Before this season started, I took a dive into the adjustments Noah Syndergaard had made during the 2015 season that caused him to graduate from being a top, but flawed prospect into a borderline ace as a rookie. 16 starts and a relief appearance later, we can basically can the borderline—like Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard […]
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Game Recap July 7: Guest Starring Home Run Apple
What happened on the field was difficult to overshadow the news taking place off the field. Just hours before first pitch in Queens, it was revealed that Matt Harvey is considering season-ending shoulder surgery to deal with thoracic outlet syndrome – a syndrome that has affected multiple MLB pitchers. Prior to this news, we were […]
The Mets’ Rotation Tightrope
Between the drama that this season has brought the Mets’ pitching staff–what with the bone spurs and the sudden disappearance of Matt Harvey’s elite talent–it was a little surprising to look at their stats page the other day and see that the rotation this year has actually been better so far than it was last […]
Could The Mets’ Third Base Answer Have Been Here All Along?
Mets fans have been hearing Wilmer Flores’ name for a time that feels like forever. The long-time Met signed with the team out of Venezuela, on his 16th birthday in August 2007 and was, almost instantly, subjected to copious amounts of hype–even being compared to Miguel Cabrera. This is a guy who by the age of 17 was […]
Game recap July 6: Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow
In a sentence Wilmer Flores homered twice and Jacob deGrom held the Marlins in check as the Mets cruised to their sixth win in seven games. The good After a dreadful night at the plate on Tuesday, the Mets were back to their slugging ways during Wednesday’s day game against the Fish. The displaced shortstop/third […]
The Five Closest Calls of Jeurys Familia’s Save Streak
On July 4, Jeurys Familia pitched through a bit of a nail-biter to record his 45th consecutive save. It was more of the same from the Mets closer, who seems to have a nasty habit of putting baserunners on before pulling a Houdini act to escape the jam (particularly in 2016). Nonetheless, he has yet to […]
Meet the Mets: Rounds 31-40
Picture this: 1988, round 62 of the MLB Draft, and the Dodgers’ last pick of the year is used on an iffy first baseman rumored to be chosen as a favor to the manager, who was friends with the prospect’s father. Though powerful, the player was defensively weak, and there was some question about whether […]
Game Recap July 5: Reyes Reality
Summary Giancarlo Stanton mashed. José Reyes provided no evidence he deserves a spot on the 2016 Mets. Marlins 5, Mets 2. Discussion and Analysis You can take this analogy or leave it, but last October, we all rooted hard for a terrible person because he was on the Mets. Just six months after Daniel Murphy publicly announced […]
The Fine Line Between Hope and More
It felt positively fitting that the Mets’ 81st game of the season happened to coincide with Sunday’s complete drubbing of Chicago, that the midway mark of this back-and-forth 2016 campaign was capped off by a week-long stretch that witnessed a truly dreadful three-game sweep by the Nats segue neatly into that four-game sweep of the […]
Addison Reed is Better than Ever
On Saturday afternoon, Addison Reed entered a one-run game against the Chicago Cubs in the top of the seventh inning with two outs and a runner on first. Kris Bryant was at the plate, representing the go-ahead run. Reed struck him out. He returned for the eighth inning, which has become his familiar spot. After […]