WHO WON: The purple-striped, mountain-themed not Mets WHAT HAPPENED, JACOB DEGROM: Jacob deGrom had one of those starts where he wasn’t at peak deGrominance, but he wasn’t terrible. In fact, he was pretty efficient early on. Through four innings, the righty had only thrown 49 pitches and really only made two mistakes that came back […]
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Mets Stories: Volume 1
Long west coast road trips can be hard on Mets fans, and not just the ones where they have to watch the Mets go 4-7. After a run of games that run well past Colbert and Conan, all those sleepless nights start to add up and make us go a little loopy. So we’ve gotten […]
Game recap May 14: Verrett snaps successful spot-start streak
What Happened, In One Sentence The Rockies scored four runs after a blown call at home plate in the third, winning 7-4. Reversal of Coors Field Fortune for Verrett Logan Verrett was spectacular in a spot start at Coors Field last year, striking out eight while only giving up one run in eight innings of […]
Game recap May 13: IN TWIST, PITCHER STRUGGLES AT COORS
HARVEY FAILS TO MAINTAIN EARLY LEAD Matt Harvey had a very positive early performance in the first inning, commanding four pitches with a 93 mph fastball through the first three innings. Despite extra-base hits by Trevor Story and DJ LeMahieu, the Mets maintained an early 2-0 lead. However, three straight hits in the bottom of […]
David Wright Is Living The Best-Case Scenario
Coming into 2016, I was worried about David Wright. I’ve been worried about David Wright for ages, but this time my worry was a bit more specific. Entering his age-33 season, Wright is due to deal with spinal stenosis over the course of a full season. Though his performance in 2015 was good when he […]
The Home Run Kings of Queens
As I start to write this article, we’re a little over a month into the 2016 baseball season and a theme has started to emerge for the New York Mets: power. In the first 34 games of the season, the Mets have had some extremely memorable moments and most of them revolve around the home […]
Game recap May 12: Bartolo does not hit a home run (and the Mets barely hit at all)
Thursday is the off day for a lot of teams, but May 12 still offered two intriguing pitching matchups in the National League. The Arizona Diamondbacks trotted out Zack Greinke versus the San Francisco Giants’ Johnny Cueto. But the marquee matchup contained the man widely regarded as one of the best, if not always the […]
Bartolo Colon: The Most Unlikely Met
When Bartolo Colon hit a majestic home run into the San Diego night on Saturday, my immediate reaction was to scream in joy. Then I texted everyone I knew that could possibly care. Then I watched the replay several dozen times. Eventually, I started reflecting on how Bartolo came to be a beloved 2016 Met. […]
Everything’s Coming Up Bartolo
Occasionally, the events of world can line up in such a way where it just seems that it smiles down upon you. For Bartolo Colon, that was this past week. He was and continues to be baseball’s most beloved persona. It was probably Marc Carig of Newsday who put it best with his lede after […]
Game recap May 11: Syndergaard hits two homers in Mets 4-3 win
Noah Syndergaard and home runs were the story last night in Los Angeles. Entering the game, Syndergaard had only given up one home run in 38.1 innings pitched. However, Thor gave up two home runs on Wednesday night — solo shots by Corey Seager and Yasmani Grandal. Wait — that’s not the home run story. Syndergaard and […]