Executive Summary Good news all around. Jacob deGrom’s newborn is healthy enough to leave the hospital, and the Mets hit four home runs in support of another Noah Syndergaard gem. Mets 5, Phillies 2. Discussion and Analysis Vintage David Wright showed up in Philly tonight, knocking two opposite field dingers where the Budweiser sign lived back at Shea […]
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Game recap April 15: Mets slug four home runs, bullpen narrowly avoids blowing save
The Mets opened their nine-game road trip with Bartolo Colon squaring off against the team that he came up with way back in 1993. In an effort to stimulate the sluggish Met offense, Terry Collins elevated Michael Conforto to the third spot in the batting order, and the move paid dividends as Conforto blasted a […]
Game recap April 12: Bats unable to support Syndergaard’s gem
Syndergaard blows away Marlins over seven innings Noah Syndergaard had some of his best stuff working tonight, as he struck out 12 Miami Marlins with only one walk over seven innings. He featured a fastball sitting 98-99 mph, his suddenly trademark slider comfortably sat 93 mph, and his changeup sat 88-90 mph with life. The fastball […]
Game Recap April 9: Bartolo’s Blues
Executive Summary On an evening so chilly that SNY activated the Frostbite Filter… …Ryan Howard’s solo homer in the fifth inning represented all the runs. Phillies 1, Mets 0. Discussion and Analysis Bartolo was terrific, scattering five hits and no walks over six innings, striking out seven and Say hey! Bartolo does his best Willie Mays impersonation with […]
Game recap April 5: Syndergaard deals, Walker homers in 2-0 win over Royals
In a Sentence: Noah Syndergaard unleashed his shiny new hammer of a slider and the Mets won 2-0. A 95 MPH…Slider? The Royals didn’t get multiple runners on base until the sixth inning. With the crowd revved up, Syndergaard threw four straight balls for his only walk of the afternoon. It felt like we were […]
Hot Takes: Our Boldest Mets Predictions for 2016
Ain’t nothing like a hot take. It’s what makes the sports-industrial complex go–the ultimate expression of our tendencies toward hyperbole, contrarianism, and creativity. While in many cases, the needless hot take can be a thing that frustrates us, we here at BP – Mets enjoy the occasional bold opinion or projection. (Plus, we try to […]