Some team sports are more dependent on individual performances than others. Baseball, pitchers aside, is much more of a holistic endeavor than, say, watching LeBron James carry a “Who’s Who? No, Really, Who?” lineup to deep playoff runs in multiple seasons. But on certain nights, all roads lead through one player’s singular performance. For the […]
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Last Men Standing: The Mets’ Bullpen
So it’s official—Steven Matz was placed on the disabled list Monday, making him the latest casualty in the Mets’ “dropping like flies” worst-case-scenario played out before our eyes. The good news is that Matz’s official diagnosis was “shoulder tightness” with no structural damage to the shoulder or arm, and with the DL-listing retroactive to August […]
Game recap August 20: Not buying that the Mets are dead
What Happened, In a Sentence: Yoenis Cespedes and Neil Walker showed what the Mets have been missing on their awful road trip, and the Mets win 9-5. Mets Offense Shows Potential Friday night’s 8-1 loss looked like the nail in the coffin of the Mets’ season. Multiple throwing errors, baserunning blunders and a leaky bullpen […]
Game recap August 19: Well hey, at least Seth Lugo looked great
What Happened, In a Sentence: Seth Lugo did everything he could to stave off the Mets’ death spiral, but his teammates ran and threw their way to an 8-1 loss. One Foot Forward… If you missed last night’s game and just saw the score, your first guess would probably be Seth Lugo let the Mets […]
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, […]
Mets Minor League Preview: Las Vegas 51s
While the big league regular season gets going on Sunday night, the minor leaguers have to wait until Thursday evening to begin their 2016 campaign. So, welcome to the preview for the Mets’ full-season affiliates. We’ll start close to the big leagues with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s and move down the system to discuss […]