Mets closer Jeurys Familia’s 15-game suspension is coming to an end this Thursday, but the closer may not be back in his closing spot in the rotation immediately. The 27-year-old righty, who led the major leagues last season with 51 saves, returned to the minors on Saturday, where he threw a perfect inning in St. Lucie. […]
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I Can’t Get No Relief
Meet the 2017 New York Mets! They’re pretty much the same as the 2016 Mets, minus Bartolo Colon and a few guys filling out the bottom of the roster. An unusually stable offseason saw the Mets re-sign most of their own key free agents, and not acquire a single player on a MLB contract who […]
New York’s Best Real-Life Fantasy Options
When I was a kid, a unique combination of dread and excitement overtook my house each year in early March, culminating in a strange and wonderful night: my dad’s fantasy baseball draft. The lead up involved my dad spending weekend hours on the phone strategizing with his younger brother (and co-manager), which I’m sure annoyed […]
Jeurys Familia, Suspensions, and Service Time
As a result of his domestic violence arrest on October 31, Mets closer Jeurys Familia will almost certainly be facing a suspension at the start of the coming season. Despite all charges against the 27-year-old being dismissed soon after the arrest, Major League Baseball is still expected to hand down a sizable suspension to Familia, as it did to Jose […]
Addison Reed: Closer To Greatness
In the Mets’ bullpen last year, it was Jeurys Familia who earned all the praise after setting the New York Mets’ single-season saves record (51 saves!) and even receiving two eighth-place votes for NL MVP. Meanwhile, it was Addison Reed who almost silently* had the better season of the two and was one of the […]
2016 Wild Card Game Recap: Wait Till Next Year
Executive Summary Conor Gillaspie hit a three-run ninth-inning home run in support of a Madison Bumgarner shutout. Giants 3, Mets 0. Discussion and Analysis Conor Gillaspie batted only 205 times during the regular season. He started last night because Eduardo Nunez, the Giants’ big trade-deadline acquisition, injured his hamstring down the stretch. Gillaspie playing hero in the […]
Our 2016 Mets World Series MVP
It’s a long wait until Wednesday. At press time, it’s unknown who the Mets will defeat in the Wild Card game. It’s unknown how many games it’ll take for the Mets to beat the Cubs in the Division Series, and whether the Mets will beat the Dodgers or the Nationals in the NLCS. Though the American League champion could […]
Game recap October 1: Well, they did it
James Loney made contact, then turned towards the Mets dugout and flipped his bat before running to first. At the beginning of the season, this wouldn’t make any sense. In the middle of August, we’d assume the below replacement level first baseman made another out as the season was slipping away. We’d seen this story before. In […]
Game recap September 30: Jay Bruce got hot
Despite the Cardinals winning on a missed call on Thursday night, the Mets remained on the precipice of clinching – a win over the Phillies and a Pirate win over St. Louis would assure them at least one of the two wild card spots. With the postseason spot waiting to be claimed, Robert Gsellman got […]
Game recap September 28: Loney and Bruce and Familia, oh my!
In a sentence: The Mets did exactly what they needed to do and beat the Marlins 5-2, taking two of three games in the series. The good: Seth Lugo went 5.1 innings of five-hit ball, allowing just two earned runs and lowering his ERA to a 2.67. Sure, it was against the Marlins, and eventually the […]