After a painful 5-1 loss on Friday, the Mets and Steven Matz squared off against Aaron Blair and the Braves on Saturday night. Matz’s last few starts had been mediocre, largely due to his struggles to command his fastballs making him more hittable. Blair, meanwhile, had been horrible for the Braves, pitching to a 7.59 […]
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Game Recap June 17: Who is John Gant?
Executive Summary Objectively, Matt Harvey was outpitched by an unheralded rookie making his second career start. Braves 5, Mets 1. Discussion and Analysis Including last night, seven of the Mets’ next nine games come versus the Braves, whose will to win has been compared to a tracked military vehicle. This stretch versus the worst team in baseball precedes the […]
Game Recap June 16: The Other Game Six
You might have heard that Thursday night had a game six between two upper echelon teams. You know, the sport with the ball, the one where you try and outscore your opponent? Yeah, that one. Only, the one you’re thinking of doesn’t have a man christened Big Sexy doing things that one with that name […]
Jacob deGrom’s Down Year Proves That He’s A Legitimate Ace
Jacob deGrom is an ace now. It feels like a weird time to declare that. deGrom lost on Tuesday night, dropping his record on the season to 3-3. Much of the first ten weeks of Mets baseball has involved discussion of the struggles of the two best pitchers on the 2015 Mets—deGrom and Matt Harvey. […]
The Mets Are Running Out Of Backup Plans
At 5:52 p.m. Wednesday evening, the Mets sent out an email that could very well serve as a microcosm of their season right now. Juan Lagares was scratched from their starting lineup with a left thumb injury. The day before he had a bad toothache. Kelly Johnson, the security blanket the Mets acquired the week […]
Game Recap June 15: The Best Version Of These Mets
TL;DR The Mets absolutely crushed the Pirates to the tune of an 11-2 finish, backing a tremendous pitching performance by Noah Syndergaard with an uncharacteristic offensive outburst from a diminished lineup. Basically, everything that could have gone right went right, which is a nice change of pace from the team’s recent struggles. The Big Finish […]
Meet The Mets: The First 10 Draft Picks of 2016
These days, with the Mets’ lineup increasingly like the surface of the sun—I can’t look straight at it without enduring great pain—I found myself looking instead to this year’s draft with extra anticipation. Sure it’ll be a long time before any of the drafted prospects see the lights at Citi Field, but the promising crop […]
Game recap June 14: Well, at least it wasn’t a no-hitter
What Happened, In A Sentence: The Mets barely got the ball out of the infield against rookie Jameson Taillon, losing 4-0. Taillon Chews Up Mets Lineup The Pirates had to scramble their rotation after Gerrit Cole went down with a triceps injury. Taillon played the part of an ace today in his second big league […]
Stuck in Time: Remembering the 1991 Mets
For all of the frustrations this season has wrought through two months of uneven play, one beacon of happiness has been the remembrances of the 1986 team, largely because we are now 30 years removed from that season and boy howdy do we ever like our round numbers in sports. But it’s been fun, revisiting the […]
The Understated Greatness of Curtis Granderson
The free agent market is naturally tough in terms of player value. The idea that ballclubs end up paying the top names for their contributions to past teams is not groundbreaking. (For a perfect example, look no further than the Angels paying Albert Pujols forever and a day for the value he gave the Cardinals.) […]