Bartolo Colón’s home run on Saturday might be looked upon as a turning point for the Mets this season. I say that only half-facetiously. Sure, they have played well. The Mets very recently won eight consecutive games, and they are eight games over .500. This is a good club. But Bartolo’s home run could be […]
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Game Recap May 7: Bartolo Colon Home Run Day (or, No, Your Eyes Did Not Deceive You)
Where were you when Bartolo Colon hit a home run? What were you doing when Big Sexy hit a shot bigger and sexier than even his 101 exit velo foul ball or batting practice home run could have predicted? How does it feel knowing that nothing can replicate the feeling of witnessing that which was […]
Game recap May 2: Bart blanks the Braves
The first time Bartolo Colon faced the Atlanta Braves was 14 years ago on July 2, 2002, when he was with the Montreal Expos. That was his National League debut, and, despite facing a lineup that included menacing sluggers like Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, Gary Sheffield and Javy Lopez, the 29-year-old threw seven innings of […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
Game recap April 25: Neil Walker’s power surge continues, sinks Reds
Last October, it was extremely fun to watch second baseman Daniel Murphy’s historic home run frenzy as the Mets romped to the World Series. He departed in the offseason to the Nationals, but replacement Neil Walker has kicked off the 2016 campaign with a tremendous power surge of his own. Walker’s latest blast was his […]
Selected #SSS Stats to Start the Season
Ah, Spring. Birds are singing (Cardinals rookie Aledmys Diaz debuts with a .480/.509/.860 triple-slash), Buds are bursting (Norris posts a 6.75 ERA), and nature eternally renews itself (Ichiro is batting .368). We could sing this every April: Just because we know that time heals all wounds and regresses all stats, it doesn’t mean early-season lines aren’t fun while they last. For your enjoyment, selected small-sample […]
Game recap April 24: Mets complete sweep on strong return from Jacob deGrom
WHO WON: The Blue and Gray Metropolitans WHAT HAPPENED, THE RETURN OF THE ONE CALLED JACOB DEGROM: Over the course of the last two weeks, baseball was likely the last thing on Jacob deGrom’s mind. After stepping away for 12 days due to his son’s health complications, the righty rejoined the team to start the […]
Game Recap April 22: Grand(erson) Slam
Executive Summary Curtis Granderson hit a second-inning grand slam and a fourth-inning solo shot. Matt Harvey was thoroughly mediocre, but the Braves’ bats were worse. Mets 6, Braves 3. Discussion and Analysis Almost all you need to know about tonight’s game took place in the second inning. In the top half, after Neil Walker flew out […]