The Mets were hammered in their series opener against Miami on Friday night, but quite honestly, nobody really cared. David Wright appearing in a Major League baseball game for the first time since May 27, 2016, easily offset the disappointment of the Amazins’ 8-1 loss, and set the stage for what is sure to be a […]
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Game recap September 25: Bullpen meltdown
Primer In what will be at most the second wettest game at Citi Field this week – fan tears on Saturday for David Wright’s final game will be a flood – Noah Syndergaard took the mound against the Braves. Atlanta, having already clinched the NL East, is fighting for home field advantage with Touki Toussaint, one […]
Game recap September 20: Thank god for…Jose Lobaton?
Mets 5 Nationals 4, 12 innings There might be games left on the schedule, but you’ll forgive Mets fans for believing the season over. A day after the team announced that Zack Wheeler would be shut down until 2019 due to workload, fan favorite Wilmer Flores was shut down for the year — diagnosed with […]
The 2018 Mets Minor League Awards
MVP: Peter Alonso Tyler Oringer: Well, this one is obvious. If you’ve been following any of my coverage throughout the season, you know how much I love the future first baseman for the Mets. The fact that the 23-year old was not called up this season in order to manipulate service time for his age […]
Game recap September 15 – Ah, September baseball
In three September appearances, Corey Oswalt has allowed seven earned runs in just 5.2 innings, spanning two starts and a relief outing. The AL East-leading Red Sox were the latest team to take advantage of an inefficient Oswalt, who recorded just five outs despite throwing 61 pitches on the afternoon. Trouble found the 25-year-old immediately, […]
Game recap September 14: Win No. 69
New York Mets’ righty Noah Syndergaard has struggled to consistently be the dominant force many expect him to be for much of 2018, but on Friday night in Boston, he was at his best. Syndergaard went seven scoreless innings, holding baseball’s best team to only three hits, and the visitors were able to take the […]
Game recap September 11: Defense fails deGrom. Again.
Primer After being scratched due to weather concerns on Sunday and rained out on Monday, Jacob deGrom finally got to take the mound against the Marlins on Tuesday night. Miami has been something of a bugaboo for deGrom; he’s only 4-5 against them in his career, though he did memorably strike out the first eight […]
Game recap September 9: Oh, you’re not deGrom?
The Mets flipped the script on Saturday, scoring double-digit runs at Citi Field for the first time since May 15, despite a far below-average start from Noah Syndergaard. Thor allowed 12 hits and walked more (5) than he struck out (4) in almost seven innings of work. It was no matter though, as the offense exploded […]
Game recap September 7: Team Too Many Homers
The Mets didn’t beat the Phillies in their series opener on Friday, but they did push across three runs against Philadelphia ace Aaron Nola, raising his ERA and in theory helping Jacob deGrom inch closer to the Cy Young award. In a season that has been lost for several months now, you have to take […]
Game recap September 5: The BABIP Fairy smiles down upon us all
Last night, the Mets totaled 14 hits and seven runs, which is a pretty, pretty good offensive day. If you see 14 and seven runs hits in a box score, you’re going to assume that the team had was hitting the ball quite well all night long, and maybe even socked a few dingers. Well….. […]