MLB: St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets

The Mets’ Offense and the Burden of Context

Often, when watching a lot of games by the same baseball team, we might say things like “boy it sure feels like Bobby Ballplayer strikes out a lot on high fastballs,” or “golly it seems like Javier Hitter grounds into a double play every time there’s a runner on first.” Often, we seek to prove […]

MLB: Colorado Rockies at New York Mets

Game recap July 31: A brief reprise from a whole lot of ugliness

THE RUNDOWN The Mets lose a shortstop but win a game against the Rockies on the back of Neil Walker’s bat. A WHOPPING 118 PITCHES Noah Syndergaard’s first out of the game was most representative of the outing he would end up having. Thor poured in 98 mile-per-hour sinkers and 90 mile-per-hour sinkers and changeups to Charlie […]

MLB: St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets

Game Recap July 27: Untimely hitting sets up end of Familia’s streak

After splitting their old fashion double header on Tuesday, the Mets and Cardinals squared off in the rubber match of their three-game set. Logan Verrett took the mound for the Mets opposite a resurgent Adam Wainwright, who has been fantastic after some early season struggles. Wilmer Flores started at third for the injured Jose Reyes, […]

MLB: New York Mets at Miami Marlins

Game Recap July 23: deGrom Exits With Velocity

Executive Summary Jacob deGrom couldn’t complete the fourth inning against Miami ace Jose Fernandez—Marlins 7, Mets 2. Discussion and Analysis We don’t give Giancarlo Stanton enough credit. He should be discussed alongside Aroldis Chapman as a new breed of ballplayer, one who’s performing at a level nobody’s seen before. Chapman gets headlines for throwing harder than […]

MLB: New York Mets at Chicago Cubs

Game Recap July 20: Bart and Bats struggles in loss to Cubs

WHO WON The 1988 blue and white small bears—not the Mets. WHAT HAPPENED: BARTOLO STRUGGLES Putting it bluntly, Bartolo Colón was bad in his second start following the All-Star Break. In four and a third innings on Wednesday, Colón surrendered six runs on eight hits, striking out one and walking two. The 43-year old seemed […]

MLB: New York Mets at Chicago Cubs

Game Recap July 19: Unconventional Win

Executive Summary While some folks tortured themselves watching a political carnival in Cleveland, the Mets’ defense was a circus in Chicago. Rene Rivera and Jeurys Familia played ringmaster. Mets 2, Cubs 1. Discussion and Analysis On August 2, 2015, Yoenis Cespedes told Terry Collins that he prefers playing center field to a corner spot. Less […]

MLB: Game two-New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates

Conforto and the Clock

We talk a lot about service time now. Over the past few years, a select group of teams have gotten very aggressive about call-up and demotion timing to “game” service time, to maximize both the six accrued major league seasons before a player can hit free agency and the two to three years where teams […]

MLB: New York Mets at Atlanta Braves

Game recap June 25: Good thing that game ended…ever

What Happened, In a Sentence Kelly Johnson scored the only run of the game with a pinch-hit home run in the 11th inning. Starters Dominate Jacob deGrom may have walked to the pitcher’s mound last night thinking he had to be perfect to have a chance. Julio Teheran shut the Mets out last week and threw […]

MLB: New York Mets at Atlanta Braves

Game recap June 24: If you liked it easy, you wouldn’t be a Mets fan

Coming off an injury scare in his last start, Steven Matz squared off against the Braves again, this time looking to snap a very frustrating four game losing streak against last-place Atlanta. Opposing him was Aaron Blair, the third piece in the Shelby Miller trade, who has gotten absolutely rocked (ERA over seven, FIP of almost […]