Primer Coming off two straight losses to the Brewers, the Mets sent out Matt Harvey against Gerrit Cole on Friday night. The Mets beat up on Cole last Saturday, hitting three home runs and scoring four runs total in only five innings. Harvey, meanwhile, performed decently against the Pirates his last time out, allowing only […]
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Game recap June 1: The abyss beckons
Brewers 2, Mets 1 It was a given after Wednesday’s number one heard ‘round the world that there was little the Mets could or would do with their on-field product to distract from the dire state of affairs. While they hold second place in the NL East, they trail the Nationals by almost ten games, […]
Game Recap May 31: We Apologize For The Inappropriate Actions of Our Employees
When I’m at work, I can be a pretty cranky guy. Like most employed folks in America, my job is annoying because it usually requires me to take on quite a bit of responsibility while dealing with other people. More often than not, one or two little things can set me off and annoy me, turning […]
Game recap May 30: Jay saves the day
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 […]
How Michael Conforto proved his sophomore slump to be just that
Somewhere over the course of the 2016 season, SNY broadcaster Keith Hernandez transitioned from a soft “mmmm” purr to a dejected sigh at the sight of a Michael Conforto swing. This transition went hand in hand with a sharp decline in performance that turned Conforto from the New York Mets’ No. 3 hitter to a […]
Game recap May 29: Gsellman saves the day
If the Mets have any hope of turning around their injury plagued 2017 season, now is the time to get going. Yes, it’s only May, but playing yourself into a hole can sink even the best teams. We saw the 2016 Astros go on a historic tear to close the season, but because of their […]
Game recap May 28: Shades of old Matt Harvey
WHO WON: The ‘do everything well’ Mets WHAT HAPPENED, MATT HARVEY TURNS IN A FINE START: Yes, at the end of the day, that is what it was. Harvey didn’t deviate much from his earlier starts this season and he still missed plenty of spots, but ultimately his stuff was able to get the job […]
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 […]