It’s the time of year when good teams are acquiring talent and bad teams get to euphemize meaningless games by trying to play spoiler. The Rockies still hold the second wild card, so the Mets can at least pretend that these games matter to both participants. Oh also, Amed Rosario is here. WHEN AND WHERE […]
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Game recap July 30: Pitching through pain, but not very well
It’s hard not to feel bad for Seth Lugo every time he goes out to pitch. The 27-year old journeyman missed two months with a partial UCL tear in his throwing elbow. He didn’t get a big signing bonus, and this is just his first year in the big leagues. If Lugo shuts down his […]
Game recap July 29: True talent levels
WHO WON: Not the Mets, who are now sweep-less in Seattle WHAT HAPPENED, JACOB DEGROM PITCHED WELL: This wasn’t Jacob deGrom’s finest performance of the year, but it was strong. He had a rough second inning after being hit in the leg by a Nelson Cruz single. From that point on, deGrom let up two […]
Mariners series preview July 28-30
The Mets didn’t hold a press conference to announce they would be sellers at the trade deadline, then spend a month looking for a trade partner. They just privately worked the phones. The team entered Thursday night’s game with a 1.5 percent chance of making the playoffs and five teams to leapfrog; trading away players […]
Game Recap July 26: Outclassed in San Diego
You can be forgiven for falling asleep during the Mets’ 6-3 loss to the Padres last night. It was a snoozefest between two bad, boring teams that ended at 12:56 in the morning in New York. In fact, it’s difficult to understand or reason why anyone actually stayed awake to watch this game first place, let alone watch […]
Game recap July 22: The Wilmer Flores Walkoff
Mets brought 15,000 Noah Syndergaard bobbleheads to Citi Field last night. If fans were fortunate enough, they could sit in line for hours waiting for the gates to open and actually get rewarded for it. Of course, there weren’t enough bobbleheads to go around. All those fans stuck in line arrived to a stadium ill-prepared […]
Athletics Series Preview July 21-23
The Mets (43-50) welcome the Oakland Athletics (43-52) to Flushing for the first time in over three years, at a time where trade winds are blowing strongly around both clubs. Only 6.5 games off the pace in a weak American League Wild Card field, Oakland has already parted ways with key relievers Ryan Madson and […]
Game recap July 20: Camp Day
Mets 3, Cardinals 2- FINAL An inexplicable, if now-characteristic, defensive lapse cost the Cardinals the game in the bottom of the ninth as the Mets won their final game of the series with the Cardinals in walk-off fashion after Jose Reyes—who was arrested in 2015 after allegedly grabbing his wife, Katherine Ramirez, by the throat […]
Game Recap July 19: Playing for Pride
At this point in the season, wins and losses for the Mets don’t hold much meaning; they’re not going to get back in the race, and I think even most of the players would admit to that now. So as enjoyable as last night’s 7-3 win may have been, it really didn’t mean much towards anything. […]
Game recap July 18: Well, that escalated quickly
I must admit, after the weekend series against Colorado, I was still holding out hope. There’s enough baseball left for anything to happen. However, it’s time to accept the facts, the main being that this Mets team just isn’t equipped to rattle off the 10 or 15 wins needed to thrust themselves back into contention. […]