Remember when the Mets opened the season with a 3-5 record and had scored only 2.5 runs per game? They’ve now won eight of their last ten and have the third-best run differential in the National League at +36. So long, Panic City. Any month that puts a team on pace for a 105-win season will generate lasting […]
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Game recap May 1: Low-key base running dooms Thor
Noah Syndergaard entered yesterday’s game as one of the best starters in all of baseball. One might even call him the game’s best pitcher Right Now. He entered with figures that earn adjectives like “microscopic” and “minuscule:” a 1.69 ERA, a 0.77 FIP, and 1.35 BB/9. He’d also struck out 12.8 per nine innings, trailing […]
Game recap April 30: Eight straight wins as deGrom works through struggles
Jacob deGrom squared off against another fallen All Star in Matt Cain as the Mets looked to follow up their 13-1 drubbing of the Giants on Friday night. David Wright sat out ahead of Sunday’s game against lefty Madison Bumgarner, giving Wilmer Flores his seventh start of the year. Rene Rivera also made his Met debut, […]
Game recap April 29: We’re not quite sure how that happened either
What Happened, In a Sentence: The Mets scored a franchise record 12 runs in the third inning and won 13-1. Mets Offense Erupts: Looking up at the sky to begin tonight’s game, you wouldn’t expect it to be a night of record setting offense. It was 52 degrees for the opening pitch, the wind was […]
How The Mets Built Their Bullpen
One of the underappreciated parts of the recent run of the Mets is the bullpen Sandy Alderson and his team have assembled. While the Mets were rebuilding, and even going back through the years, the Mets have frequently had thin, overpriced pens. For example, earlier Alderson-era bullpen iterations had relied heavily on washed-up former closers, […]
The Mets and Nationals Are Building A Real Rivalry
Monday afternoon, Sandy Alderson stood in the clubhouse tunnel at Citi Field and recited with some detail the adventures of the Nationals’ long-winded 16-inning victory the night before. The joke, the general manager delivered, was that, no, the Mets weren’t paying much attention to their foils in the National League East. Humorous asides aside, it’s […]
Game recap April 27: Harvey regains form, Walker homers again
WHO WON: The white and blue striped Mets WHAT HAPPENED, SOMETIMES IT IS BETTER TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE: If I had to cite one reason as to why the Mets were able to put up five runs, it would have to be that they let the Reds get themselves into trouble. Early on, they […]
What Could Be Grander: A Curtis Granderson Reverie
One of the pleasures baseball fandom affords me as a (straight) chick is a large display of talented athletes that double as potential candidates for celebrity crushes. I pity the girls whose only options are limited to pretty boy actors or members of One Direction, while the MLB offers up a rich offering of fit […]
Game recap April 26: Healthy Cespedes provides heroics with pinch-hit home run
Bartolo Colon squared off against Cincinnati lefty Brandon Finnegan in the second game of the Mets’ three game set with the Reds on Tuesday night. Finnegan, coming off a shellacking against the Cubs last time out, has seen some early season success, flirting with a no-hitter in Chicago on the 11th while pitching effectively in St. Louis and […]
The Next Mets Pitching Prospect to Develop a Slider Is …
The best Mets pitching prospect has a new toy, and early in the 2016 season, he’s enjoying playing with it. It’s the same toy many of the big kids already owned. Down in Double-A, in Binghamton, Robert Gsellman learned a version of the “Warthen slider” late in the 2015 season. B-Mets Pitching Coach Glen Abbott explained […]