After a truly horrendous start to the season, Matt Harvey bounced back with a 0.64 ERA in his past two starts and looked to extend his recent resurgence against the Brewers. Junior Guerra, a 31-year-old rookie with a 3.61 ERA claimed off waivers from the White Sox this offseason, started for the Brewers. Alejandro De […]
Tag: Kelly Johnson
The Mets’ Groundhog Day Problem
Kelly Johnson is a Met again, so let’s start there and work backwards now, just as the Mets appear to be caught in some sort of repetitive loop. This is their Groundhog Day. The beauty of sports, and baseball especially, is that it always seems to provide comps and context. For the Mets, it’s easy […]
Welcome Home Kelly “Veteran Presence” Johnson
Kelly Johnson was a perfectly fine utility player for the 2015 Mets, coming along in a minor midseason trade with the Braves. He got 138 plate appearances down the stretch and put up a .271 True Average, making him a little bit better than a league-average hitter. He played all four infield and both corner […]
Game Recap June 8: Mets Finally Get Bats Going, Spoil Jameson Taillon’s Debut
TL;DR The Mets spoiled Jameson Taillon’s major league debut–sort of–by winning a hard-fought victory over the Pirates. New York won 6-5, actually scored more than a run, and prevented the Bucs from sweeping the series behind a good-but-not-great pitching performance from Noah Syndergaard. The Big Finish It’s apparently a thing: every recap I’ve written for this […]