into one last baseball-related This Week in Matt Harvey for 2016. There’s more bad news on the starting pitching front as well, so we discuss if the Mets should be buying starting pitching […]
Who Else the Mets Should Bring Back
For better or worse, four-time All-Star Jose Reyes is once again a Met. Although his ultimate legacy remains in doubt, Reyes started the first four games of his second Mets career and hit two home runs yesterday afternoon. He is back. On one hand, it’s reasonable to ask if Reyes deserves the returning-hero treatment. On the […]
Game recap July 10: We could all use a little (All-Star) break
THE RUNDOWN A pair of Mets, one former and one former/current, provided most of the game’s offense. No Met except Jose Reyes could get the bats going as the Amazins fell in a narrow 3-2 loss to drop the four-game series. MURPHY’S LAW (IS THAT HE MUST KILL THE METS) After a weekend in which […]
Game recap July 9: Logan Verrett is not Matt Harvey
What Happened, In a Sentence: Daniel Murphy continued to hit Mets pitching like it’s the 2015 playoffs, with a homer and 4 RBI in a 6-1 Nationals win Mets Get to Scherzer Early Max Scherzer threw 7.1 shutout innings against the Mets two weeks ago. He’s been on a roll since June 1, holding batters […]
Game recap July 8: This is fine. Everything is fine
The dreary, rainy weather that spotted this game reflected the mood of Met fandom, as Noah Syndergaard and Stephen Strasburg squared off in the wake of Matt Harvey’s decision to undergo season ending surgery. Syndergaard, who has dealt with injury problems of his own, was dominant against the Cubs his last time out. The outing […]