On Monday night, the Mets faced the Marlins in a road game in Miami. Jose Fernandez was slated to face Bartolo Colon. It should have been just another exciting step on the road to a possible playoff berth for the Mets, as Fernandez thrilled his hometown fans with another strikeout-filled performance. Instead, the events of […]
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BP Mets Unfiltered: Baseball’s Greatest Loss
This was supposed to be a column about the National League Cy Young race. I’ve been putting it off for a few weeks while I looked at Mets pitching development, but I’ll outline what I was going to do. I was going to compare Noah Syndergaard to Max Scherzer (and perhaps Madison Bumgarner or Kyle […]
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 […]