A cold, unsettling mist fell over Citi Field last night. As television cameras turned to fans bundling up in the seats, Jerry Blevins walked in a run to start the baseball discomfort. The Mets’ reliable lefty just needed one more out to escape the seventh with a lead. He got a pop up. Everyone watching […]
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Brewers Series Preview May 29-June 1
Phew. The Mets were able to sandwich one of their worst losses of the season (I know, it feels like there’s one of those per series) with relatively easy wins against the Pirates on Friday and Sunday for a series victory. All three Mets starters over the weekend — Jacob deGrom, Zack Wheeler, and Matt Harvey — […]
Game Recap May 27: Edge of collapse
Mets News It’s news when the Mets win a game, as they did Friday night behind the second-best pitcher in the National League by 2017 WARP. Jacob deGrom’s 2.64 Wins Above Replacement Player through his first 10 starts exceeds that of every other starter except the Nationals’ Max Scherzer, at 2.80. By Deserved Run Average, deGrom’s […]
Game recap May 26: Hometown hero(es; national nobodies)
Primer That Padres series sure was brutal, but let’s sit back and eat some member berries for a minute about when something similar that happened in 2015. For those of you who don’t ‘member, Jeurys Familia was one out away from recording a save when rain stopped the game. He came back out after an […]
Pirates series preview May 26-28
A last-minute sub-in of Rafael Montero for Jacob deGrom Thursday night promised a spotty start for the Mets, but in the end it was the bats that couldn’t get the job done, going 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position, and eventually giving up the series to the last-place Padres. Collins has been tight-lipped about the […]
Game Recap May 25: The Tears, They Fall Like Rain
Mets News On Wednesday night, the news that late waiver-bait acquisition Tommy Milone hit the “it’s literally a 10-day” disabled list signaled that preseason number-eight starter Rafael Montero would likely start Saturday’s game at Pittsburgh. That Montero would pitch on the road had nothing to do with the purported “hostile environment” which led the Mets to start […]
Game recap May 23: Even Matt Harvey can’t blow this
Mets 9, Padres 3 Coming into Tuesday night’s contest, the Mets were a healthy 7.5 games behind the Nationals, and 2-8 over their last ten games. It’s the kind of free fall that means nothing is on the line night to night, and yet the gap isn’t so insurmountable that a late-season surge is out of […]
Padres Series Preview May 23-25
The Mets and their major league-worst 5.14 ERA welcome the last-place Padres to town for a three-game set that pits baseball’s lowest-ranked offense in terms of batting average and on-base percentage against a patchwork pitching staff that’s spent more time on the trainer’s table than on the mound. New York will look to win consecutive […]
Game recap May 21: Over before it ever began
WHO WON: The red and haloed not-Mets WHAT HAPPENED, THE TOMMY MILONE EXPERIENCE: Look, you can say a lot about what happened while Tommy Milone was on the mound in this one. None of them good. The best way I can describe Milone’s performance is how he faced Jefry Marte. Marte came into this one […]
Game recap May 20: No sweat
Terry Collins became the Mets’ all-time leader in games managed last night, and the Mets celebrated as only they could: putting five straight Angels on base in the ninth inning to face Mike Trout. I fully expected another bullpen implosion, but Trout only hit a sacrifice fly and the Mets were able to escape 7-5. […]