*All statistics to date through May 23 The New York Mets entered the 2017 season with almost the same team as 2016, but with Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler back from injuries instead of Bartolo Colon. Instead of continuing the success of the past two seasons, the Mets find themselves in a much worse position. As of June […]
Tag: Seth Lugo
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 — […]
Nationals series preview April 28-30
Panic City is in full effect. Not only did the Mets drop their sixth game in a row against the lowly Atlanta Braves, but the status of their two biggest star remains in question. Dealing with leg issues all season, Yoenis Cespedes left Thursday’s game with what looked like a severe hamstring injury. If hearing […]
Game Recap April 5: More Rafael Montero than your doctor prescribed
I think we can all agree it’s great that baseball is back. Baseball is wonderful, usually. But last night was one of those times when baseball is not wonderful. Was it really necessary for us to experience the laborious, low-scoring extra inning game that features pitchers like Josh Edgin and Rafael Montero so soon? Can’t […]
Game recap April 3: Together we’ll ring in the new year
WHO WON: The Mets, and anyone who watched this pitcher’s duel WHAT HAPPENED, NOAH SYNDERGAARD IS REALLY GOOD AT BASEBALL: It has been a while since we’ve seen Noah Syndergaard pitch in a regular season game but, in case you forgot, he is good. Well, he’s better than good. He was dominant. He struck out […]
Reviewing the Opening Day Roster
Barring any last-minute disasters, 24 of the 25 Opening Day roster spots have been decided for your 2017 New York Mets. There’s still one single open question–we’ll get two the two pitchers duking it out later on–but most everything seems set in stone for Day One. Feel like reviewing the roster containing the first New York Mets […]
WBC 2017: The Biggest Game of Seth Lugo’s Career
Seth Lugo’s had a lot of “biggest games of his career” in the past year, given that he was fighting to stay in the majors for much of last season. But last night, he took the ball representing Puerto Rico in what might forever be the biggest game of his career, the World Baseball Classic Championship […]
Game recap September 28: Loney and Bruce and Familia, oh my!
In a sentence: The Mets did exactly what they needed to do and beat the Marlins 5-2, taking two of three games in the series. The good: Seth Lugo went 5.1 innings of five-hit ball, allowing just two earned runs and lowering his ERA to a 2.67. Sure, it was against the Marlins, and eventually the […]
Game Recap September 22: This Team Really Wants the Playoffs
One of the prevailing memes of the latter portion of this 2016 MLB season has been that nobody seems to want to win the National League Wild Card spots. The New York Mets, who we counted out of the playoffs in a staff post less than a month ago, clawed their way back into contention […]
Try Try Try To Understand (Warthen’s A Magic Man)
For a few years now, it’s been something of a given that the Mets develop pitching well … but it’s not often discussed how. Are they getting elite pitching talent into the system and just watching it grow? Are they excelling at bringing the most out of what they have? Intuitively, years of watching and discussing the farm […]