WHO WON: The Mets! Another series! Rejoice! WHAT HAPPENED, VARGY DOES HIS THING: It’s no secret that Jason “Vargy” Vargas has faced his share of struggles. Entering Sunday as one of the worst starters of the year, the lefty managed to look just good enough to hold the Phillies for five innings. Sure, the only […]
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Game recap August 18: de Cy Young
Jacob deGrom was already a leading candidate for the NL Cy Young entering Saturday afternoon’s matchup with the rival Phillies, but his dominant complete-game performance added to what ultimately amounts to the most impressive resume of any contender. It was a Jake vs. Jake battle on the mound, as former Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta […]
Game recap August 17: Stealing Syndergaard
The Phillies ambushed Noah Syndergaard in the bottom of the first inning Friday night, scoring twice before the Mets’ righty had even recorded an out, and while he was able to settle in as the night progressed, the poor beginning to the contest was enough to do him in. Matched up against Philadelphia ace Aaron […]
Prospect Watch – Week 15
Welcome back to the Baseball Prospectus Mets Prospect Watch! This weekly column will take a look at one pitcher and one hitter from each level of the Mets organization and offer thoughts on their performance thus far, as well as a brief scouting report with a future outlook. Brooklyn Cyclones (Short-Season-A) Hitter: Nick Meyer The […]
Game recap August 16: This is why we can’t have nice things, because baseballs hit them in the hand
Game One: Mets 24, Phillies 4 Game Two: Phillies 9, Mets 6 Just over two weeks after an epic drubbing by Washington — where they lost by 21 runs on July 31 — the Mets saw things from the other side of the equation as they scored the most runs in franchise history, which included […]
Stat Preview: Philadelphia Phillies, August 16-20
As we enter the final month and a half of the season, the Mets and Phillies will match up 11 times, which is more than any other opponent for either squad. The Mets, then, will play a starring role in Philadelphia’s push for the playoffs. The two teams have already affected each other’s futures by […]
Game recap August 15: The Orioles are really bad
Losing to the 2018 Mets, for as inept as they may seem sometimes, is really not a big deal. Baseball is weird, and bad teams beat good teams all the time. But if you lose to the 2018 Mets by a score of 16-5, well then it means your team is just bad. And, well, the […]
Conforto’s Revenge
While Michael Conforto’s early April debut was seen as a triumph after a devastating shoulder injury ended his stellar 2017 season, a complete power outage soon left doubts that he was – or maybe ever would be – fully recovered. But his midseason turnaround has been so compelling that, even in a short sample, it’s […]
Game recap August 14: Bad baseball
Primer The Orioles are one of the few teams that are having an even more depressing season than the Mets, sitting at 35-84. Jason Vargas is on the mound against the much-better-but-still-boring-and-bad Andrew Cashner. As a cherry on top of this shitty game sundae, Gary Cohen is on vacation for this series, with Wayne Randazzo […]
Stat Preview: Baltimore Orioles, Aug. 14-15
As the Mets travel to Baltimore for a short two-game series, it is a good time to remember that it could always be worse. The Orioles are on pace for 48 wins and find themselves in a race to the bottom with the Royals. A team that, like the Mets, made the playoffs and lost […]