Executive Summary The starting pitchers combined to walk 10 batters. Yoenis Cespedes walked off in the tenth inning. Mets 2, Marlins 1. Discussion and Analysis Miami entered last night’s contest one game ahead of the Mets in the Wild Card standings, with the Marlins a game and a half behind St. Louis for the second spot […]
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Game recap August 28: Nobody wants the Wild Card
In summary: The pitching was good until it wasn’t; the offense was never good. Mets lose 5-1. The good: Robert Gsellman is good! The SoCal native fit in perfectly to the Mets rotation in his first start on Sunday — both the hair and the slider. The hard-throwing righty was the victim of Terry Collins’ […]
Game recap August 27: Home run cycles and playoff dreams
What Happened, In a Sentence The Mets overpowered Philadelphia’s weak pitchers, hitting four home runs in a 12-1 win. Top Hitters Beat Predictable Pitching If I were trying to teach a young pitcher why you can’t just stay away, away, away, I would show them Jeremy Hellickson’s performance against the Mets last night. Hellickson is a […]
Game recap August 26: Silver Slugger Bartolo Colon
Coming off a series win against the Cardinals in St. Louis that kept their wild card chances on life support (rather than in the grave), the Mets started a ten-game home stand against the Phillies on Friday. Bartolo Colon started for the Mets opposite Phillies lefty Adam Morgan. Morgan, you may remember, was on the […]
Game recap August 25: Got the Wild Card teams right where they want them?
Sometimes baseball is hard to write about. This needn’t be because the game was uneventful – sometimes there’s just no clear thread linking the innings together, linking the plate appearances to one another with some sort of purpose. You’d think that in a game with 15 runs and one team continually breathing down the necks of […]
Nobody Believes Yoenis is Staying in New York (Except Me)
This week, Yoenis Cespedes once again reiterated to Matt Ehalt of The Record that he will does not plan to opt out of his Mets contract after the 2016 season, as is his contractual right. He later clarified that while no final decision has been made, he’d like to remain a Met. Cespedes has been […]
Game recap August 21: Easy peasy lemon squeezy
THE RUNDOWN Yoenis Cespedes’s two-run blast was the only support that Noah Syndergaard needed, as Thor blanked the Giants offense for the 2-0 victory. ALL (BATS) QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Both Jeff Samardzija and Syndergaard came out dealing, setting down the other side in order in each of the first two innings fairly easily. […]
Game recap August 20: Not buying that the Mets are dead
What Happened, In a Sentence: Yoenis Cespedes and Neil Walker showed what the Mets have been missing on their awful road trip, and the Mets win 9-5. Mets Offense Shows Potential Friday night’s 8-1 loss looked like the nail in the coffin of the Mets’ season. Multiple throwing errors, baserunning blunders and a leaky bullpen […]
Game recap August 3: Skip this one in the 2016 highlight reel
What Happened, In Two Sentences The Mets could have pounced early and turned this game in to a laugher. By the end, Mark Teixiera was laughing at them as the Yankees won 9-5. Mets Make Three Quick Runs Feel Bad If you missed the start to last night’s game, you might think the Mets excelled […]
Game Recap August 2: de, De, d’ and Debuts
Executive Summary deGrom dealt. De Aza, d’Arnaud dingered. Mets 7, Yankees 1. Discussion and Analysis New and controversial acquisition Jay Bruce debuted in right field, batting third. He popped out to left field, grounded to first and struck out looking twice. Of course, Bruce was not acquired for his bat, but instead to inspire the Mets to […]