TL;DR The Mets spoiled Jameson Taillon’s major league debut–sort of–by winning a hard-fought victory over the Pirates. New York won 6-5, actually scored more than a run, and prevented the Bucs from sweeping the series behind a good-but-not-great pitching performance from Noah Syndergaard. The Big Finish It’s apparently a thing: every recap I’ve written for this […]
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Game recap June 7 (Game 1): Neil Walker’s homecoming spoiled by Jon Niese (and no offense, but it’s more fun to blame Niese)
What Happened, In One Sentence: Jonathon Niese got his revenge against the Mets with seven shutout innings as the Mets lost 3-1. Niese Rolls Over Struggling Mets Lineup When the Mets traded Niese away after last season, he went out of his way to criticize the Mets infield. Sure, the Mets allowed 12 unearned runs […]
Who We Believe Will Be on the 25-Man Roster Come August… But Isn’t Now
Travis d’Arnaud: rotator cuff inflammation. Lucas Duda: lower back stress fracture. David Wright: frogs, boils, locusts, darkness for three days. Not only are the Mets down three position players, they’re missing arguably their three most important ones. After all, Juan Lagares is a rather studly fourth outfielder. But the team’s infield depth was such a weakness entering […]
Game recap June 5: Matt Harvey was good but Jose Fernandez was better
THE RUNDOWN The two young righties duked it out on Sunday, but as good as Matt Harvey was, Jose Fernandez and his 14 strikeouts edged him out for the 1-0 Marlins victory. PITCHERS’ DUEL In a sign of what was to come, Fernandez struck out Alejandro De Aza to start off the game, the first […]
Game recap June 4: The replacements
What Happened, In A Sentence The Mets eventually strung some of their season-high 15 hits together and beat the Marlins 6-4. A Frustrating Beginning Miami scored first as Martin Prado launched a fastball that tailed over the plate for his first home run of the season. Bartolo Colon got himself in a bigger jam in […]
Game recap June 3: Welcome home, Everyday Wilmer Flores
Noah Syndergaard and the Mets squared off against righty Tom Koehler and the Marlins in the first game of a three-game set in Miami. The Marlins, playing well despite the loss of Dee Gordon as their starting second baseman, sat only a game back of the Mets in the NL East standings coming into the […]
BP Mets Unfiltered: David Wright’s Injury, and the Future of Third Base
Unfortunately, news came out Friday morning that David Wright–the team’s captain and near-folk hero–will miss significant time with a herniated disc in his neck. While Wright dealing with serious injury shouldn’t be a surprise, this isn’t what anyone expected, I think. David Wright’s injury will require 6-8 weeks of rest from baseball activities during which […]
Game recap May 30: Hello, Good Harvey, we haven’t seen you around these parts lately
WHO WON: The Memorial Day-themed camouflaged Mets WHAT HAPPENED, PITCHING IS FUN WHEN IT IS GOOD: For me, this game in general was fun to watch. Maybe that’s because I love pitching, and the return of good Matt Harvey gave this one an element of dueling aces. Speaking of Harvey’s return, it was exactly what […]
Game recap May 29: If you pretend this was just Clayton Kershaw dominating again, it’s a lot easier to handle
WHO WON: Clayton Kershaw and his other 8 pals in gray jerseys (I guess the Mets too, but in a weird ‘never have to face Kershaw again in the 2016 regular season’ kind of way) WHAT HAPPENED, AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE MEETS FIVE TOTALLY MOVABLE OBJECTS: For the second time this season, the Mets had the…we’ll […]
Game recap May 10: Mets lose on walkoff home run
What Happened, In One Sentence Trayce Thompson came off the bench with two outs to hit a walkoff homer off Hansel Robles. Dodgers win 3-2. Get Your Runs Early! Most of last night’s offense came before fans on the East Coast would consider turning off the TV and going to bed. Jacob deGrom got the […]