The Mets didn’t hold a press conference to announce they would be sellers at the trade deadline, then spend a month looking for a trade partner. They just privately worked the phones. The team entered Thursday night’s game with a 1.5 percent chance of making the playoffs and five teams to leapfrog; trading away players […]
Tag: Rafael Montero
Game recap July 23: Rafael Montero better, still not actually good
WHO WON: The West coast not-Mets WHAT HAPPENED, THIS IS WEIRD: As someone who has had the privilege of covering the three of the last four Rafael Montero starts, I just…it’s wild. Coming into this start, he owned a 3.86 ERA since June 25 — when he rejoined the rotation — and has made some significant […]
Athletics Series Preview July 21-23
The Mets (43-50) welcome the Oakland Athletics (43-52) to Flushing for the first time in over three years, at a time where trade winds are blowing strongly around both clubs. Only 6.5 games off the pace in a weak American League Wild Card field, Oakland has already parted ways with key relievers Ryan Madson and […]
Game Recap July 18: Montero’d
Mets News Disclaimer: This Mets news includes Yankees news. MLB.com reported that the Yankees are pursuing Lucas Duda and Addison Reed. The skeptic in me whispers that this is a Brian Cashman ploy to lower Oakland’s asking price for Yonder Alonso. After all, Alonso has been a Yankee target since the first shots of the […]
Cardinals series preview July 17-20
The season is over. Sell off the pieces. Stop pretending. Please. When and Where Game 1: Monday @ Citi Field, 7:10 p.m. (TV: SNY; RADIO: 710 WOR, ESPN Deportes) Game 2: Tuesday @ Citi Field, 7:10 p.m. (TV: SNY; RADIO: 710 WOR, ESPN Deportes) Game 3: Wednesday @ Citi Field, 7:10 p.m. (TV: SNY; RADIO: 710 WOR, ESPN Deportes) Game 4: […]
Game recap July 8: At least Jay Bruce can hit
Despite all the confusion about whether the Mets are officially sellers yet and Michael Conforto’s place in the lineup, I thought Saturday’s game would be a respite. Adam Wainwright is now a below replacement level pitcher. The Mets should be able to pound their former tormentor. Even if the pitching and fielding collapse, it never […]
Game recap July 2: Sinking reality
WHO WON: Well, folks, the Sunday Mets showed up. WHAT HAPPENED, THERE WAS THIS ONE INNING: Look, this is getting weird for me. Last week I had the, well, I guess you could say opportunity to cover Rafael Montero’s start against the San Francisco Giants. It was his first since his demotion, and he looked […]
Phillies series preview June 30-July 2
It feels like everytime I step forward to write a series preview, the Mets are on the verge of pulling you back in. This club is 10.5 games behind the NL East leading Washington Nationals and 9.5 games behind the second Wild Card spot currently occupied by the Colorado Rockies. But rather than submitting to […]
Game recap June 25: Going streakin’
WHO WON: The Mets, broom stores in the Bay Area WHAT HAPPENED, LET’S TALK ABOUT RAFAEL MONTERO: After a 1-2-3 first inning on Sunday for Rafael Montero, the second- and third-inning looked rather recognizable. He was just missing off the edge, falling behind in counts, and giving up hard contact. In that third inning, though, […]
Game recap June 19: Weird baseball
Baseball is weird. On a night that Clayton Kershaw, the de facto best pitcher in baseball, was staked to a 7-0 lead, we saw a below average team claw their way back into a game that they had no business clawing back into. Unfortunately, the Mets still came up empty, dropping 10-6 to the Los […]