WHO WON: The white and blue striped Mets WHAT HAPPENED, SOMETIMES IT IS BETTER TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE: If I had to cite one reason as to why the Mets were able to put up five runs, it would have to be that they let the Reds get themselves into trouble. Early on, they […]
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Game recap April 26: Healthy Cespedes provides heroics with pinch-hit home run
Bartolo Colon squared off against Cincinnati lefty Brandon Finnegan in the second game of the Mets’ three game set with the Reds on Tuesday night. Finnegan, coming off a shellacking against the Cubs last time out, has seen some early season success, flirting with a no-hitter in Chicago on the 11th while pitching effectively in St. Louis and […]
Game recap April 25: Neil Walker’s power surge continues, sinks Reds
Last October, it was extremely fun to watch second baseman Daniel Murphy’s historic home run frenzy as the Mets romped to the World Series. He departed in the offseason to the Nationals, but replacement Neil Walker has kicked off the 2016 campaign with a tremendous power surge of his own. Walker’s latest blast was his […]
Game recap April 23: Mets home run streak continues, Matz stays on track
What Happened, In One Sentence: The Mets showed Atlanta why contact is only one of many important skills in baseball, winning 8-2. Closer than it Seems: If you just look at the final score, it looks like the Mets had an easy win last night. Atlanta has traded away most of their good players. They […]
Terry Collins Rarely Has It Easy
The debate about removing Dodger pitcher Ross Stripling 7.3 innings into a no-hitter in his first career start recently raged within baseball, and my thoughts turned back to June 1, 2012. Most Mets fans probably know the date by heart–it was the night Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in Mets history. Santana, making a […]
Springtime in Panic City
There is nothing more mind-numbing in baseball than hand-wringing about statistics in early April. Or mid-April. Or late-April. It’s all mostly hogwash. The Mets, more than most teams, are burdened by such reality. Maybe it’s the fan base that can occasionally skew towards Chicken Little hot takes or the immense media glob that covers them […]
Game recap April 20: Despite more home runs, Mets fall to Phillies 5-4 in extras
It was a play that caused one to think, “I wonder if that will come back into play later on?” In the top of the second, with two runners on, Asdrubal Cabrera hit what looked like his first home run of the season. It would have given the Mets and Bartolo Colón an early 3-0 […]
Game recap April 19: Mets mash six homers, destroy Phillies
Monday night appeared to be a mismatch at first with Logan Verrett squaring off against Phillies rookie sensation Vince Velasquez. The contest indeed turned out to be one-sided, but it was Velasquez who ended up on the losing team. Verrett twirled six scoreless innings and the Mets roughed up Velasquez and his fellow Phillies in […]
Left Behind: Michael Conforto Just Wants To Be Three
Michael Conforto had a very good weekend of baseball against the Cleveland Indians, ripping five hits in 12 at-bats, including a homer on Friday and three doubles sprinkled across the next two games. With the Mets playing a road interleague game and employing a fundamentally different lineup from the one they’ll most often use, Conforto […]
Why the Mets Will Start Hitting Soon
Soon? The Mets might already be back on track. Four home runs on Friday. Three more dingers on Saturday. Then an utter annihilation of Cy Young winner Corey Kluber on Sunday. But even with the weekend outburst, the Mets scored only 31 runs in their first 10 games, a poor performance that ranked 27th out […]