Remember when the Mets opened the season with a 3-5 record and had scored only 2.5 runs per game? They’ve now won eight of their last ten and have the third-best run differential in the National League at +36. So long, Panic City. Any month that puts a team on pace for a 105-win season will generate lasting […]
Tag: Yoenis Cespedes
Game recap April 29: We’re not quite sure how that happened either
What Happened, In a Sentence: The Mets scored a franchise record 12 runs in the third inning and won 13-1. Mets Offense Erupts: Looking up at the sky to begin tonight’s game, you wouldn’t expect it to be a night of record setting offense. It was 52 degrees for the opening pitch, the wind was […]
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 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 […]
Game recap April 18: Wright is Back; Wright’s Back is Right
Executive Summary Good news all around. Jacob deGrom’s newborn is healthy enough to leave the hospital, and the Mets hit four home runs in support of another Noah Syndergaard gem. Mets 5, Phillies 2. Discussion and Analysis Vintage David Wright showed up in Philly tonight, knocking two opposite field dingers where the Budweiser sign lived back at Shea […]
Game recap April 17: The Mets are pretty good at baseball
Who Won: The Gray and Blue Hatted Mets What Happened, A Tale of Two Innings: Did you watch the first two innings of this one? Good, then you’ve already gotten the basic gist of how Game 11 went. It felt as if the Mets had decided to go golfing on this fine Sunday. By that, […]
Game recap April 16: Bats heating up, but Harvey struggles again
What Happened, In One Sentence: Matt Harvey dominated for four innings despite poor velocity, then got hammered as the Mets lost 7-5. Warning Signs for Matt Harvey Matt Harvey looked like he was cruising through the first four innings. No one had reached base, but the good results for Harvey hid a fatal flaw: a fastball […]
Game recap April 15: Mets slug four home runs, bullpen narrowly avoids blowing save
The Mets opened their nine-game road trip with Bartolo Colon squaring off against the team that he came up with way back in 1993. In an effort to stimulate the sluggish Met offense, Terry Collins elevated Michael Conforto to the third spot in the batting order, and the move paid dividends as Conforto blasted a […]
The New Kid
Yoenis Cespedes isn’t supposed to be a New York Met. At the 2015 trade deadline, Cespedes was Sandy Alderson’s fourth choice for an outfielder acquisition, or thereabouts, after potential deals for Carlos Gomez, Jay Bruce, and Justin Upton all failed to materialize. When Cespedes came to Flushing, it was as a rental leftfielder, and the […]